ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,832, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to CUDETI SAGL (Lugano, Switzerland).
"Implant" was invented by Bernard Touati (Neuilly, France) and Marco Ravanello (Gentilino, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant to retain facial or dental prostheses includes a bone-engaging portion, a transmucosal portion, and an abutment portion. The bone-engaging portion of the implant includes a longitudinally extending distal portion formed of a conformal microscale cell structure and, optionally, a non-biological coating. The transmucosal portion includes a plurality of micro holes. The abutment portion of the implant may be polished to ...