US Patent Issued to BIOMET 3I on Dec. 30 for "Dental implant system having enhanced soft-tissue growth features" (Florida, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,107, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to BIOMET 3I LLC (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Dental implant system having enhanced soft-tissue growth features" was invented by Zachary B. Suttin (Jupiter, Fla.), Ross W Towse (San Marcos, Calif.) and Michael D. Scalise (West Palm Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental implant system including an implant and an abutment is disclosed. The implant includes a generally cylindrical body, a central axis, a distal end for anchoring in a patient's bone and a proximal end opposing the distal end. The proximal end includes a roughened lateralized surface that surrounds an abutment-engaging re...