By Screw Patents (Class 433/174)
  • Patent number: 11890166
    Abstract: Dental implants, dental abutments, and dental systems are disclosed. A dental implant can include an implant body having a longitudinal axis, a coronal end, and an apical end. An internal bore can be provided within the implant body, and can have a coronal end, adjacent to the coronal end of the implant body, and an apical end. The internal bore can include a first internally facing surface, extending from the coronal end of the internal bore towards the apical end of the internal bore, at least a portion of which tapers inwardly towards the apical end of the internal bore. The internal bore can further include an internally threaded portion positioned between an apical end of the first internally facing surface and the apical end of the internal bore. A dental abutment can be configured to engage with the dental implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Zimmer Dental, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramiro Sanchez, Jeffrey Bassett
  • Patent number: 11813140
    Abstract: A frictionally-retained detachable dental attachment assembly or anchor device is designed to attach a dental appliance with a tooth root or implant. The assembly includes a denture attachment housing for securing in the dental appliance, an abutment attached with a tooth root or implant, and a compressible retention member with a first end in fixed attachment with the cap and a second end in snap engagement with the abutment via a frictionally-retained ball secured within a cavity of the abutment. The retention member is formed using a compressible material to allow the ball to compress and the retention member to flex while inserting the ball into the cavity. Additional friction-retained and fixed attachment configurations of the dental anchor device are provided, along with methods of securing a dental appliance in a subject's mouth by means of the friction-retained and fixed attachment dental anchor devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: ZEST IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Robert Allen, Christopher Michael Gervais, James Irwin Johnson
  • Patent number: 11771530
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dental prosthesis forming block (10) for producing a dental prosthesis (50). The forming block having a pin (20) with a self-tapping outer thread, which is arranged on a first surface (11) of the dental prosthesis forming block (10). The invention further relates to a method for producing a dental prosthesis (50). In this method the dental prosthesis block (10) is provided and the dental prosthesis (50) is produced by removing material from the dental prosthesis forming block (10) by a CAD/CAM method, such that the pin (20) forms part of the finished dental prosthesis (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventors: Sascha Schneider, Peter Fornoff
  • Patent number: 11690699
    Abstract: A dental implant that facilitate insertion and can be used in all bone types. The implant includes a body having a coronal end, and an apical end opposite the coronal end. A tapered region may be adjacent the apical end. On the apical part one or more taps are provided so the tap is cutting when rotating clockwise and counter-clockwise. The implant can have at least one variable profile helical thread that extends along the tapered region. The implant can have also micro-threads below the main threads, a gradual compressing tapered core, a self drilling apical end and a narrow coronal region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Inventor: Ben Zion Karmon
  • Patent number: 11678918
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to single tooth or full arch dental restoration. In cases where patients have insufficient bone stock for conventional root-form dental implants, current solutions often fail to restore function. The present disclosure describes a transalveolar dental implant for single tooth or full arch dental restoration. The transalveolar dental implant is comprised of a post and a bone plate, the bone plate having a contoured portion fabricated to match the topography of a bony surface of the facial skeleton. Through primary fixation of the contoured portion of the bone plate, the transalveolar dental implant improves function and outcomes in affected patients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Individual Implant Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert G. Hale
  • Patent number: 11653962
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for immobilizing a synovial joint, such as a sacroiliac (SI) joint are disclosed. In one form, a multipiece fixation device, such as a dowel, includes multiple expandable fasteners that are configured to fix adjacent bones of a synovial joint with respect to one another. The expandable fasteners include expansion portions that are expanded radially via insertion of another expandable fastener or an expansion device to fix the expandable fasteners to the bone. The fixation device may be configured to provide for compression or distraction of the bones of the synovial joint while at the same time stabilizing the joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Pioneer Surgical Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Mohar, Jeffrey L. Trudeau
  • Patent number: 11622839
    Abstract: A dental implant and final prosthetic placement system for small-diameter implants (and method for using the system) in which a final prosthetic is digitally designed and created, and is itself used as the drill guide to place the implants. The final prosthetic is held in the predetermined proper drilling position by a stent, such as an occlusal guard. The combination of final prosthetic (with holes through which the small-diameter implants are drilled to secure it) and the stent encasing the final prosthetic, is itself the drill guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Inventor: Paul Hertz
