241 |
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BIOENGINEERING BONE TISSUE AND MODULATING THE HOMEOSTASIS OF OSTEOGENESIS |
US14717792 |
2015-05-20 |
US20160339060A1 |
2016-11-24 |
Bandar ALYAMI |
The disclosure is directed to a device and method of treating bone formation disorders or conditions by bioengineering a targeted bone tissue and modulating the homeostasis of osteogenesis and bone resorption by a localized delivery of peripheral blood mononuclear cells and/or hematopoietic stem cells, and/or cells, such as osteoclasts, obtained by the ex vivo differentiation of these cells. A therapeutic strategy, as well as a device to deliver the therapeutic strategy, is described herein. |
242 |
METHODS USEFUL FOR REMODELING MAXILLOFACIAL BONE USING LIGHT THERAPY AND A FUNCTIONAL APPLIANCE |
US14965786 |
2015-12-10 |
US20160096037A1 |
2016-04-07 |
Peter Robert Brawn |
Methods are provided for regulating bone remodeling or tooth movement, comprising allowing a functional appliance to exert a force on oral or maxillofacial bone, muscle, or soft tissue, or one or more teeth of a patient in need thereof; and administering an effective amount of light to the oral or maxillofacial bone, muscle, or soft tissue, or one or more teeth, wherein the light is administered before, during, or after the force is exerted. Methods are also provided for regulating bone remodeling, comprising administering an effective amount of vitamin D to an oral or maxillofacial bone, muscle, or soft tissue, or to one or more teeth of a patient in need thereof; and administering an effective amount of light to the oral or maxillofacial bone, muscle, or soft tissue, or to the one or more teeth. Apparatuses useful for providing light therapy and/or vitamin D is also provided. |
243 |
Methods useful for remodeling maxillofacial bone using light therapy and a functional appliance |
US13314006 |
2011-12-07 |
US09242118B2 |
2016-01-26 |
Peter Robert Brawn |
Methods are provided for regulating bone remodeling or tooth movement, comprising allowing a functional appliance to exert a force on oral or maxillofacial bone, muscle, or soft tissue, or one or more teeth of a patient in need thereof; and administering an effective amount of light to the oral or maxillofacial bone, muscle, or soft tissue, or one or more teeth, wherein the light is administered before, during, or after the force is exerted. Methods are also provided for regulating bone remodeling, comprising administering an effective amount of vitamin D to an oral or maxillofacial bone, muscle, or soft tissue, or to one or more teeth of a patient in need thereof; and administering an effective amount of light to the oral or maxillofacial bone, muscle, or soft tissue, or to the one or more teeth. Apparatuses useful for providing light therapy and/or vitamin D is also provided. |
244 |
ORTHODONTIC DEVICE |
US13961652 |
2013-08-07 |
US20150044624A1 |
2015-02-12 |
Bandar ALYAMI |
An orthodontic/orthognathic device for correcting and changing tooth placements and bone structure, and a method of using orthodontic/orthognathic device for tooth movement, correcting syndromic conditions of the mouth and osteogenetic correction. The device may be used for maxillary distraction and expansion as well as mandibular separation and expansion. The device can be controlled by computer to direct tooth and bone placement. |
245 |
LINGUAL ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE WITH REMOVABLE SECTION |
US14461083 |
2014-08-15 |
US20140356799A1 |
2014-12-04 |
David K. Cinader, Jr.; Philip P. Soo; James D. Cleary; Oliver L. Puttler |
An aesthetic, partially removable orthodontic appliance is described, including a polymeric body that conforms to the lingual soft tissue and at least one wire member extending from the polymeric body. Each wire member releasably engages with a respective anchor that is, in turn, connected to the lingual surface of a respective tooth when the polymeric body is moved in a generally gingival direction into abutting relationship with the lingual soft tissue. Other features of the appliance include self-guiding magnetic couplings and couplings based on interlocking mechanical structures that provide releasable engagement between the removable section and the anchors, as well as related methods for making and using the same. |
246 |
Traction device and maxillary traction device |
US14049955 |
2013-10-09 |
US08821155B2 |
2014-09-02 |
Yasushi Mitani |
A traction device includes an engaging assembly engaging with a mouthpiece to be attached to a maxilla inside a mouth of a human body and a support assembly supporting the engaging assembly in contact with a face of the human body, wherein the engaging assembly pulls the mouthpiece in an anterior direction of the human body. The support assembly includes an upper contact body configured to be in contact with a forehead of the face and a lower contact body configured to be in contact with an area of the face below the forehead and above a mandible. |
247 |
TRACTION DEVICE AND MAXILLARY TRACTION DEVICE |
US14049955 |
2013-10-09 |
US20140170584A1 |
2014-06-19 |
Yasushi MITANI |
