Dentistry inventions 02/07

20070042314 - Crimpable orthodontic device: A crimpable orthodontic device is disclosed. The orthodontic device is adapted to be mounted on an orthodontic wire. The crimpable orthodontic device has a tubular member defining an opening for receiving the orthodontic wire. The tubular member has an inner surface for contacting the orthodontic wire. The inner surface has... Agent: Schwartz Cooper CharteredIPDepartment

20070042315 - Visual feedback implements for electromagnetic energy output devices: An electromagnetic energy output device in the form of laser handpiece and a trunk assembly is disclosed. The electromagnetic energy output device includes a digital camera and electromagnetic energy waveguides for emitting illumination or excitation light energy to enhance user viewability of a target surface and signal analysis and to... Agent: Kenton R. Mullins Stout, Uxa Buyan & Mullins, LLP

20070042316 - Nozzle piece for a dental powder jet apparatus: A nozzle piece for a dental powder jet apparatus is provided with a discharge nozzle, the outlet cross section of which is formed by few nozzle openings in the lateral area of the front end of a tube-shaped partial length of the nozzle piece, for a primarily sub-gingival cleaning of... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070042318 - Vacuum pump apparatus for use with saliva control devices: A hand-held vacuum pump apparatus for use in attaching one or more saliva control devices over one or more selected salivary ducts. The apparatus can be operated using a single hand. The apparatus includes a body having a grippable handle and a support member, a hollow suction tube supported by... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070042317 - Vacuum sealed saliva control device: A saliva control device for controlling or isolating the production of saliva by a salivary gland. The saliva control device includes a body, a cavity formed in the body for forming a seal over the salivary gland, a vacuum chamber in the body that assists the cavity in forming a... Agent: Rick D. Nydegger Workman Nydegger

20070042325 - Grinder guard: A dental working element guard may include grip enhancements such as finger plates or cups. Embodiments can accommodate contra-angles. Guards made of transparent plastic improve work area visibility for a dentist or user. Some embodiments are made of plastic and are disposable. Embodiments may include a lubrication port for introducing... Agent: Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070042324 - Grinder guard: A dental working element guard may include grip enhancements such as finger plates or cups. Embodiments can accommodate contra-angles. Guards made of transparent plastic improve work area visibility for a dentist or user. Some embodiments are made of plastic and are disposable. Embodiments may include a lubrication port for introducing... Agent: Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070042323 - Grinder guard: A dental working element guard may include grip enhancements such as finger plates or cups. Embodiments can accommodate contra-angles. Guards made of transparent plastic improve work area visibility for a dentist or user. Some embodiments are made of plastic and are disposable. Embodiments may include a lubrication port for introducing... Agent: Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070042322 - Grinder guard: A dental working element guard may include grip enhancements such as finger plates or cups. Embodiments can accommodate contra-angles. Guards made of transparent plastic improve work area visibility for a dentist or user. Some embodiments are made of plastic and are disposable. Embodiments may include a lubrication port for introducing... Agent: Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070042321 - Grinder guard: A dental working element guard may include grip enhancements such as finger plates or cups. Embodiments can accommodate contra-angles. Guards made of transparent plastic improve work area visibility for a dentist or user. Some embodiments are made of plastic and are disposable. Embodiments may include a lubrication port for introducing... Agent: Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070042320 - Grinder guard: A dental working element guard may include grip enhancements such as finger plates or cups. Embodiments can accommodate contra-angles. Guards made of transparent plastic improve work area visibility for a dentist or user. Some embodiments are made of plastic and are disposable. Embodiments may include a lubrication port for introducing... Agent: Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070042319 - Grinder guard: A dental working element guard may include grip enhancements such as finger plates or cups. Embodiments can accommodate contra-angles. Guards made of transparent plastic improve work area visibility for a dentist or user. Some embodiments are made of plastic and are disposable. Embodiments may include a lubrication port for introducing... Agent: Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070042326 - Collagen antral membrane expander: A subantral membrane elevator comprising an inflatable balloon and an over-formed membrane (e.g., collagen membrane), which is resorbable into the body, and a method of using the same in bone augmentation surgery, such as alveolar bone augmentation preparatory to implantation of a dental implant.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070037110 - Device for correction of the form of dental alveolar arch: The invention relates to the medicine and can be used in orthodontics for correction of the form of alveolar arch towards its both increase and decrease. The task of the claimed group of inventions is to intensify a correction process of the form of alveolar process and a dental arch.... Agent: Joshua D. Isenberg Jdi Patent

20070037112 - Device for correction of the form of upper jaw: The invention relates to the medicine, in particularly, in orthodontics, and can be used during the correction of the form of upper jaw, namely, dental, alveolar and basal arches. The task of the group of inventions is to ensure increased functionalities of the devices for correction of the form of... Agent: Joshua D. Isenberg Jdi Patent

