ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,848, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to NORIS MEDICAL LTD. (Nesher, Israel).
"Surgical guide for zygomatic bone implants" was invented by Francesco Gallo (Milan), Giulio Negri (Lecco, Italy) and Francesco Zingari (Milan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guide for guided surgery on zygomatic bone implants for dental prostheses includes a half-bushing and a complementary half-bushing which are connected by a pair of bars. The half-bushings and the bars define a common longitudinal median axis between them; the half-bushings have a U-shaped or semicircular cross-section with mutually opposite concavities directed toward the median axis; th...