ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,197, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to CAMLOG Biotechnologies GmbH (Basel, Switzerland).

"Secondary part for a dental implant and dental implant set" was invented by Antonio Vaccaro (Maulburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a secondary part (1) for a dental implant (2). The secondary part (1) has a head part (3) and a connection part (4). The connection part (4) has at least two spring elements (5), which extend along a longitudinal axis (L) of the secondary part (1). The spring elements (5) have a coronal end (6) and an apical end (7) and are connected at the coronal end (6) to the head part (3) In ...