US 11,744,530 B2
Radiographic dental jigs and associated methods
Patrick C. Bell, La Crosse, WI (US); Leo J. Malin, La Crosse, WI (US); and Thomas J. Arendt, Norwalk, WI (US)
Filed by Patrick C. Bell, La Crosse, WI (US); Leo J. Malin, La Crosse, WI (US); and Thomas J. Arendt, Norwalk, WI (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/21,677.
Prior Publication US 2022/0079533 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 6/14 (2006.01); A61B 90/16 (2016.01); A61C 8/00 (2006.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); A61C 13/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 6/145 (2013.01) [A61B 90/16 (2016.02); A61B 90/36 (2016.02); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61C 8/0018 (2013.01); A61C 8/0028 (2013.01); A61C 9/0046 (2013.01); A61C 9/0053 (2013.01); A61C 13/0004 (2013.01); A61B 2090/363 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3983 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A radiographic dental jig for marking a reference position of a lip of a patient, the radiographic dental jig comprising:
a post that includes a polymeric binder and a filler material, wherein the filler material is more than twice as dense as the polymeric binder; and
a beam that includes the polymeric binder and the filler material, the beam traversing the post to create a cross, the cross having selectively an attached position and a removed position, the cross in the attached position being adjacent to the lip, the cross in the removed position being spaced apart from the patient, the post being vertically elongate when the cross is in the attached position while the patient is upright, and beam being horizontally elongate when the cross is in the attached position while the patient is upright.