A traction device includes an engaging assembly engaging with a mouthpiece to be attached to a maxilla inside a mouth of a human body and a support assembly supporting the engaging assembly in contact with a face of the human body, wherein the engaging assembly pulls the mouthpiece in an anterior direction of the human body. The support assembly includes an upper contact body configured to be in contact with a forehead of the face and a lower contact body configured to be in contact with an area of the face below the forehead and above a mandible. |
248 |
Vibrating dental plate and accessories |
US13057964 |
2010-02-09 |
US08708701B2 |
2014-04-29 |
Lawrence Levens; W. Brent Tarver |
Vibrating dental devices and accessories are provided, including a unique snap fit dental plate and vibrator connection; risers for adjusting the thickness of a dental plate; a pointer or wand that can be clamped onto a dental plate to reach even severely misaligned teeth; a cushioned dental plate having a non-Newtonian fluid therein that allows conformation of the cushion to the dentition, but hardens on use to allow the transmission of vibration to the teeth. Accessories such as carrying cases and docking stations are also provided. |
249 |
Sleep Apnea Prevention |
US13594625 |
2012-08-24 |
US20130220340A1 |
2013-08-29 |
Anthony J. DeRiso; Albert N. Santilli |
A method and apparatus for preventing sleep apnea employs an external clamp that has a first pad that engages the upper lip beneath the nose and a second pad that engages the lower jaw on its underside, behind the mandibular symphysis. The pads are connected to each other by a flexible member, or brace. Preferably the second pad is rounded on that portion that contacts the lower jaw. The clamp is held in place by one or more straps, braces or springs that pass about the patient's head. The first pad is held such that it presses against the upper lip while the second pad closes the lower jaw and pulls it forwardly and upwardly using relatively small forces. |
250 |
VIBRATING DENTAL PLATE AND ACCESSORIES |
US13057964 |
2010-02-09 |
US20120040300A1 |
2012-02-16 |
Lawrence Levens; W. Brent Tarver |
Vibrating dental devices and accessories are provided, including a unique snap fit dental plate and vibrator connection; risers for adjusting the thickness of a dental plate; a pointer or wand that can be clamped onto a dental plate to reach even severely misaligned teeth; a cushioned dental plate having a non-Newtonian fluid therein that allows conformation of the cushion to the dentition, but hardens on use to allow the transmission of vibration to the teeth. Accessories such as carrying cases and docking stations are also provided. |
251 |
Lingual Orthodontic Appliance with Removable Section |
US12936399 |
2009-03-25 |
US20110027743A1 |
2011-02-03 |
David K. Cinader, Jr.; Philip P. Soo; James D. Cleary; Oliver L. Puttler |
An aesthetic, partially removable orthodontic appliance is described, including a polymeric body that conforms to the lingual soft tissue and at least one wire member extending from the polymeric body. Each wire member releasably engages with a respective anchor that is, in turn, connected to the lingual surface of a respective tooth when the polymeric body is moved in a generally gingival direction into abutting relationship with the lingual soft tissue. Other features of the appliance include self-guiding magnetic couplings and couplings based on interlocking mechanical structures that provide releasable engagement between the removable section and the anchors, as well as related methods for making and using the same. |
252 |
Devices and methods for treating sleep disorders |
US11438330 |
2006-05-23 |
US07644714B2 |
2010-01-12 |
Robert E. Atkinson; Chad J. Kugler |
Devices and methods for maintaining an open airway are described. Systems and methods are described for maintaining an opening of an airway by application of force to a patient's tissues in one of inferior, anterior, and lateral directions. |
253 |
ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE AND METHOD |
US11532319 |
2006-09-15 |
US20070065768A1 |
2007-03-22 |
Orit Nadav |
An orthodontic appliance for realigning one or more teeth in the intra oral cavity of a subject, includes a base having formed therein one or more guiding cells arranged to fit over a preselected tooth sought to be realigned from an initial position to a final position, each said guiding cell including a guiding structure defining a predetermined trajectory specific to the preselected tooth, along which the tooth is sought to be moved from the initial position thereof to the final position thereof; and apparatus, arranged within each guiding cell, for urging a predetermined tooth along its trajectory. |
254 |
Ultrasonic therapy device for dental implant and therapy method therefor |
US10372070 |
2003-02-21 |
US07163399B2 |
2007-01-16 |
Naoko Kajimoto; Atsumi Ohta; Nobuo Ogiwara |
An ultrasonic therapy device comprises two bodies and two holding members. The body, at the inner face of which an oscillator is embedded, covers an affected area into which implant fixtures are embedded. The holding member which holds the body has a shape of a crown which covers teeth next to the affected area. Two teeth were removed from the affected area into which two implant fixtures are embedded. Each of the bodies covers the affected area between the teeth which is covered by the holding members so that the bodies are exactly fixed in an oral cavity. In this state, it is possible to accelerate osteogenesis around the implant fixtures by supplying an ultrasonic signal from an external driver to the oscillator. |
