3m Innovative Properties Company

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

Solventum Intellectual Properties Company

Other

3m Espe Ag

3m Deutschland Gmbh

James A. Wilson

Vern E. Radewald

Bruce R. Broyles

James C. Biesecker

Bruce R Broyles

Marc Peuker

Andreas Johannes Boehm

Darin J Meyertholen

Arno Hohmann

Steven J Maxa

Michael Knee

Sebastian Guggenmos

Robert L Lee

Scott D Gullicks

Ryan Patrick Simmers

Mark F Schulz

Jeffrey Robert Janssen

Alexander Walter

Jameel R Qiblawi

Dean K Reidt

Robert W Petrich

Robert H Lee

Joel D Oxman

James D Hansen

Stefan Eckstein

Cary A Kipke

Robert M Biegler

Joseph C Dingeldein

Shannon D Scott

Michael Alan Meis

Donald Kent Larson

Yizhong Wang

Helmut Pauser

Ta-Hua Yu

Gordon D Henson

Reinhold Hecht

Gioacchino Raia

Fusu Thao

Manfred Harre

Afshin Falsafi

Karl J L Geisler

Michael E Griffin

Pamela A Percha

Christopher J Claypool

Greg E Schrank

John W Dubbe

Dennis R Keicher

Travis L Schwalbach

Werner Fichtl

Urs Mahnel

Mathias Bertl

James D Christoff

Manfred Ludsteck

Mary C Doruff

Frederick J Turk

Kevin L Black

Remus Feldman

Hubert Schloegl

Joshua K Schroeder

Robert T McKevett

James A Wilson

Vern E Radewald

Jeffrey R Janssen

Phillip Mark

Paul J Homnick

Paul A Sevcik

Bonnie Weiskopf Albrecht

Paul R Klaiber

Henry C Gydesen

John J Simbal

Dieter Poschmann

Andreas J Boehm

William R George

Martin G Hartung

Jennifer K Tully

Karin Watzek

Daniel D Krueger

James C Biesecker

Robert N Rawson

Jennifer L Cook

Karl JL Geisler

Robert T Mckevett

Dean Reidt

Darin Meyertholen

Dirk Albrecht

Robert Lee

Dental crowns and methods of making the same. The dental crown may include a metal shell shaped to cover a portion of a tooth of a patient; a coating retention metal layer diffusion bonded to the metal shell, wherein an interface between the coating retention layer and the metal shell comprises a plurality of interstitial regions; and a composition on the coating retention layer and within the plurality of the interstitial regions to bond the coating composition to the metal shell.

Dental crown having a highly retentive coating and method for making the same

A syringe assembly being assembled from a syringe for dispensing a dental or medical substance, and a protective cover. The protective cover has a geometrically determined, non-foldable tubular protective shaft. The syringe has a cartridge having an outlet for the substance. Further, the cartridge and the protective cover are assembled with the cartridge being received within the protective shaft. The syringe further comprises a dispensing tip that is connected to the outlet for dispensing the substance from the dispensing tip. A first seal is provided between the dispensing tip and the outlet, and a second seal is provided between the dispensing tip and the protective shaft.

Syringe assembly

A system for repositioning teeth a patient from an initial tooth arrangement to a final tooth arrangement includes a plurality of incremental position adjustment appliances, each having an arrangement of cavities shaped to receive and reposition teeth of the patient. The cavities in at least one appliance in the system have a different geometry than that of at least one other appliance in the system. At least some of the appliances in the system are successively worn by the patient to exert force on at least one tooth and move the teeth of the patient from a first arrangement to a successive arrangement different from the first arrangement. The system includes a first multilayer shell with a bending stiffness factor less than about 0.1 GPa*mmand an elastic modulus no greater than about 1.5 GPa; and a second shell with a bending stiffness factor greater than 0.1 GPa*mm.

Tooth repositioning system

Methods, apparatus, devices and systems for mixing and dispensing multi-component materials. The mixing and dispensing may be performed using a mobile, enclosed dispenser that can be used to supply a mixed multi-component material at the point of use. In some embodiments, the components to be mixed into the multi-component material may be supplied in cartridges.

Mixing and dispensing curable multi-component materials

The present disclosure provides a packaged orthodontic appliance comprising an orthodontic appliance and a packaging base including first and second tie-wing support arms, wherein a first tie-wing support arm supports the first tie-wing of the orthodontic appliance, and the second tie-wing support arm supports the second tie-wing of the orthodontic appliance.

Packaged orthodontic appliances

A custom tool for forming a dental restoration in a mouth of a patient includes a mold body providing for a customized fit with at least one tooth of the patient. The mold body includes a facial portion forming a facial surface corresponding with a facial surface of the tooth, and a separate lingual portion forming a lingual surface corresponding with a lingual surface of the tooth. The mold body is configured to combine with the tooth of the patient to form a mold cavity encompassing missing tooth structure of the tooth.

Dental restoration molding techniques

A dispenser () for liquids includes a reservoir () defining a volume (V) for housing a liquid (); a delivery tube () with a first end () attached to the reservoir, and a second end () distal from the reservoir, the delivery tube including a passage () in fluid communication with the volume of the reservoir and extending away from the reservoir; an applicator element () including an applicator tip () and a base () attached to the second end of the delivery tube, the applicator tip having a plurality of fingers () extending away from the base to a distal end of the applicator element distal from the delivery tube; and a removable seal (), wherein removal of the removable seal creates an opening in the passage at a location upstream of the applicator tip and a fluid distribution channel between the fingers.

Dispenser with applicator tip

Dental syringe

Dental syringe cap

Packaging base for adhesive pre-coated orthodontic appliances

The present invention is directed to a plunger, a plunger assembly, and a system for storing a substance or substances, preferably flowable substances, and a method of filling and sealing a substance in a storing system. In particular, the present invention provides for substantially air-free filling and storing of substances in a delivery system.

Plunger and plunger assembly for a cartridge, system for storing a substance, and method of filing and sealing a substance in a delivery system

A pen-like dispenser for dispensing a dental material has a handle and a cover which are attached for rotation relative to each other about a longitudinal axis of the dispenser, and a cartridge for holding the dental material and a screw plunger for extruding the dental material from the cartridge by screwing action. The cartridge and the cover in combination form a rotary slide valve which is operable by rotation about the longitudinal axis between a storage position, in which the cover closes a dispensing outlet of the cartridge, and a dispensing position, in which an opening in the cover opens the dispensing outlet of the cartridge. A relative rotation between the screw plunger and the handle about the longitudinal axis is restricted, and a relative rotation between the cartridge and the cover about the longitudinal axis is enabled within a predetermined rotation angle and restricted otherwise.

Pen-like dispenser for a dental material

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Oakdale, MN, United States of America

Bruce R Broyles