US Patent Issued to Nobel Biocare Services on July 28 for "Dental component with through hole" (Swiss, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,953, issued on July 28, was assigned to Nobel Biocare Services AG (Kloten, Switzerland).

"Dental component with through hole" was invented by Jorg Weitzel (Rielasingen-Worblingen, Germany) and Javier Ratia Garcia (Zurich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure presents a method of manufacturing a dental component (110; 210; 410; 510) with an angulated channel (170; 270; 470; 570) and for being mounted to a dental implant is disclosed. The dental component has a coronal side (130; 230; 430; 530) and an apical side (120; 220; 420; 520). The method comprises the steps of forming a first hole (140; 240; 340; 440) and a second hole ...