ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,126, issued on March 25, was assigned to BIOCLEAN DENTAL LLC (Jupiter, Fla.).
"Dental implant" was invented by William Edward Connell (Jupiter, Fla.), David Eleario Federici (Toms River, N.J.) and Christopher Gervais (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-component dental implant system designed to improve oral hygiene. The dental implant system may comprise an implant body configured to be insertable into at least a portion of an individual's mouth, a primary or first abutment, a dental prosthesis engagement member, and a housing assembly. In use, the first abutment is designed to engage with and secure to ...