ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,915, issued on March 11, was assigned to Nobel Biocare Services AG (Kloten, Switzerland).
"Dental implant" was invented by Holger Zipprich (Malchen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a dental implant (1) comprising a post part (2) which can be placed in a jaw bone and comprising a structural part (4) associated with said post part, to which structural part a denture piece can be attached, the structural part comprising an integrally moulded contact pin (8) which can be placed in an associated shaped recess (10) in the post part (2) with a positive fit, thereby making it possible to suitably index the implant in a s...