Patents by Inventor Timothy Carroll Thompson

Timothy Carroll Thompson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Positioning method and system for implant-supported dentures
    Patent number: 11648084
    Abstract: An implant-supported denture placement and alignment system may include a denture apparatus. The denture apparatus may have a denture base and a denture base positioning system. The denture base may be connectable to implants. Moreover, the denture base positioning system may position the denture base in substantially the same position as a surgical guide used to place the implants. In this manner, the denture apparatus may be positioned so that it is mountable to the implants placed according to the surgical guide following their placement in a patient's mouth. In this manner, variations in the placement of the implants arising during the process of installing the implants may be compensated by transferring the actual implant positioning to the denture apparatus when it is positioned by the denture base positioning system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Global Dental Science LLC
    Inventors: Johannes Petrus Michael Grobbee, Timothy Carroll Thompson
  • Positioning Method and System for Implant-Supported Dentures
    Publication number: 20200205947
    Abstract: An implant-supported denture placement and alignment system may include a denture apparatus. The denture apparatus may have a denture base and a denture base positioning system. The denture base may comprise an implant guide system and be connectable to implants. In this manner, the denture apparatus may be positioned so that it is mountable to the implants placed according to the implant guide following their placement in a patient's mouth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Johannes Petrus Michael Grobbee, Timothy Carroll Thompson, Stephen F. Balshi, Glenn Wolfinger
  • POSITIONING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLANT-SUPPORTED DENTURES
    Publication number: 20160374778
    Abstract: An implant-supported denture placement and alignment system may include a denture apparatus. The denture apparatus may have a denture base and a denture base positioning system. The denture base may be connectable to implants. Moreover, the denture base positioning system may position the denture base in substantially the same position as a surgical guide used to place the in this manner, the denture apparatus may be positioned so that it is mountable to the implants placed according to the surgical guide following their placement in a patient's mouth. In this manner, variations in the placement of the plants arising during the process of installing the implants may be compensated by transferring the actual implant positioning to the denture apparatus when it is positioned by the denture base positioning system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Johannes Petrus Michael Grobbee, Timothy Carroll Thompson