ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,978, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to INSTITUT STRAUMANN AG (Basel, Switzerland).
"Gingiva former, bite support and dental healing system" was invented by Titus Fischler (Zeiningen, Switzerland) and Felix Fischler (Hagenthal le Haut, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gingiva former is disclosed having an implant fixing structure configured to fix the gingiva former to an implant construction fixed to a jaw of a patient, and an emergence profile portion configured to be positioned within a gingiva of the patient when the gingiva former is mounted to the implant construction. The gingiva former further includes a mounting struc...