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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2023
Applicant:
Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US);
Inventors:
Bruce R. Broyles, Oakdale, MN (US);
Afshin Falsafi, Woodbury, MN (US);
Assignee:
Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 5/77 (2017.01); A61C 13/00 (2006.01); A61K 6/84 (2020.01); A61K 6/887 (2020.01); B23K 20/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 5/77 (2017.02); A61K 6/84 (2020.01); A61K 6/887 (2020.01); A61C 13/0021 (2013.01); A61C 13/0022 (2013.01); B23K 20/02 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49567 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49888 (2015.01);
Abstract
Dental crowns and methods of making the same. The dental crown may include a metal shell shaped to cover a portion of a tooth of a patient; a coating retention metal layer diffusion bonded to the metal shell, wherein an interface between the coating retention layer and the metal shell comprises a plurality of interstitial regions; and a composition on the coating retention layer and within the plurality of the interstitial regions to bond the coating composition to the metal shell.