ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,721, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to EXOCAD GMBH (Darmstadt, Germany).
"Fastening channel through a dental restoration" was invented by David Garrubba (Darmstadt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for a computer-implemented method for configuring a fastening channel through a dental restoration for fastening a retaining means retaining the dental restoration. The method comprises receiving a 3D digital restoration model of the dental restoration with an artificial tooth and a definition of an implant. A relative positioning of the dental restoration relative to the implant is determined. A posi...