  • Patent number: 11602417
    Abstract: A dental implant (1), in particular for insertion into bone tissue of a patient, comprising: a core body (2) having an apical end (4), a coronal end (6), and an outer surface (8) extending along a longitudinal direction between said apical end (4) and said coronal end (6); and at least one thread (12) located on at least a threaded portion of said outer surface (8), should have superior properties regarding primary and secondary stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Nobel Biocare Services AG
    Inventors: Jorg Weitzel, Antony Quarry, Stephan Vonwiller, Niki Pfister, Edmund Burke, Serif Ameti, David Sollberger, Nicolai Bernhard
  • Patent number: 11571281
    Abstract: An apparatus may include an elongated hollow body with a plurality of skirts on one end of the elongated hollow body. An exterior of the elongated hollow body may have a plurality of fins. At least some of the plurality of fins may have a different diameter and/or placement along a length of the elongated hollow body. The elongated hollow body may be configured to receive a screw. The screw may be configured to expand the plurality of skirts upon insertion into an interior of the elongated hollow body. The plurality of fins may be configured to secure the apparatus when the apparatus is placed within a bore. The plurality of fins may secure the apparatus at least by engaging the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Inventor: Sargon Lazarof
  • Patent number: 11553993
    Abstract: Highly self-tapping dental implant system with hybrid cone type connection and interlocking rails, which allows high insertion (or removal) torque and double parallel cone locking between the implant, prosthetic abutment and internal screw, even in its 3.0 mm diameter embodiment, and gives the whole system high primary and secondary stability, optimal watertightness thanks to the double cone sealing, as well as predictable long-term fixation of the dental prosthesis on the implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Inventor: Julian Cuesta Garcia
  • Patent number: 11471297
    Abstract: A system and method for altering bone growth on and within an orthopedic implant comprising an implant body, wherein the implant body comprises an exterior surface and an interior surface defining an internal cavity of the implant body, a plurality of electrodes, wherein each electrode is at least partially embedded in the implant body, and comprises at least, a first set of the plurality of electrodes 116, composed of a first material, and a second set of the plurality of electrodes, composed of a second material; and a control system, comprising a processor and circuitry that connects to the plurality of electrodes, wherein the processor, through operating modes, provides machine instructions to control direction and magnitude of current traveling through each electrode from the plurality of electrodes; and a power system, comprising a power source and circuitry that provides electrical power for function of the plurality of electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Intelligent Implants Limited
    Inventors: Erik Robert Zellmer, Juan Sebastian Pardo
  • Patent number: 11464555
    Abstract: This disclosure includes apparatus and methods to attach an orthopedic device to a bone. The method can comprise locating a baseplate on a glenoid of a patient, the base plate including at least a first fastener bore, creating a first post hole in the glenoid for locating a first fixation post, the first fixation post including a quasi-spherical head and a porous metal sleeve, and driving the first fixation post through the first fastener bore and into the first post hole. The porous metal sleeve can engage the first post hole and the quasi-spherical head can contact at least the first wall of the first fastener bore to removeably lock the quasi-spherical head to the baseplate. Driving the first fixation post can create an initial compression between the baseplate and the glenoid. The porous metal sleeve can receive bone ingrowth to maintain the initial compression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Rolfe Hopkins
  • Patent number: 11464605
    Abstract: A dental implant including a core; at least one screw thread; a first and second region; a central axis; the surface of the core defining an angle with the central axis in the first region and with the central axis in the second region; and the surface of the screw thread defining an angle with the central axis in the first region and with the central axis in the second region. The diameter of the core decreases at a rate in the first region towards the apical end such that the core defining angle is greater than the screw thread defining angle, and the diameter of the core decreases at a rate in the second region towards the apical end such that the core defining angle is the same as the screw thread defining angle. Furthermore, an implant including at least one helical chamber including a depth and length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: JJGC INDÚSTRIA E COMÉRCIO DE MATERIAIS DENTÁRIOS S.A.
    Inventors: Geninho Thomé, Felix Andreas Mertin, Rafael Calixto Salatti
  • Patent number: 11446121
    Abstract: Dental implant systems, components and methods feature use of a mounting component onto which an abutment is to be cast or soldered. The mounting component is configured with an upper end that is contoured in a spherical or other suitable manner to present a surface over which the abutment can be slid into various positions on said surface at various angles relative to an axis of the implant body on which the mounting component is supported. Accordingly, the abutment can be set at a desired angle whether the this desired orientation matches or misaligns with the axis of the implant body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Preferred Dental Implant Corp.