20070037111 - Method for stimulation of growth of missing tissues of jaw defects and a device for its realization: The invention relates to medicine and could be used in orthodontics during the stimulation of growth and filling of defects of jaw's missing tissues, in particular, of palate cleft and alveolar process. According to a proposed method a defect is closed by a plate, edges of defect are irritated by... Agent: Joshua D. Isenberg Jdi Patent

20070037113 - Dental curing light including a light integrator for providing substantially equal distribution of each emitted wavelength: A dental curing light including a body having a housing, one or more light emitting devices disposed on or within the housing, and a light integrator configured to receive light emitted by the at least one light emitting device. The light integrator includes an outer wall defining a hollow reflective... Agent: Rick D. Nydegger Workman Nydegger

20070037114 - Light directing apparatus for whitening: A light directing apparatus for whitening aims to transmit light to project the front teeth of users for whitening purpose. It includes a duct for transmitting the light, a shell which has a housing space and a light penetrative member located in the housing apace. The duct has a coupling... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070037115 - Dental model articulator: The articulators of the present invention provide relative manipulation of dental models for simulation of occlusal and masticatory movements of the mouth. The full arch articulator with a removable wall consists of four parts—a lower part, an upper part, a middle part, and a rear part. The lower part is... Agent: Gordon K. Sim Suite L

20070037116 - Occlusal indicator tray & processes therefor: An arch-shaped mouthpiece for forming custom dental trays intraorally, which is typically comprised of a sheet of low-melting custom tray material containing a filler, preferably air. The mouthpiece may also have a supporting frame comprised of a facial wall connected to a lingual wall, and a handle. The supporting frame... Agent: Eric J. Knutson

20070037117 - Endodontic file combining active and passive cutting edges: An endodontic reamer/file for cleaning/shaping a tooth root canal having an elongated shank with a proximal end portion, a distal end and a tapered working portion having a longitudinal axis, the external surface of the shank working portion being defined by a plurality of at least two equally spaced apart... Agent: Gable & Gotwals

20070037118 - Root canal treatment tool and method for manufacturing the same: The present invention relates to a root canal treatment tool that is formed in a shape of a rod and has a work portion formed in a predetermined length from a tip and a shank formed in a manner continuous with the work portion. The work portion has a shape... Agent: Scott Look

20070037119 - System for breaking up thrombi and plaque in the vasculature: A system includes a generator with a grinder subgenerator and an ultrasonic subgenerator, a grinder handpiece, and an ultrasonic handpiece. The grinder handpiece is connected in electrical communication with the grinder subgenerator. The grinder handpiece includes a motor and a grinding tool connected mechanically to the motor. The rotational speed... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/chicago/cook

20070037120 - Facial support device: A facial support device configured to provide support to a user's lip, cheek and eyelid thereby helping a user suffering from facial paralysis to speak clearly and to prevent excessive eye-watering or dry-eye syndrome. The facial support device is coupled to a user's ear and to a corner of a... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20070037121 - Carry and drive device and method for dental implant and/or components thereof: A carry and drive device and method for a dental implant or a dental implant component with a driving recess. The device includes a drive end with a configuration substantially matching the drive recess and with an interference surface frictionally engageable with a portion of the driving recess.... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070037122 - Dental restorative system and components: Disclosed within is a dental restorative system including a dental fixture component having a longitudinal axis, a body portion, and an emergence profile portion adjacent to the body portion The dental fixture component also has a tapered coronal portion adjacent to the emergence profile portion, with the tapered coronal portion... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20070037123 - High-strength dental-implant w/curvilinear-indexing and tool-free delivery-system: An endosseous dental-implant apparatus of enhanced structural strength, simplicity, and installation convenience, the UNI-PLANT™ achieves positive indexing engagement between the primary-implant and its mating secondary-implant member via employment of TRULOCK™,—a male into female indexing-device embodied as either a single abaxial asymmetrical indexer or plural such indexing stations;—discovered to improve strength... Agent: Robert W. Von Heck

20070037124 - Denture attachment: A dental attachment including a magnet element delivering a magnetic attraction force, a yoke of a soft magnetic material and including a recess for housing the magnet element, and a disc joined to the yoke so as to close the opening of the recess with the magnet element housed in... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070037126 - Tooth bleaching process: A system and method for tooth bleaching are disclosed wherein a patient's mouth is prepped for tooth bleaching treatment, a light activated tooth bleaching composition is applied on a tooth surface to be bleached, a lamp assembly is placed in position to activate the oxidizing compound in the bleaching composition,... Agent: Discus Dental Impressions, Inc.

