Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177554 | Device and method for locating a pulp chamber in a tooth A pulp chamber locator assists a dentist in performing a root canal procedure. The device includes a generally circular plate and a plurality of struts extending from the plate. The plate has a hole in the vicinity of its center. The device is inserted over a tooth,... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8167615 | Manufacturing method for a guiding template for dental implantology The present invention relates to a method for making a guiding template for dental implantation. The method provides for associating a base template to a reference device, subjecting the patient to CAT, loading the data to a computer program, making an implant plann... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8157563 | Guide device able to interact with a number of sleeves disposed in a tooth template A guide device is provided that can interact with a number of sleeves of a tooth template. The guide device can include a handle part, a support part, and a guide part. The handle part can include first and second parts. The first part can be connectable to the seco... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8142189 | Arrangement and device for using a template to form holes for implants in bone, preferably jaw bone An apparatus includes a template which locates hole positions in a jawbone while the template is separated from the jawbone by gum tissue. The template follows a contour of the gum tissue surrounding the jawbone and has guide holes which receive a cutting tool. Anch... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8137101 | Detachable stopper for dental drill To provide a detachable stopper fixed on a spindle part of a dental drill to regulate the depth of an implant fixture embedding hole in an implant treatment, the detachable stopper includes a stopper main body 1 being made of an elastically deformable metal m... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8109762 | Dental handpiece with abutment device A dental handpiece carries a drill and drives it in relative motion in a direction of penetration. The handpiece includes a body with a proximal end and a distal end, a removable head connected to the body's distal end, able to hold the drill, abutment means fixed o... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8105081 | Surgical drill guide and index system A surgical drill guide for installing dental implants with predetermined angular alignment and rotational orientation for a dental prosthesis, formed of: a. a base part formed to correspond generally to the shape and contour of a patient's upper or lower mouth, the ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8087934 | Oral implant placement system and method An oral implant system and method. The system includes a positioning tool, a transfer band, a transfer screw, and a transfer drill to provide for accurate placement of a dental implant parallel to other implants and or existing teeth and at predetermined depths. A m... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7950924 | Arrangement and device for using a template to form holes for implants in bone, preferably jaw bone An apparatus includes a template which locates hole positions in a jawbone while the template is separated from the jawbone by gum tissue. The template follows a contour of the gum tissue surrounding the jawbone and has guide holes which receive a cutting tool. Anch... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7905726 | Surgical guide for dental implant and methods therefor A surgical guide assembly is provided for positioning a drill bit during a dental implant procedure. The guide assembly includes a mounting member configured to mount to one or more teeth adjacent to an edentulous area, a base connected to the mounting member and di... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7866979 | Dental drill system and stop collar for preparing implant bed for implants A dental drill system and method for drilling a socket to a predetermined depth and diameter which is sized to receive an implant includes a first drill bit with a first bit diameter, a second drill bit with a second bit diameter, wherein the second bit diameter is ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7845943 | Method for making and using a template for locating a dental implant and components relating thereto An apparatus used in forming a template for locating a dental implant osteotomy in a patient's mandible or maxilla. The apparatus includes a guide post and a sleeve having a longitudinal gap. A dental cast of a patient's mandible or maxilla is formed and a hole is d... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7785104 | Accelerated orthodontic apparatus and method An apparatus and method for patients requiring repositioning of misaligned teeth who typically undergo orthodontic treatment to move the teeth into corrected positions. The orthodontic methods typically require lengthy procedures involving the application of light f... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7695279 | Drill stop sleeve for a dental drill, dental drill device with a drill stop sleeve, and set containing several drill stop sleeves A dental drill (10) defining a bore diameter and a drill stop sleeve (22) which is transparent or translucent, thereby improving the view of the drilled hole formed by the drilling during the operation. The drill stop sleeve (22) comprises an un... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7682151 | Integrated system to stabilize dental prostheses The invention discloses an integrated 3 D surgical guide, guide bar, mini-implant system and a procedure to stabilize dental prostheses, based on implanting two parallel mini-implants at a given distance and then joining them by means of a prosthetic bar mounted on ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7572125 | Guide device able to interact with a number of sleeves disposed in a tooth template A guide device is provided that can interact with a number of sleeves of a tooth template. The guide device can include a handle part, a support part, and a guide part. The handle part can include first and second parts. The first part can be connectable to the seco... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7476101 | Dental handpiece with removable apex finding electrode A dental handpiece is provided with a collar that moves along an outer surface of the handpiece. A contact is secured to the collar. The collar interfaces with an electrical circuit that extends within the dental handpiece. The contact is removable from the collar a... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7435088 | Device for determining position A device for determining the position of a sleeve, on the one hand in the vertical direction in relation to a fixture dummy in or on a model of a bone, and on the other hand in the transverse direction in relation to the longitudinal axis of the fixture dummy. An ex... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7429175 | Dental implant surgical guide A prefabricated dental implant surgical guide. The implant surgical guide comprises a tooth shaped contour which simulates a natural tooth and the final prosthesis. The tooth shaped contours can be shaped to match any tooth found in the mouth. The system further com... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7367801 | Method for precisely-positioned production of a cavity, especially a bone cavity and instrument therefor The invention relates to a method for precisely-positioned production of a cavity, especially a bone cavity, at a preparation point by means of a hand instrument, comprising the following steps: calculation of position-dependent surface characteristics from a three-... