US Patent Issued to NATIONAL DENTEX on July 1 for "Dental bone foundation guide with palatal or lingual side gap and freehand surgical guide" (North Carolina, Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,223, issued on July 1, was assigned to NATIONAL DENTEX LLC (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Dental bone foundation guide with palatal or lingual side gap and freehand surgical guide" was invented by Daniel R. Llop (Cornelius, N.C.) and Michael J. Mandeville (Reno, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first guide member includes a horizontal body portion and a pair of upright portions. The horizontal body portion has an arcuate configuration and includes a first horizontal surface, a front surface, a rear surface, and a second horizontal surface. The first horizontal surface is flat. The first upright body portion includes a first inwardl...