20070037125 - Ultrasonic sensor for dental applications: This invention includes a method and a device for measuring a tooth. The method includes generating an ultrasonic impulse, which is echoed off of an area of the tooth. By analyzing the echo, the geometry of the tooth can be determined.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070037127 - Method of forming pressable procelain restoration: A method of making pressable porcelain restorations. A predetermined amount of porcelain powder is provided to a refractory mold in a lost wax method. The powder may be a blend of different colored powders in order to provide a restoration of a particular shade.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070037128 - Inserts for tooth repair: A pre-formed tooth insert is provided for insertion in a prepared cavity in a tooth, particularly suitable for cavities accurately prepared to match pre-formed inserts. The insert has at least one surface (1) that remains exposed when the insert is placed in the prepared cavity, a contact surface (5) in... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070031773 - Bracket for orthodontics: A bracket for lingual orthodontics, comprising a base (2) to be fastened onto the lingual side of a tooth, three engaging tabs (4, 5, 6) adapted to engage and hold a system (9) for binding the dental arc, a housing (3) for an orthodontic wire (8) which extends along the... Agent: Leffert Jay & Polglaze, P.A.

20070031775 - Custom orthodontic bracket placement jig and jig making method and apparatus: A placement jig for locating an orthodontic appliance on a tooth is provided with a cavity formed in a jig body and conforming to the contour of an occlusal portion a tooth crown, which cavity is coated with a releasable adhesive to hold the jig to the tooth as the... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070031774 - Registering physical and virtual tooth structures with markers: In general, the invention relates to techniques for registering a three-dimensional (3D) coordinate system of a physical model of a patient's tooth structure to a 3D coordinate system of a virtual model of the same tooth structure. Techniques are described to register the complex geometries of the physical and virtual... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070031776 - Medical light emitting device: It is an object of the present invention to provide a means which can increase the residence property at an affected site of a dental therapeutic agent such as a therapeutic agent for periodontal disease when such agent is applied to the affected site, and also can suppress the diffusion... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070031777 - Multifunctional dental apparatus: A multifunctional dental apparatus comprising dental lasers and light emitting diodes (LEDs) is disclosed for performing photo treatment on an oral site. The dental lasers and LEDs share a unified user interface for operation control and monitoring. The dental lasers and LEDs can work in a cooperative manner with their... Agent: Bwt Property, Inc.

20070031778 - Care or cleaning device for medical instruments and methods: A care or cleaning device for a medical instrument and a process for determining whether an instrument is connected to one or more coupling devices of the care or cleaning device. Compressed air supplied to each coupling device through a compressed air line causes a backpressure and an increase in... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070031779 - Nozzle for dental composition: To separate a catalyst for polymerizing a monomer contained in a liquid or paste dental composition containing at least a monomer, such as a dental resin cement, an autopolymerizing dental resin or a resin-reinforced dental glass ionomer cement, from the liquid or paste dental composition to thereby improve storage stability... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070031780 - Device control module and method for controlling devices: A device control module and a method for controlling at least first and second devices based on operation of a foot pedal apparatus having a moveable member are provided. The device control module includes an RF receiver configured to receive a first RF signal at a first time indicating at... Agent: John Buckert

20070031781 - System and method for remotely controlling devices: A system and a method for remotely controlling at least a first device based on operation of a foot pedal apparatus are provided. The foot pedal apparatus has a movable member. The system includes a first module configured to transmit a first RF signal in response to at least partial... Agent: John Buckert

20070031782 - System and method for remotely controlling devices: A system and a method for remotely controlling at least a first device based on operation of a foot pedal apparatus are provided. The foot pedal apparatus has a movable member. The system includes a first module configured to transmit a first RF signal in response to at least partial... Agent: John Buckert

20070031783 - Endodontic file having bi-directional scraping edges: An endodontic file having an elongated shank with a proximal end portion, a distal end and a tapered working portion extending from the proximal portion to the distal end, the external surface of the shank working portion being defined in part by a plurality of at least two equally spaced... Agent: Gable & Gotwals

20070031784 - Endodontic reamer / file having reduced torque demands: A dental reamer/file is in the form of an elongated shank having a proximal end portion and a distal end and a tapered working portion of determined length extending therebetween, the external surface of the shank working portion having at least two equally spaced apart continuous concave helical flutes and... Agent: Gable & Gotwals

20070031785 - Oral care devices: An oral care device for use in an oral cavity is provided. The oral care device comprises a handle having proximal and distal ends and an acoustic emitter disposed at the distal end of the handle. An emitting surface is acoustically coupled to the acoustic emitter. The emitting surface is... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070031786 - Dental handpiece: A dental handpiece component (10) has a bur-tube (20) and a ball bearing assembly (13, 14) supporting the bur-tube (20). The handpiece (10) also has a pusher (32), wedge (30) and chuck jaws (22). Any or all of the handpiece components in metal-to-metal contact (such as, 15, 13, 14, 15,... Agent: Dentsply International Inc