    Inventor: Erik Siegmund
  • Patent number: 11426261
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fixture for insertion into a bore hole arranged in bone tissue, comprising a threaded leading portion and a threaded trailing portion located coronally of the leading portion, wherein the threading of the leading portion has at least one first thread spiral, wherein the threading of the trailing portion has at least one more thread spiral than the threading in the leading portion, wherein the threading of the trailing portion and the threading of the leading portion have the same or substantially the same lead, wherein the profile of at least one of the thread spirals in the trailing portion is, at least along a portion of its length, substantially the same as the profile of the outermost parts of said first thread spiral in the leading portion, and wherein the at least one thread spiral in the trailing portion having substantially the same profile as the outermost part of said first thread spiral in the leading portion is arranged to follow the spiral path of that thread sp
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventors: Stig Hansson, Anders Halldin
  • Patent number: 11413119
    Abstract: A fixture for insertion into a bore hole arranged in bone tissue is provided. The fixture has a threaded leading portion provided with at least one cutting edge for creating a female thread in the bone tissue, and a threaded trailing portion following the leading portion in the created female thread. Compared to the geometry of a thread peak of said cutting edge of the leading portion, a thread peak of the trailing portion is displaced or overdimensioned in at least one of the coronal and apical directions of the fixture so that a strain is provided to the bone when said displaced or overdimensioned thread peak engages with the created female thread. A fixture set for creating a strain is also provided, the set includes a fixture and a separate thread maker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventors: Stig Hansson, Anders Halldin
  • Patent number: 11389275
    Abstract: A lower region of a temporary abutment includes an anti-rotational feature for non-rotationally mating with a dental implant. An upper region of the temporary abutment includes a first anti-rotational structure and at least one retention groove. A top surface of the temporary abutment includes one or more informational markers that provide information concerning the dental implant. A temporary abutment cap is configured to be coupled to the upper region of the temporary abutment. The temporary abutment cap has at least one projection configured to mate with the at least one retention groove of the temporary abutment. The temporary abutment cap has a second anti-rotational structure that is configured to slidably engage the first anti-rotational structure of the temporary abutment. The temporary abutment cap is configured to be coupled with a temporary prosthesis such that the temporary prosthesis and the temporary abutment cap are removable from the temporary abutment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: BIOMET 3I, LLC
    Inventors: T. Tait Robb, Stephen M. Herrington, Miguel G. Montero, Ralph E Goodman, Dan P Rogers, John J. Bellanca, Zachary B. Suttin
  • Patent number: 11344387
    Abstract: A method of forming an implant to be implanted into living bone is disclosed. The method includes the act of roughening at least a portion of the implant surface to produce a microscale roughened surface. The method further includes forming a nanoscale roughened surface on the microscale roughened surface. The method further includes the act of depositing discrete nanoparticles on the nanoscale roughened surface though a one-step process of exposing the roughened surface to a solution including the nanoparticles. The nanoparticles have a material having a property that promotes osseointegration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Biomet 3i, LLC
    Inventors: Bruce Berckmans, III, Ross W Towse, Robert L Mayfield
  • Patent number: 11331170
    Abstract: The invention relates to an abutment (100), in particular for dental interventions in assisted surgery, comprising: —a first element (1), comprising a lower cylindrical element (2) and a semi-spherical element (3) integral above with said cylindrical element (2), divided into a plurality of segments, held together by an outer element (4), in the transition zone between said lower cylindrical element (2) and said semi-spherical element (3) there being provided, internally, a shoulder (7), said semi-spherical element comprising a thread (5), ending at said shoulder (7), in which a centrally perforated screw (6) is coupled, a plurality of steps or protrusions (8) being provided on said lower cylindrical element (2); —a second element (10), comprising a first upper cylindrical element (11), which inserts inside said cylindrical element (2) of said first element (1) and equipped externally with a plurality of steps or protrusions (12), which are able to move vertically with respect to staid plurality of steps or p
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Inventors: Francesco Rueca, Giuseppe Luongo
  • Patent number: 11331168
