US 12,458,472 B2
Root-analog dental implants and systems, devices, and methods for designing and manufacturing same
David Sanderson, Burlingame, CA (US); Michael Collins, San Marcos, CA (US); Brian Bowman, Carlsbad, CA (US); Colin Murphy, San Diego, CA (US); and Brandon Duquesnel, Temecula, CA (US)
Assigned to iDentical, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Appl. No. 18/566,628
Filed by iDentical, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 21, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/034388
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 1, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/271734, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 29, 2022.
Application 18/566,628 is a continuation of application No. 17/573,606, filed on Jan. 11, 2022, granted, now 11,484,396, issued on Nov. 1, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/251,623, filed on Oct. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/213,192, filed on Jun. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0261067 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61C 13/00 (2006.01); A61C 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 13/0004 (2013.01) [A61C 8/0036 (2013.01); A61C 8/0037 (2013.01); A61C 8/0075 (2013.01); A61C 13/0019 (2013.01); A61C 2008/0046 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A root portion of a root-analog dental implant, the root portion of the root-analog dental implant being configured to fit within an alveolar socket of an extracted tooth root, the root portion comprising:
a core configured to provide mechanical strength for the root-analog dental implant, a curvature of a centerline of the core being configured to follow a curvature of a centerline of the extracted tooth root, the centerline of the core being positioned in an approximately vertically oriented center of the core and the centerline of the extracted tooth root being positioned in an approximately vertically oriented center of the tooth root;
a porous surface positioned on a portion of the core, wherein an exterior geometry of the porous surface is configured to fit within the alveolar socket; and
a strut configured to provide mechanical strength for the root-analog dental implant, the strut extending from an external surface of the core into the porous surface along a portion of a length of the core.