Align Technology, Inc.

Onefocus Vision, Inc.

University of Colorado

University of Kansas-ku Medical Center Research Institute

The Proctor 'gamble Company

Ravenbrick LLC

Symdent, Inc.

Neil Brian Cramer

Chunhua Li

Yan Chen

Srinivas Kaza

Mary Catherine Berard

Amitava Gupta

William J Link

Gamil Alhakimi

Lisa Studnicki

Steve Waite

Musa Alhakimi

Adam Harant

Amelia Davenport

Christopher Bowman

Michael Christopher Cole

Robert Paul Cassoni

Richard M Powers

Wil McCarthy

Christopher Gerald Donner

Matthew Richard Allen

Robin Shandas

Devatha P Nair

Matthew Kent Springer

Christopher M Caldwell

Andrew L LaFrate

Matthew Bryant Kish

Karen Aida Martinez De Leon

Michael Idacavage

Laurel Rae Leslie-Martin

Charles Couch

Michael Pickford

Christopher N Bowman

Wil Mccarthy

Matthew B Kish

Andrew L Lafrate

Andrew Lafrate

A lens comprises an internal cavity structure formed by dissolution of a soluble insert material. The internal soluble material may dissolve through a body of a lens such as a contact lens in order to form the cavity within the contact lens. The cavity within the lens can be shaped in many ways, and corresponds to the shape of the dissolved material, such that many internal cavity shapes can be readily fabricated within the contact lens. The insert can be placed in a mold with a pre-polymer material, and the pre-polymer material cured with the insert placed in the mold to form the lens body. The polymerized polymer may comprise a low expansion polymer in order to inhibit expansion of the lens when hydrated. The polymer may comprise a hydrogel when hydrated. The soft contact lens material comprises a sufficient amount of cross-linking to provide structure to the lens and shape the cavity.

Accommodating lens with cavity

The present disclosure generally relates to an energy curable composition, and more particularly to unique and novel uses of the composition such as one or two or more of the following a performance additives, clear coat, composite material, resin, top coat, improved holdout coating, a sealant coat, combinations of the same.

Energy curable composition and method of using the same

Provided herein are crosslinked polymers useful in orthodontic appliances and light polymerizable liquid compositions and formulations useful for making crosslinked polymers. Also provided are methods of making an orthodontic appliance comprising a cross-linked polymer formed by a direct fabrication technique.

Dental materials using thermoset polymers

Apparatuses and methods for applying a transfer material from a transfer component onto the surface of an article are disclosed, including apparatuses and methods of transfer printing on and/or decorating three-dimensional articles, as well as the articles printed and/or decorated thereby. In some embodiments, the method may utilize a printer such as an inkjet printer. In some cases, the transfer material may be a UV curable ink and/or adhesive. When the transfer material is UV curable, the transfer component may be permeable to UV radiation to allow curing of the ink and/or adhesive therethrough. UV curable adhesives including thiol-acrylate and thiol-ene acrylate inkjet-able adhesives are disclosed.

Method and compositions for applying a material onto articles

The invention includes a new photopolymerizable resin system for dental restorative materials. The resin system utilizes a thiol-ene component as the reactive diluent in dimethacrylate systems. The ternary resin system comprises a thiol monomer, an ene monomer and a dimethacrylate monomer. The system of the invention has enhanced overall functional group conversion, improved polymer mechanical properties, and reduced shrinkage stress of the ternary system when compared to either traditional dimethacrylate or thiol-ene resin systems.

Resin systems for dental restorative materials and methods using same

A dental appliance has an auxiliary feature bonded to a polymeric surface of a shell body with a compartment for receiving teeth. The auxiliary feature is bonded with a light-curable acrylic adhesive comprising acrylate base material and photoinitiator. Auxiliary features include colored layers and, decals, reinforcing features and auxiliary dental devices. A light-curable acrylic adhesive may include a thiol monomer and/or a pigment. A dental appliance may have a shell body with a bonding surface adapted for attachment of an auxiliary feature, such as prepared by a pretreatment to mar the surface of to impregnate the surface with a reactive adhesion promoter.

Dental appliance, dental appliance adhesive and related methods and uses

A variety of biomedical devices are provided which include thiol-ene or thiol-yne shape memory polymers. The biomedical devices of the invention are capable of exhibiting shape memory behavior at physiological temperatures and may be used in surgical procedures. Methods of making the devices of the invention are also provided.

Thiol-vinyl and thiol-yne systems for shape memory polymers

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Neil Brian Cramer