    Abstract: A dental implant with a specialized thread arrangement is disclosed. The dental implant includes a cylindrical upper section and a tapered lower section coupled to the cylindrical upper section. A helical thread is located on the exterior surface of the cylindrical upper section and the tapered lower section. A path is defined by the helical thread. The helical thread has a section on the exterior surface of the cylindrical body section and a section on the tapered body section. A cutting tooth is formed on the helical thread where the thread section on the cylindrical body section transitions into the thread section on the tapered body section. The cutting tooth allows minimal torque to be applied to create stability of the implant by cutting into the dense part of the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Biomet 3i, LLC
    Inventors: Dan P Rogers, Zachary B Suttin
  • Patent number: 11273014
    Abstract: A dental implant that facilitate insertion and can be used in all bone types. The implant includes a body having a coronal end, and an apical end opposite the coronal end. A tapered region may be adjacent the apical end. On the apical part one or more taps are provided so the tap is cutting when rotating clockwise and counter-clockwise. The implant can have at least one variable profile helical thread that extends along the tapered region. The implant can have also micro-threads below the main threads, a gradual compressing tapered core, a self drilling apical end and a narrow coronal region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventor: Ben Zion Karmon
  • Patent number: 11246685
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a connection assembly for attaching a dental component to a dental implant, a dental component for the connection assembly and a method to use the connection assembly. The connection assembly (100; 1100; 2100; 3100) is removably attachable to the dental implant (10; 1010; 2010; 3010), preferably with the dental component (20; 1020; 2020; 3020) attached to the connection assembly, and a dental component is attachable to the connection assembly in a pre-fastened state or a fastened state. The pre-fastened state, when the connection assembly is attached to the dental implant, the connection assembly allows for adjustment of a relative position and/or orientation between the dental component and the dental implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Nobel Biocare Services AG
    Inventors: Thomas Kaup, Jorg Weitzel, Roberto Carretta, Piers Christiansen, Raquel Tschopp
  • Patent number: 11234797
    Abstract: An implant formed by two implants: an upper implant and a lower implant, the upper implant being removable. The implant differs from conventional implants in that the body of the implant has a second polished collar corresponding with the beginning of the lower implant. The two implants are connected by a screw located in the lower part of the upper implant of which it forms a part, the screw engaging with the thread of the lower implant. The connection between the two implants is circular, as it must allow anticlockwise rotation when removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Inventor: Fernando Castro Rojas
  • Patent number: 11234747
    Abstract: A medical device includes a shaft portion with a hollow shape and inflected portions or an exposed portion. The shaft portion is inserted into a cortical bone or penetrates through the cortical bone and is inserted to a position reaching a cancellous bone at an inner side of the cortical bone. The inflected portions are inflected to radial direction outer sides from one end portion of an axial direction of the shaft portion, and are exposed at a surface of the cortical bone. The exposed portion includes a portion that extends to the radial direction outer side from the one end portion of the axial direction of the shaft portion, and is exposed at the surface of the cortical bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University
    Inventors: Masayoshi Uezono, Kazuo Takakuda, Keiji Moriyama, Shoichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11229506
    Abstract: A dental prosthesis system includes at least one first and second dental prosthetic care part (1, 2) made of zirconium dioxide (ZrO2). Each of the two care parts has corner radii (R1, R11, R2, R22, R3, R26, R12, R13), and the corner radii (R1, R11, R2, R22, R3, R26, R12, R13) correspond to one another, wherein the first care part (1) is operatively connected to the second care part (2). At least one of the corner radii (R1, R11, R2, R22, R3) of the first dental prosthetic care part and/or the second dental prosthetic care part (R26, R12, R13) has a value of less than 0.1 mm, and the at least one corner radius (R1, R11, R2, R22, R3, R26, R12, R13) is produced by a material removal process using a laser method and/or by a machining process using a drill or a milling cutter made of full diamond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: DENTALPOINT AG
    Inventors: Philip Bolleter, Pascal Wettstein, Maximilian Warhanek
  • Patent number: 11213372
    Abstract: A dental restoration system is disclosed. A dental restoration system includes an implant, retention component, dental component and driver tool. The retention component is sealable in a retention chamber of the implant. The retention component includes a driver section for interfacing with a driving head of the driver tool and a dental component engagement section with a threaded surface. The dental component includes a retention component interface surface with threads. The dental component engages the retention component via the threaded surface interlocking with the threads of the retention component interface surface when the dental component is inserted in the implant. The driver tool is used to rotate the retention component to engage the dental component apically. The retention component contacts the retention component wall and the dental component contacts an annular shoulder of the implant when the dental component is fully attached to the implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Biomet 3I, LLC
