US Patent Issued to BIOMET 3I on Dec. 2 for "Implant analogs and methods" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,997, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to BIOMET 3I LLC (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Implant analogs and methods" was invented by Esther Moran (Green Acres, Fla.), Miguel Montero (Boynton Beach, Fla.), Jorge Londono (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.), Isabel Scalise (West Palm Beach, Fla.), Jason Schinis (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) and Zachary B. Suttin (Jupiter, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implant analogs and dental modeling techniques are disclosed herein. The implant analogs are versatile and can be used in traditional modeling techniques or in rapid-prototyping techniques for producing dental models."

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