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7347830 | Assemblies and methods for measuring tooth apex location The invention provides an assembly for measuring the penetration depth of a dental instrument into a root canal of a tooth. The assembly has a base element configured to be clampingly braced onto a tooth to be treated; an electrically conductive guiding member affix... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346417 | Method and device system for removing material or for working material Method and system, for which can be used in the fields of medicine and dentistry as well as for the most varied types of material working in different areas of application and model working, provides that an exact removal of material or a highly precise, reproducibl... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7338286 | Dental implant system An implant comprising two internal anti-rotational features. One anti-rotational feature is adapted to engage a driving tool, while the other anti-rotational feature is adapted to engage an abutment. An implant abutment system is provided with an angled abutment ada... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331786 | Manufacturing a dental implant drill guide and a dental implant superstructure Dental implant drill holes and the shape of a dental implant superstructure are chosen by creating a computer model giving jawbone structural details, gum surface shape information and proposed teeth or dental prosthesis shape information. The computer model shows t... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329122 | Accelerated orthodontic apparatus and method An apparatus and method for patients requiring repositioning of misaligned teeth who typically undergo orthodontic treatment to move the teeth into corrected positions. The orthodontic methods typically require lengthy procedures involving the application of light f... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322821 | Positioning device for dental implant A positioning device for dental implant has a post and multiple guides. The post is cylindrical and has a diameter corresponding to a diameter of a hole in a dental model. The guides are mounted detachably on the post and are semi-tubular tabs and each has an inner ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7239811 | Optical-axis directional indicating apparatus for optical communication An optical-axis directional indicating apparatus for optical communication includes a photoreceptor having a light-receiving surface and a plurality of optical receiving elements arranged on the surface in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the f... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7232309 | Endodontic platform and use thereof An platform for use with an instrument during an endodontic procedure. The platform includes a substantially rectangular-shaped body for holding the instrument pierced partly therethrough, a linear measure for establishing the working length of the instrument; and a... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229448 | Apparatus and method for attaching a graft ligament to a bone A transverse guide assembly for use in passing a transverse pin through a host bone and through a transversely-extending region formed in an interference screw, wherein the transverse guide assembly includes a key member, a boom member and a guide member, and furthe... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226289 | Method for overmolding polymers over dental tools A method for overmolding a plurality of polymers having different properties onto a dental instrument. The method involves providing a dental instrument substrate made of metal, overmolding a first polymer onto a portion of the dental instrument substrate, and then ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7214056 | Orthodontic bracket placement device and method The present invention provides an orthodontic bracket placement device comprising a horizontal bracket engaging means for engaging an orthodontic bracket, and a vertical shaft extending from the horizontal bracket engaging means, the shaft including a plurality of i... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210881 | Sleeved stop for a drill bit A stop for use with an electric drill bit, the stop having at least one threaded sleeve for positioning the stop relative to a surface into which the drill bit will extend. The stop may have both an inner and an outer sleeve. The sleeves are mounted coaxially, one i... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7180253 | Method and system for generating multi-dimensional motion profiles A motion control system comprises control logic and a programming interface. The programming interface is configured to permit a user to specify a plurality of non-tangential path segments, and the control logic is configured to generate a plurality of additional co... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7179084 | Apparatus and method to remove dental implant A method and apparatus to remove dental implant. The apparatus comprises a guide ring rotatably attached to a base, means to rotatably attach the guide ring to the base, means to attach the apparatus to an implant, and apparatus to remove dental implant indexing mea... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175434 | Implant arrangement and device In an arrangement with implant and attachment part/dental bridge, the latter comprises one or more recessed walls. The implant is designed or can cooperate with a portion which can be arranged on a spacer sleeve belonging to the implant and extends substantially par... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7153309 | Guide system for bone-repair devices A system, including methods, apparatus, components, and kits, for guiding a hole-forming tool and/or a fastener through a bone and then to a bone-repair device that is connected to the bone. In some embodiments, the system may include a guide device including (1) a ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7144251 | Dental-facial measuring instrument A dental-facial measuring instrument provides a possibility to determine an occlusion to make a denture. An improved dental-facial measuring instrument includes the first and second strips coupled by the connector and spring with a slidable strip comprising a horizo... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7141074 | Variable depth drill with self-centering sleeve A surgical drill assembly is provided that includes an elongate shaft having a proximal end adapted to mate to a driver mechanism, and a distal end having a bone preparation element formed thereon. An elongate, hollow sleeve is coupled to, but slidably disposed arou... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7118375 | Method and system for dental model occlusal determination using a replicate bite registration impression Systems and methods for imaging a dental occlusal registration impression; developing a digital 3D surface contour model of the occlusal registration impression from the image data; electronically transferring the data representing the digital 3D surface contour mod... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7101181 | System for fixing a dental implant A drilling system includes a drilling jig which is used for a dental implant where the dental implant has a bore designed to received a clamp of the drilling jig. The bore enables the drilling jig to be guided for producing one or several lateral holes in the bone a... | 09/05/2006 |
