US Patent Issued to BIOMET 3I on June 17 for "Methods for placing an implant analog in a physical model of the patient's mouth" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,608, issued on June 17, was assigned to BIOMET 3I LLC (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Methods for placing an implant analog in a physical model of the patient's mouth" was invented by Zachary B. Suttin (Jupiter, Fla.), Bruce Berckmans III (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.), Dan P. Rogers (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.), T. Tait Robb (Stewart, Fla.) and Alexis C. Goolik (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of placing a dental implant analog in a physical model for use in creating a dental prosthesis is provided. The physical model, which is usually based on an impression of the patient's mouth or a scan of the patient's m...