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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2019
Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US);
Randilynn B. Christensen, Pine Springs, MN (US);
Kenton D. Budd, Woodbury, MN (US);
Afshin Falsafi, Woodbury, MN (US);
Mahmut Aksit, Woodbury, MN (US);
Jana Ninkovic, St. Paul, MN (US);
Jie J. Liu, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Mark B. Agre, Rochester, MN (US);
Masayuki Nakamura, Woodbury, MN (US);
Jason W. Bjork, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Bradley D. Craig, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Richard P. Rusin, Woodbury, MN (US);
Paul J. Homnick, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Joel D. Oxman, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Yizhong Wang, Woodbury, MN (US);
Paul R. Klaiber, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US);
Abstract
A hardenable (e.g. dental) compositions is described comprising an encapsulated material. The encapsulated material comprises a basic core material and an inorganic shell material having certain viscosity criteria. Also described are dispensing devices and kits are described comprising a hardenable (e.g. dental) composition comprising a liquid material and an encapsulated material wherein the encapsulated material comprises a basic core material and an inorganic shell material comprising a metal oxide surrounding the core. The dispensing devices and kits can facilitate the methods of applying the hardenable composition. The hardenable or hardened (e.g. cured) composition can provide various technical effects such as a delayed release of a basic core material, a delayed increase in basicity, promoting remineralization of a tooth or bone structure, and increasing the average alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity of pulp cells. In some embodiments, the composition is a dental (e.g. sealant) composition for application to a tooth structure.