    Inventors: Miguel Montero, Zachary B. Suttin, David Rebollar
  • Patent number: 11191621
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an implant and, more specifically, has a fixture having a circular ball shape and a socket structure of an abutment body coupled to the fixture, and thus enables improvement of the matching between the fixture and an abutment which are an implant structure during an implant procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Inventors: Heejin Chae, Yunja Kim
  • Patent number: 11185390
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dental implant and a replacement ring. The dental implant has an insertion portion for anchoring in a jaw bone. The replacement ring serves for replacing a subtractively removable annular material region in a coronal region of the insertion portion. The shape of the replacement ring is inscribable into the shape of the dental implant in the coronal region at least to some extent such that an inner lateral surface of the replacement ring lies within the shape of the dental implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventor: Johannes Scherer
  • Patent number: 11166793
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a connection between a post part provided for being screwed into the jawbone and an associated superstructure part to which a dental prosthesis can be fastened. The connection between the post part and the superstructure part has a rotational self-centering action, wherein at least one of the surfaces provided for this purpose has a friction-minimizing modification and/or coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Nobel Biocare Services AG
    Inventor: Holger Zipprich
  • Patent number: 11166791
    Abstract: A dental implant that facilitate insertion and can be used in all bone types. The implant includes a body having a coronal end, and an apical end opposite the coronal end. A tapered region may be adjacent the apical end. On the apical part two or more taps are provided. The first tap is a condensing tap and the second tap is a cutting tap. The implant can have at least one variable profile helical thread that extends along the tapered region. The implant can have also micro-threads below the main threads, a gradual compressing tapered core, a self drilling apical end and a narrow coronal region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Inventor: Ben-zion Karmon
  • Patent number: 11147681
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and system for surgical fixation of small bones, small bone fragments, and osteotomies and more particularly to compression screw having a threaded leading portion which is joined to a section that is free from threads, and which includes an angle or from 12° to 25° in a plane through the longitudinal axis of the screw and a portion which is joined to a head having a configuration that is intended to provide anti-rotational stability and compression through the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: ExsoMed Corporation
    Inventors: Lloyd P. Champagne, Jozef Zoldos
  • Patent number: 11123161
    Abstract: A dental implant system can include an upper implant body coupled to a lower body with a cavity between the upper and lower implant bodies. The system can further include an anchor at least partially disposed within the cavity. The system can also include an abutment that couples to the anchor and serves as a mounting area for a crown. The anchor can be rotatable and swivelable, allowing the lower implant body to be implanted at an angle in bone while permitting the crown to be positioned in a natural tooth orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: JBSG MANAGEMENT LLC
    Inventors: Jim Mcbride, Gonzalo Covarrubias, Souhail Toubia, Bradford Staph
  • Patent number: 11045287
    Abstract: A drill bit and method for normalizing bone is provided. The drill bit has a non-round drill bit core that is adapted to cut hard bone and to not cut soft bone. The drill bit has a cutting edge which may be positioned within a compression zone of the non-round drill bit core. The rotational speed of the drill bit and the profile of the drill bit core are tuned so that hard bone recovers into a cutting zone defined by the cutting edge while soft bone remains outside of the cutting zone. The insertion torque of the drill bit can be measured to determine when the normalization is adequate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: NOBEL BIOCARE SERVICES AG
    Inventors: Edmund Burke, David Sollberger, Silvio Nussbaumer, Stefan Holst, Hans Geiselhoringer, Antony Quarry, Jorg Weitzel
  • Patent number: 10987201
    Abstract: A dental implant having a central longitudinal axis at a bone-entry portion thereof is provided. The dental implant includes a threaded elongate fixture, at the bone-entry portion of the dental implant, shaped and sized for insertion into a bone of a subject, and a non-threaded emergence collar coronal to the fixture and smoother than the fixture. The emergence collar has a non-circular cross-section at least in a plane that is at least 1 millimeter coronal to the fixture and that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the emergence collar and the fixture being formed of, and adjacently disposed along, a single piece of metal. Other applications are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: PALTOP ADVANCED DENTAL SOLUTIONS LTD.
