Zfx Gmbh

Biomet 3i, LLC

Andreas Geier

Hermann Spiegel

Zachary B Suttin

Miguel G Montero

Michael Bobby

Michael Schmerling

Werner Weithaler

Isabel-Marie Scalise

Ryan Weller

Michael D Bobby

Elias Jaider

A milling adaptor for affixing an abutment blank for the manufacture of a dental abutment in a housing of a milling unit. The milling adapter includes a holding device extending from a first end to a second end. The holding device includes a flange positioned at the first end and a securing shaft extending from the flange to the second end. The securing shaft includes at least one securing surface for securing the holding device to the housing.

Milling adaptor

A printing cartridge capable of controlling and tracking 3D printing material. The printing cartridge having an open configuration and a closed configuration.

Printing cartridge capable of controlling and tracking 3D printing material

A dental implant system that can include a prosthetic assembly and a dental implant. The prosthetic assembly can include a dental component and a retention screw. The dental component and the retention screw each have interference elements that are configured to engage when a removal torque is applied to the screw. When the interference element engage each other, a portion of the removal torque is converted into a linear force that is exerted on the dental component in a removal direction thereby separating the dental component from the dental implant.

Dental implant system

Systems and methods are described herein for fitting of a dental analog. In an embodiment, a test block may be printed that includes a number of analog pockets of different sizes. A dental analog may be tested within the analog pockets to determine which analog pocket provides the best fit. Once the best fitting analog pocket is identified, a corresponding library file describing the geometry of that analog pocket is identified, and a dental prototype model may be 3D-printed using analog pocket geometry based on the analog library file. By printing using common printing parameters and the identified analog library file, the resulting printed dental prototype provides the same fit as the analog pocket identified within the test block. This use of a test block reduces or eliminates the need for iterative cycles of printing and testing multiple printed dental prototypes.

Optimized library solution for dental implants

According to one example, a holding device system including a two-part holding frame having a blank holder coupled to a main frame is disclosed. The two-part holding frame can define a processing space and a fixation space. The holding device system can further include at least one fixation element having a head positioned within the fixation space and a threaded shaft extending within and engaged with a bore of the two-part holding frame. In one example, when the blank holder is coupled to the main frame, the at least one fixation element is unable to be removed from the two-part holding frame.

Holding device for an abutment blank

A reference member for determining a position of an implant analog can comprise a trapezoidal body including a first side and a substantially parallel second side. The first side can define a first dimension and the second side can define a second dimension that is greater than the first dimension.

Reference member for determining a position of an implant analog

A scanning system can include an illuminator, configured to produce an illuminating beam, and a fixation unit, configured to mechanically support a sample to be measured within the illuminating beam. The illuminating beam can reflect off the sample to produce reflected light. The system can further include a sensor, positioned angularly away from the illuminator, configured to receive the reflected light. The illuminating beam can include a wavelength spectrum having a FWHM less than 100 nm. In some examples, the fixation unit can be positioned based, in part, on a position of the illuminator and the sensor. In some examples, the sensor can include at least one imaging element that produces an image of the sample. In some examples, the illuminating beam can include a calibration pattern. In some examples, the illuminating beam and the reflected light can be angularly separated between ten degrees and fifteen degrees.

System and method for illuminating a sample and collecting light reflected from the sample

Systems and methods including an abutment blank clamping system for securing a abutment blank are disclosed. According to one example, the abutment blank clamping system includes an abutment holder including a base portion and an elongate clamping portion extending from a first end adjacent the base portion to a second end. The elongate clamping portion includes at least one bore extending from a first side surface defining a first opening to a second side surface defining a second opening, and at least one projection extending from the second side surface positioned adjacent to the second opening, the at least one projection configured to engage with the abutment blank.

Clamping system for abutment blank

Various implant analogs, model, and base designs are disclosed herein. In one example, an implant analog can include a main body and a second component. The main body can have an axis of symmetry and a passage therein. The second component can be received in the passage so as to extend substantially transverse to the axis of symmetry.

Implant analogs having transverse component

The present application relates to reference body for intraoral scan procedures adapted to be releasably mountable to a dental implant. The reference body comprises a cylindrical body portion extending along a longitudinal axis from an apical end to a coronal end, the apical end abutting the dental implant in a mounted state of the reference body, a coronal end surface defining the coronal end of the reference body, a first radial protrusion protruding from the body portion in a first radial direction, and a second radial protrusion protruding from the body portion in a second radial direction. The first radial protrusion and the second radial protrusion have different cross-sectional shapes in a cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the reference body.

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