JAMES WILLIAM REAMS, III
Pilots at Monroe St, Stuart, FL

License number

Florida A4676551

Issued Date

Jun 2016

Expiration Date

Jun 2018

Professional information

Reduced Friction Screw-Type Dental Implant

US Patent:

5902109, May 11, 1999

Filed:

Jan 13, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/782056

Inventors:

James W. Reams - Stuart FL
Ralph E. Goodman - West Palm Beach FL
Dan Paul Rogers - Royal Palm Beach FL

Assignee:

Implant Innovations, Inc. - Palm Beach Gardens FL

International Classification:

A61C8/00

US Classification:

433174

Abstract:

An implant for implantation into bone tissue having an exterior surface includes an elongated body and at least one thread. The elongated body has a distal end portion for being submerged in the bone tissue, a proximal end portion for being located near the exterior surface of the bone tissue, a central axis, and an outer surface. When viewed in cross-section, the elongated body has a non-circular cross-section. The non-circular cross-section includes a plurality of lobes and a plurality of dwells. Each of the plurality of dwells is disposed between adjacent ones of the plurality of lobes. The thread extends radially outward with respect to the central axis from the outer surface of the elongated body between the distal end portion and the proximal end portion. As the implant is screwed into the bone tissue, only the lobes on the elongated body engage the bone tissue. Because no contact exists between the dwells and the bone tissue, the amount of torque required to insert the implant is reduced.

Self-Tapping, Screw-Type Dental Implant

US Patent:

5727943, Mar 17, 1998

Filed:

Jan 24, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/590087

Inventors:

Keith D. Beaty - Jupiter FL
Ralph Goodman - West Palm Beach FL
Thomas S. Heylmun - West Palm Beach FL
James W. Reams - Stuart FL

Assignee:

Implant Innovations, Inc. - Palm Beach Gardens FL

International Classification:

A61C 800

US Classification:

433174

Abstract:

A self-tapping dental implant comprises a generally cylindrical body with a threaded outer surface for securing the implant to the wails of a preformed hole in a jaw bone. The cylindrical body has a plurality of longitudinal recesses formed in the threaded surface at one end and extends longitudinally through a plurality of turns of the thread to form a self-tapping cutting edge at each interruption of the thread by one of the recesses. Each thread segment extends between a pair of adjacent recesses and diminishes in radius between the leading and trailing ends of the thread segment.