Dennis J Michaelson

US Patent:

6534000, Mar 18, 2003

Filed:

Apr 28, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/560874

Inventors:

Dennis J. Michaelson - Pocatello ID
Jeffrey W. Mix - Burley ID

Assignee:

Steri Source, Inc. - Burley ID

International Classification:

A61L 900

US Classification:

422 20, 206363, 206370, 422 25, 422 26, 422 28, 422 40, 422297, 422300

Abstract:

A sterilization cassette and a sterilization method for sterilizing, storing, and dispensing dental instruments. The sterilization cassette includes a mounting bar and a locking bar for dental pliers of various types, a removable instrument tray, and a case with a front side which opens and hinges in two places, allowing the cassette to be arranged in horizontal and vertical configurations.

US Patent:

7309472, Dec 18, 2007

Filed:

Jan 15, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/050400

Inventors:

Dennis J. Michaelson - Pocatello ID, US
Jeffrey W. Mix - Burley ID, US

International Classification:

A61L 2/00
A61B 19/02
A47F 7/00
E05D 7/10
A45F 5/00

US Classification:

422297, 422300, 422102, 422104, 220528, 220754, 206 635, 206363, 206368, 206369, 206370, 206438, 206366, 211 491, 211 50, 248250, 16265, 16366, 224270, 224271

Abstract:

A sterilization system for dental and orthodontic tools is provided with a transport rack dimensionally sized to hold a plurality interchangeable cassettes. The interchangeable cassettes are designed and intended to hold kits of dental or orthodontic tools and are provided with top opening, double-hinged covers which lay flat on the surface when opened and used at a dental workstation.

US Patent:

7621742, Nov 24, 2009

Filed:

Apr 27, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/116938

Inventors:

Dennis J. Michaelson - Pocatello ID, US

International Classification:

A61C 3/00

US Classification:

433 4, 433156, 606210, 81419, 294 992

Abstract:

A system of tools for use in an orthodontic setting made up of a series of individual tools. Each tool comprises a pair of flat, generally elongated arms placed in an adjacent lengthwise relationship and connected at each first ends in a manner so as to force the remaining portions of the arms apart. Each of the tools has specially modified features that allow the tools to perform specific functions such as: scraping teeth and orthodontic devices; grasping orthodontic brackets; placing orthodontic brackets onto a tooth without disturbing other free-floating brackets; measuring the distance between portions of a tooth so as to ensure proper bracket placement; measuring the distance between orthodontic brackets; and aseptically retrieving objects from a drawer.

US Patent:

20020064489, May 30, 2002

Filed:

Jan 15, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/050370

Inventors:

Dennis Michaelson - Pocatello ID, US
Jeffrey Mix - Burley ID, US

Assignee:

Steri Source, Inc. - Burley ID

International Classification:

A61L002/00

US Classification:

422/300000, 422/297000

Abstract:

A sterilization system for dental and orthodontic tools is provided with a transport rack dimensionally sized to hold a plurality interchangeable cassettes. The interchangeable cassettes are designed and intended to hold kits of dental or orthodontic tools and are provided with top opening, double-hinged covers which lay flat on the surface when opened and used at a dental workstation.

US Patent:

6368565, Apr 9, 2002

Filed:

Apr 28, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/560591

Inventors:

Dennis J. Michaelson - Pocatello ID 83201
Jeffrey W. Mix - Burley ID 83318

International Classification:

A61L 200

US Classification:

422300, 422297, 220528, 220752, 206363, 206368, 206369, 206370, 206438

Abstract:

A sterilization system for dental and orthodontic tools is provided with a transport rack dimensionally sized to hold a plurality interchangeable cassettes. The interchangeable cassettes are designed and intended to hold kits of dental or orthodontic tools and are provided with top opening, double-hinged covers which lay flat on the surface when opened and used at a dental workstation.