US Patent Issued to TITA-LINK on March 31 for "Bone anchor for an upper or lower jaw with a corresponding drilling template" (Belgian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,969, issued on March 31, was assigned to TITA-LINK B.V. (Brussels).

"Bone anchor for an upper or lower jaw with a corresponding drilling template" was invented by Hugo De Clerck (Tervuren, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Bone anchor for an upper or lower jaw and a corresponding drilling template for making drill holes in the jaw. The drilling template contains an anchor plate and a connecting element whose shape and dimensions are substantially the same as those of the anchor plate and the connecting element of the bone anchor. A drill guide is provided adjacent to recesses on the drilling template that allows a drill to be a...