255 |
Protraction headgear |
US10835124 |
2004-04-29 |
US07121824B2 |
2006-10-17 |
Ahmet Ozlem Keles; Brian Willison |
A facebow which overcomes the adverse effects and limitations of current designs by rotating the maxilla in a downward and forward direction, which assists in correcting anterior open bites. This is accomplished by a design that produces forces above the center of resistance of the maxilla and parallel to the Frankfurt horizontal plane. The extra-oral headgear design is characterized by providing two independent adjustments (forehead width and horizontal/vertical dimensions) that allow the appliance to be customized to each patient. In particular, the two independent adjustments are provided by a fully adjustable forehead pad and bilateral adjustable blocks on opposite sides of the facebow extra-oral frame to provide horizontal and vertical adjustments. |
256 |
Maxillary protraction device with chin-cup |
US10491258 |
2002-09-27 |
US07090489B2 |
2006-08-15 |
Sevil Akkaya |
A maxillary protraction device (12) characterized with a chin-cup (1); one or more front hook-levers (2) on the front section of said chin-cup (1) to exert a force horizontally and forwards to the maxilla; at least two lateral linear hooks (5) located at the sides of the chin-cup (1) to exert an upwards force to the mandible, front recess (6) to be used for engaging the hooks (2 and 5) to the chin-cup (1) to which the front hook is engaged in a length-adjustable manner, in the same number as that of hooks; and fixing members (9) in the same number as that of hooks. |
257 |
Developed face bow and protraction headgear in correction of anterior openbite Class III patients |
US11245551 |
2005-10-07 |
US20060029899A1 |
2006-02-09 |
Ahmet Keles |
The aim of this face bow and protraction headgear design is to correct the anterior open bite in dentally Class III open bite cases. Patients were selected and full coverage acrylic cap splint-type rapid maxillary expansion appliance was cemented and activated twice a day for 5 days. After sutural separation, newly developed face bow and protraction headgear was worn and 750 g of force was applied. Newly developed appliance consisted of a face bow and forehead pad. The face bow had intraoral and extraoral components and was custom made individually for each patient. The intraoral bow was inserted from the distal openings of the tubes which was soldered to the extraoral face bow. The extraoral face bow was extended backward till the front of the ear then turned upward and ended at the level of the hooks on the forehead pad. In this extraoral appliance design only the forehead was used as anchorage unit. On both sides of the pad, adjustable wire hooks were placed which allowed us to maintain the distance from the forehead pad hooks to the face bow hooks. Heavy elastics were attached in between the hooks of the face bow and the hooks on the forehead pad. |
258 |
Maxillary protraction device with chin-cup |
US10491258 |
2004-03-30 |
US20040241605A1 |
2004-12-02 |
Sevil
Akkaya |
A maxillary protraction device (12) characterized with a chin-cup (1); one or more front hook-levers (2) on the front section of said chin-cup (1) to exert a force horizontally and forwards to the maxilla; at least two lateral linear hooks (5) located at the sides of the chin-cup (1) to exert an upwards force to the mandible, front recess (6) to be used for engaging the hooks (2 and 5) to the chin-cup (1) to which the front hook is engaged in a length-adjustable manner, in the same number as that of hooks; and fixing members (9) in the same number as that of hooks. |
259 |
Ultrasonic therapy device for dental implant and therapy method therefor |
US10372070 |
2003-02-21 |
US20040063073A1 |
2004-04-01 |
Naoko
Kajimoto; Atsumi
Ohta; Nobuo
Ogiwara |
An ultrasonic therapy device comprises two bodies and two holding members. The body, at the inner face of which an oscillator is embedded, covers an affected area into which implant fixtures are embedded. The holding member which holds the body has a shape of a crown which covers teeth next to the affected area. Two teeth were removed from the affected area into which two implant fixtures are embedded. Each of the bodies covers the affected area between the teeth which is covered by the holding members so that the bodies are exactly fixed in an oral cavity. In this state, it is possible to accelerate osteogenesis around the implant fixtures by supplying an ultrasonic signal from an external driver to the oscillator. |
260 |
Orthodontic facebow |
US10387034 |
2003-03-11 |
US20030175651A1 |
2003-09-18 |
Vladimir
Dinkelis; Yull
Lozinski; Boaz
Tsur |
The invention provides an orthodontic facebow of the type having an inner bow consisting of two inner arms, each including an end portion, and an interconnected outer bow consisting of outer arms, characterized in that the free end portions of each inner arm is split and fitted with a ratchet type enlargement so as to allow it to be easily inserted into a tube connected to a band affixed to a tooth, while preventing disengagement therefrom without the enlargements being squeezed together. |