20070031787 - Tongue retractor and fluid/particle barrier: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a tongue retractor and fluid/particle barrier for use in medical procedures performed in and around a patient's mouth. In one embodiment of the present invention, a kidney-shaped tongue retractor and fluid/particle barrier, with an insertion end and a handling end, is... Agent: Olympic Patent Works PLLC

20070031788 - Periodontal surgery operation methods and instruments: The present invention relates generally to methods of performing periodontal surgeries, and instruments for performing said surgeries. A method of performing periodontal surgery to correct a gingival defect of a patient according to a general embodiment comprises the steps of making an incision at or near a fornix of the... Agent: Foley & Lardner

20070031789 - Aesthetic ceramic veneered restoration: The present invention relates to an aesthetic dental restoration having a layered structure, which dental restoration has the appearance of a natural tooth. In addition, the present invention relates to a method for preparing such dental restorations. Particularly, the invention is based on the control of interaction between opalescence and... Agent: Dentsply International Inc

20070031790 - Registering physical and virtual tooth structures with pedestals: In general, the invention relates to techniques for registering a three-dimensional (3D) coordinate system of a physical model of a patient's tooth structure to a 3D coordinate system of a virtual model of the same tooth structure. Techniques are described to register the complex geometries of the physical and virtual... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070031791 - Scanning models for digital orthodontics: In general, the invention relates to techniques for simultaneously scanning multiple physical models of a patient's tooth structure in order to register the models relative to one another within a digital model generated from the single scan. For example, simultaneously scanning a physical model of a patient's upper arch along... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070031792 - Provisional crown for dental implants: The invention relates in general to the fabrication of provisional or temporary crowns utilized to temporarily restore dental implants. The pre-fabricated provisional crowns are designed to specifically mate to the gingival portion of the abutment fixture of a dental implant or the collar of a dental implant. Therefore, the clinician... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070031793 - Provisional crown for dental implants: The invention relates in general to the fabrication of provisional or temporary crowns utilized to temporarily restore dental implants. The pre-fabricated provisional crowns are designed to specifically mate to the gingival portion of the abutment fixture of a dental implant or the collar of a dental implant. Therefore, the clinician... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070031794 - Apparatus and method for root canal obturation: The present invention is directed to root canal obturation in a tooth. In one embodiment, a plug is positioned in a root canal and bonded to the root canal by applying a light-curing adhesive to the canal and exposing the plug to a light source to bond the plug to... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20070026357 - Device for adjusting tooth and/or jaw malpositions: An appliance for adjusting tooth and/or jaw malpositions, includes an upper arch wire suitably to be attached to teeth on the upper jaw of a user; a lower arch wire suitably to be attached to teeth on the lower jaw of the user; and a force-transfer element for mechanically connecting... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070026358 - Two-phase invisible orthodontics: The present invention provides a two-phase orthodontic treatment for dental malocclusions that includes a first phase using traditional molar orthodontic appliances. The second phase employs a series of plastic aligner trays.... Agent: Douglas J. Hura Esquire Dentsply International Inc.

20070026359 - Dental practice operating system: A novel dental practise operation system affords computer controlled activation and control of a multitude of instrument operation and auxiliary functions by providing a plurality of distinct functionalities of at least one activation device for activation and control signals for a dental unit and a patient's rest. Increased efficiency for... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070026360 - Variable-land, multiple height flute contour design for endodontic files: A tapered endodontic rotary file for shaping or cleaning a root canal in a tooth has one or more flutes spiraling along the length of the file. The diameters of the one or more flutes tapers in a non-uniform manner from a first diameter in a shank portion of the... Agent: Koppel, Patrick & Heybl

20070026361 - Prophy angle: The present invention provides a dental prophylaxis angle that includes a singular housing, a drive shaft, a rotor, and a collar. The housing may define a first bore, a second bore in communication with the first bore at a substantial angle thereto, and a third bore coaxial with the second... Agent: Steven M. Greenberg Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

20070026362 - Device for coupling dental instruments: There is provided a coupling device for electrically coupling a dental instrument to an electrical connector, including a tubular clasp made of an electrically conductive material having a first portion attachable to the connector and a second portion attachable to the dental instrument, the second portion having a slot facilitating... Agent: Milde & Hoffberg, LLP

20070026363 - Interactive dental restorative network: The invention relates to a computer-based dental restoration system that include a network server having a database storing digital representations, and a communications network providing access to the network server and facilitating direct communication at least between a dentist and a practitioner. The a computer-based dental restoration system also include... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department