ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,431, issued on July 15, was assigned to STRAUMANN HOLDING AG (Basel, Switzerland).
"Dental implant system" was invented by Ophir Fromovich (Moshav Adanim, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental implant having a substantially cylindrical shape with a longitudinal axis defining a longitudinal direction, including: a coronal section including a coronal end of the implant; a threaded region extending apically from the coronal section to an apical tip of the implant; and an internal blind bore for connection to a secondary part, including: a stabilizing section extending apically from the coronal end; and a drive and indexing sect...