ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,974, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Quadric BioMed LLC (Colorado Springs, Colo.).
"Dental implant assembly with base member having obround shaped external surface" was invented by Aaron C. Bass (Colorado Springs, Colo.), James C. Grant (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Bradley W. Renehan (Colorado Springs, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental implant assembly comprises a base member and an abutment member. The base member is adapted for placement into an opening in a jawbone and comprises elongated vertically parallel side walls coupled with opposing curved end walls which together define an eccentrically shaped external sur...