    Inventors: Michael Klein, Mordechai Mor Mills, Shlomo Hillel
  • Patent number: 10980449
    Abstract: According to the present invention, provided is a blood glucose meter comprising: an outer cylinder capable of being coupled within alveolar bone, and having an open lower part; an inner cylinder inserted into and coupled to the inner space of the outer cylinder, and having an open lower part; a biosensor provided in the inner space of the inner cylinder and exposed through the open lower part of the outer cylinder and the open lower part of the inner cylinder; a data processor provided in the inner space of the inner cylinder and receiving a signal from the biosensor and processing the same; a transmitter provided in the inner space of the inner cylinder and transmitting the data of the data processor; and a battery provided in the inner space of the inner cylinder and supplying electric power to the biosensor, the data processor and the transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Inventor: In Han Lee
  • Patent number: 10949575
    Abstract: A system that includes a gingiva former, a final abutment, and a final implant replacement. The gingiva former includes connecting geometry for attachment to an implant, a customized edge, a tapered bottom portion, and a tapered top portion that includes a circumferential surface. The customized edge and the tapered bottom portion have respective shapes that correspond to a 3D data set of a region of the final abutment that includes and is below an edge of the final abutment. The circumferential surface and a longitudinal axis of the connecting geometry form an angle of inclination. The customized edge of the gingiva former either (i) corresponds to a gingival line of the final implant replacement or (ii) is at a distance from the gingival line of the final implant replacement such that the gingival line of the final implant replacement is above the edge of the gingiva former.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Sirona Dental Systems GMBH
    Inventor: Sascha Schneider
  • Patent number: 10939982
    Abstract: Intraosseous dental implant comprising a shaft (11) provided with a first end (12), a second end (13) opposite the first end (12), and at least one threading (14) made on the external surface of the shaft (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: ADVAN S.R.L.
    Inventors: Antonio Rocci, Luigi Baggi, Mauro Cavenago
  • Patent number: 10799363
    Abstract: A methodology integrating muitiscale analysis and design optimization to design a novel bone replacement implant made of a functionally graded cellular material that meets fatigue requirements imposed by cyclic loadings. The pore microarchitecture, described by interconnectivity, porosity, pore size as well as pore topology, is optimally designed for tissue regeneration and mechanical strength. The method can contribute to the development of a new generation of bone replacement implants with a graded cellular microstructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: THE ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING/MCGILL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Damiano Pasini, Sajad Arabnejad Khanoki, Michael Tanzer
  • Patent number: 10772709
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dental implant having at least one but preferably a plurality of split fins that are vertically spaced along the vertical axis of the body portion of the implant. These split fins hold the body portion of a dental implant stationary within the patient's jaw by engaging the patient's jawbone and promoting osseointegration—the growth bone around and on the surface of the implant. Each split fin has a first end that is vertically spaced from a second end along the implant body's vertical axis such that the split fin extends from the first end and around the body's circumference along an inclined plane until it terminates at the second end so that the split fin creates a single spiral that extends around the entire circumference of the body portion of the implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Charles Buist, DMD, PA
    Inventor: Charles Buist, Sr.
  • Patent number: 10743966
    Abstract: Provided is an implant unit, and more particularly, a dental implant unit. The implant unit includes a fixture assembled to an alveolar bone; and an abutment assembled to the upper portion of the fixture, wherein the fixture includes a space defined by a groove-like structure formed in depth direction from the lower portion of the fixture facing the alveolar bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Inventor: Kwang Seob Kim
  • Patent number: 10729519
    Abstract: There is provided an implant having a slack prevention function by an eccentric fitting structure. An engaging shaft 53, which is decentered with a screw shaft 52, is provided at the end of an abutment screw 5, and is engaged with an engaging hole 45 provided in the bottom of a screw hole 44, into which an abutment screw 5 is screwed, and thus, the screw shaft 52 is inclined to and eccentric from the screw hole 44. Thereby, the screw shaft 52 comes to be strongly pressed partially in a circumferential direction toward the screw hole 44, so that internal stress in the horizontal direction is accumulated on the screw shaft 52. The screw 5 is threaded with maintaining prevailing torque caused by the internal stress, which enables the screw 5 to be fastened to the right position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Hardlock Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Katsuhiko Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 10639129
