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Randall C. Groscurth, Troy, MI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110045431BONE SCREW LINKING DEVICE - A dental device having a marker and a linking component configured to be inserted into a mouth. The dental device provides a temporary positioning reference location that may be collected in a tomography scan data set and surface scan data set. The dental device may be used to orient and verify the tomography scan data set and the surface scan data set to create a master dental file that may be used to determine the appropriate location of a dental implant.02-24-2011
20110045432SIMPLE LINKING DEVICE - A simple linking device configured to be positioned adjacent to an oral structure. The device provides a temporary positioning reference location that may be viewed in a tomography scan data set and surface scan data set. The dental device may be used to orient and verify the tomography scan data set and the surface scan data set to create a master dental file that may be used to determine the appropriate location of a dental implant.02-24-2011

Randall Clayton Groscurth, Troy, MI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090298008DENTAL X-RAY AND DRILL GUIDE APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus and method for performing a dental procedure relating to replacement of teeth includes a dental model made from an impression of teeth and gums of a particular mouth formation of a patient and an intended dental implant location with respect to the dental model. A reference member to be supported by the dental model is located in a desired angulation and dimensional position at the intended dental implant location. Each reference member includes a base portion having at least a partial spherical surface for engagement within an at least partial spherical aperture formed in the dental model with a round ball drill. The base portion supports an outwardly extending reference pin portion. A material to be applied around the one or more reference members provides support for each of the reference members when the material has hardened.12-03-2009
20100124731DENTAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LINKING PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL DATA FOR DIAGNOSTIC, TREATMENT PLANNING, PATIENT EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION, MANUFACTURING, AND DATA TRANSFER PURPOSES - A dental device and/or process include at least one scaled and shaped linking component to be supported by a dental model or an imaging template. The process includes scaling, aligning, and orienting data from different data acquisition sources with the scaled and shaped linking component, and combining the data from different data acquisition sources into a master data file. A method of making the diagnostic model can include virtually designing an imaging template including at least one linking component made at least partially of a radio opaque material, and three-dimensionally printing the virtually designed template. The diagnostic model can include at least one of an exposed bone structure portion, a removable gum tissue portion, a removable bone structure portion, a visualization portion illustrating a root, bone density, an internal bone structure, a nerve channel, a nerve ending, a sinus cavity, a blood vessel, an artery, and diagnostic teeth.05-20-2010

Shoko U. Groscurth, Troy, MI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110045431BONE SCREW LINKING DEVICE - A dental device having a marker and a linking component configured to be inserted into a mouth. The dental device provides a temporary positioning reference location that may be collected in a tomography scan data set and surface scan data set. The dental device may be used to orient and verify the tomography scan data set and the surface scan data set to create a master dental file that may be used to determine the appropriate location of a dental implant.02-24-2011
20110045432SIMPLE LINKING DEVICE - A simple linking device configured to be positioned adjacent to an oral structure. The device provides a temporary positioning reference location that may be viewed in a tomography scan data set and surface scan data set. The dental device may be used to orient and verify the tomography scan data set and the surface scan data set to create a master dental file that may be used to determine the appropriate location of a dental implant.02-24-2011

Shoko Ueno Groscurth, Troy, MI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090298008DENTAL X-RAY AND DRILL GUIDE APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus and method for performing a dental procedure relating to replacement of teeth includes a dental model made from an impression of teeth and gums of a particular mouth formation of a patient and an intended dental implant location with respect to the dental model. A reference member to be supported by the dental model is located in a desired angulation and dimensional position at the intended dental implant location. Each reference member includes a base portion having at least a partial spherical surface for engagement within an at least partial spherical aperture formed in the dental model with a round ball drill. The base portion supports an outwardly extending reference pin portion. A material to be applied around the one or more reference members provides support for each of the reference members when the material has hardened.12-03-2009
20100124731DENTAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LINKING PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL DATA FOR DIAGNOSTIC, TREATMENT PLANNING, PATIENT EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION, MANUFACTURING, AND DATA TRANSFER PURPOSES - A dental device and/or process include at least one scaled and shaped linking component to be supported by a dental model or an imaging template. The process includes scaling, aligning, and orienting data from different data acquisition sources with the scaled and shaped linking component, and combining the data from different data acquisition sources into a master data file. A method of making the diagnostic model can include virtually designing an imaging template including at least one linking component made at least partially of a radio opaque material, and three-dimensionally printing the virtually designed template. The diagnostic model can include at least one of an exposed bone structure portion, a removable gum tissue portion, a removable bone structure portion, a visualization portion illustrating a root, bone density, an internal bone structure, a nerve channel, a nerve ending, a sinus cavity, a blood vessel, an artery, and diagnostic teeth.05-20-2010