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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2021
Dentsply Sirona Inc., York, PA (US);
Hans-Christian Schneider, Einhausen, DE;
Peter Burger, Bensheim, DE;
Dentsply Sirona Inc., York, PA (US);
Abstract
A hand tool () for separating a deep-drawn jaw-spanning dental apparatus such as an aligner or a bite splint of thermoform film. The hand tool includes a grip () for holding; a separating element () for thermally separating the deep-drawn thermoform film and refining the separated deep-drawn thermoform; a heating device adapted to regulate heating of the separating element () so as to increase the temperature of the thermoform film substantially to at least its glass temperature; and a power supply device for supplying electric power to the heating device.
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