ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,260, issued on June 3, was assigned to JENSEN INDUSTRIES INC. (North Haven, Conn.).
"Assembly for locating and verifying the anatomic position of a full-arch dental prosthetics" was invented by Donald F. Cornell (Madison, Conn.) and William F. Gross (North Haven, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental prosthetic positioning assembly comprises an occlusal assembly and a maxillary arch subassembly. The occlusal assembly includes a maxillary tray configured to be formed in a patient's maxillary alveolar ridge, wherein the maxillary tray comprises a occlusal rim component. The occlusal assembly further includes a carriage frame com...