    Abstract: A bone foundation guide system having a bone foundation guide with a foundation guide body forming an open surgical space connecting a top of the bone foundation guide body with a bottom of the bone foundation guide body, the bottom contoured to removably affix the bone foundation guide body to the bone of a dental implant surgical site, the body further contoured to guide the cutting of bone from a dental implant surgical site and supporting a dental implant surgical guide; the dental implant surgical guide contoured to removably mate to the bone foundation guide body; wherein a combination of the bone foundation guide and the dental implant surgical guide forms a double open-ended placement channel that passes through a plurality of guiding cylinders held in tandem alignment to aid in the placement of a dental implant that is anchored in a site remote from the mouth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: NATIONAL DENTEX, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel R. Llop, Armand C. Jusuf, Ryan A. Spanke, Charles T. Fanlo
  • Patent number: 10639132
    Abstract: A dental prosthesis having a guide hole formed therein. The guide hole is configured to guide a drilling for a screw, and configured to receive the screw, holding the prosthesis in place when screwed into the bone of a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Inventor: Italo Lozada
  • Patent number: 10624723
    Abstract: A kit (1) for preparing a dental prosthesis, having a master model (2) manufactured by means of an additive technology using an arrangement of material in successive layers (3), such as 3D printing, and having a fixing screw (4) with an outer thread (4a) intended to removably fix a dental prosthesis element on the master model (2). The master model (2) has at least one reference surface intended to receive the dental prosthesis element bearing thereon, said reference surface being produced during the manufacture of the master model (2) by additive technology. The master model (2) has at least one threaded, cavity (6), of which the inner thread (6a), intended to receive said fixing screw (4) by screwing, is produced during the manufacture of the master model (2) by additive technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: ANTHOGYR
    Inventors: Benoît Blum, Alexis Dupasquier, Hervé Richard
  • Patent number: 10610333
    Abstract: An implant fixture is disclosed. The implant fixture contains an elongated shaft section, and a head section comprising a concavity along the head section's perimeter, wherein the concavity provides an area for bone growth therein to compensate for jawbone deterioration adjacent to the implant fixture due to craniofacial growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Nobel Biocare Services AG
    Inventors: Fereidoun Daftary, Oded Bahat
  • Patent number: 10603140
    Abstract: It is disclosed a dental implant (130; 230; 330) for promoting hone growth. The dental implant includes an elongated implant body having a coronal end portion (131; 231; 331) and an apical end portion (132; 232; 332), at least one external thread (140; 240; 340) and a flute arrangement having a depth. The flute arrangement has at least two helical flutes (150; 250; 350) that spiral in the general direction of said at least one external thread (140; 240; 340). The flutes (150; 250; 350) propagate with a greater lead than said at least one thread (140; 240 340). The flute arrangement is capable of scraping off and transferring bone debris in the coronal direction of the implant during insertion. It is also disclosed a method of using the dental implant and an implant system according to the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Nobel Biocare Services AG
    Inventors: Jan Hall, Fredrik Kullberg
  • Patent number: 10548692
    Abstract: A dental abutment assembly that comprises a dental abutment having a tubular passage with an internal abutment thread at a lower end of the tubular passage, a dental implant fixture having an upper socket with an internal implant fixture thread, and a screw shaft having an upper external thread with an upper external helix twisted in a first direction and a lower external thread having a lower external helix twisted in a second direction, the upper external thread and the lower external thread are located at opposite ends of a connecting shaft. The first direction and the second direction are opposite to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: T.A.G. Medical Devices—Agriculture Cooperative Ltd.
    Inventor: Daniel Baruc
  • Patent number: 10543029
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of stabilizing bone implants, including inserting a self-tapping implant having at least two helical grooves running in opposite directions around the implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: INTRA-LOCK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Thierry Giorno
  • Patent number: 10537373
    Abstract: An implant having a porous portion with a plurality of interconnected voids for receiving at least one injectable substance such that an injectable substance can elute from the porous portion. A syringe can be inserted into the at least one porous portion for administering the at least one injectable substance into the voids of the porous structure. The implant can be implanted with the at least one porous portion pre-loaded with the at least one injectable substance. The at least one porous portion can be loaded by inserting the syringe into the at least one porous portion after implanting the implant. The porous portion can be re-loaded with the syringe after the at least one injectable substance has eluted from the porous portion or replaced with a different injectable substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC
    Inventors: Jacy C. Hoeppner, Jason D. Meridew, Kevin T. Stone
  • Patent number: 10485634
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a palatal anchor plate, which is fixedly installed to mid-palatal area (the roof of a mouth) and provides a rigid orthodontic anchorage for tooth movement, whereby the palatal anchor plate reduces a counteraction (movement of a tooth that is used as an anchorage), which occurs when a tooth is used as an orthodontic anchorage, and provides a rigid orthodontic anchorage for tooth movement in various directions, which is difficult to obtain when a tooth is used as an orthodontic anchorage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Inventor: Byeong-Ju Han