ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,579, issued on July 22.
"Scan body with healing abutment" was invented by Jonathan Abenaim (Hawthorne, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scan body with healing abutment for coupling to an implanted dental component includes: a scannable portion; a healing abutment portion; and a skirt positioned between the scannable portion and the healing abutment portion, the skirt having an upper surface containing scannable indicia. The scannable portion is positioned at an apical end of the healing abutment portion and comprises a tapered body; and the healing abutment portion comprises a lower surface of the skirt and a tapered hollow cuff...