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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2019
Applicant:
Straumann Holding Ag, Basel, CH;
Inventors:
Gabriele Bordoli, Villeret, CH;
Bruno Buergisser, Alterswil, CH;
Marc Stephan, Basel, CH;
Stéphane Courvoisier, Villeret, CH;
Assignee:
STRAUMANN HOLDING AG, Basel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 45/00 (2006.01); A61C 8/00 (2006.01); A61C 13/00 (2006.01); B22F 3/00 (2021.01); B22F 3/22 (2006.01); B28B 1/00 (2006.01); B28B 1/087 (2006.01); B28B 1/24 (2006.01); B29C 45/58 (2006.01); B29C 45/62 (2006.01); B29C 45/74 (2006.01); B29K 103/06 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 45/585 (2013.01); A61C 8/005 (2013.01); A61C 13/0006 (2013.01); B22F 3/225 (2013.01); B28B 1/087 (2013.01); B28B 1/24 (2013.01); B29C 45/0001 (2013.01); B29C 45/62 (2013.01); B29C 45/74 (2013.01); B22F 2202/01 (2013.01); B29K 2103/06 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7532 (2013.01);
Abstract
A process for the preparation of an article by powder injection molding, the process including the steps of providing a feedstock containing a powder of a ceramic, a metal or a metal alloy dispersed in a binder, heating the feedstock, and injecting the heated feedstock into a mold cavity of a mold, where it cools and hardens to the configuration of the mold cavity. The process is characterized in that step c) is carried out under the application of vibrational energy onto the feedstock.