ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,882, issued on June 24, was assigned to CREADENT MONTAUBAN (Montauban, France).
"Gingiva healing abutment for a dental implant" was invented by Jacques Camps (Negrepelisse, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A healing abutment configured to be provided in an implant prior to fitting a prosthetic tooth and comprising a leg and a head which are aligned along an axis Z and connected by means of a tensioning screw, the leg comprising a lower leg portion configured to cooperate with the implant, the head comprising a lower head portion configured to cooperate with an upper portion of the leg, the healing abutment comprising a reference...