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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2018
Applicant:
Straumann Holding Ag, Basel, CH;
Inventor:
Simon Berner, Basel, CH;
Assignee:
STRAUMANN HOLDING AG, Basel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 8/00 (2006.01); A61L 2/14 (2006.01); A61L 2/20 (2006.01); A61L 101/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 8/0015 (2013.01); A61C 8/0012 (2013.01); A61C 8/0087 (2013.01); A61L 2/14 (2013.01); A61L 2/208 (2013.01); A61C 2008/0046 (2013.01); A61C 2202/00 (2013.01); A61L 2101/02 (2020.08); A61L 2202/182 (2013.01); A61L 2202/21 (2013.01);
Abstract
A process for providing a sterilized dental article, at least a portion of the surface of which exhibiting a contact angle of less than 45°. The process includes the subsequent steps of a) providing a dental article and b) subjecting the initial dental article to a hydrogen peroxide plasma treatment. It is characterized in that the hydrogen peroxide plasma sterilization treatment of step b) is carried out in the presence of a carbon-containing compound, which during treatment is converted to form a carboxylic group attached to the surface of the dental article.