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Patent No.:

US 10368961 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 10, 2014

Method of making a transfer tray

Applicant:

3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);

Inventors:

Ralf M. Paehl, Melle, DE;

Dietmar Blees, Lohne, DE;

Assignee:

3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Jacob T Minskey

Assistant Examiner:

Melody Tsui

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/14 (2006.01); A61C 7/00 (2006.01); B29C 41/14 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); B29C 51/10 (2006.01); B29C 65/70 (2006.01); B29C 64/00 (2017.01); B29C 64/40 (2017.01); A61C 13/00 (2006.01); B29K 67/00 (2006.01); B29K 69/00 (2006.01); B29K 83/00 (2006.01); B29K 91/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/146 (2013.01); A61C 7/002 (2013.01); B29C 41/14 (2013.01); B29C 45/14467 (2013.01); B29C 51/10 (2013.01); B29C 64/00 (2017.08); B29C 64/40 (2017.08); B29C 65/70 (2013.01); A61C 13/0013 (2013.01); B29K 2067/00 (2013.01); B29K 2069/00 (2013.01); B29K 2083/00 (2013.01); B29K 2091/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/753 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of making a transfer tray includes providing a physical mockup having a shape that corresponds to a positive shape of a patient's dental arch and a positive shape of one or more bracket analogs. A transfer tray may be formed over the physical mockup, with the transfer tray representing a negative replica of at least a portion of the mockup. One or more receptacles are accordingly formed in the ray, each receptacle approximating a least a portion of the shape of a bracket analog. A bracket associated with a bracket analog is placed into a receptacle of the one or more receptacles and a filler material is introduced into at least one receptacle.

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