ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,291, issued on March 18, was assigned to BIOMET 3I LLC (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).
"Screwless dental implant connection" was invented by Miguel Montero (Boynton Beach, Fla.), Zachary B. Suttin (Jupiter, Fla.) and David Rebollar (Boynton Beach, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental restoration system is disclosed. A dental restoration system includes an implant, retention component, dental component and driver tool. The retention component is seatable in a retention chamber of the implant. The retention component includes a driver section for interfacing with a driving head of the driver tool and a dental component engagement ...