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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1982
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ralph Colpitts, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Assignee:
Polythetics, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
433199 ; 433171 ; 433201 ;
Abstract
An artificial denture of composite construction is provided which comprises a tooth-holding portion fabricated from a hard non-polyurethane polymer having a hardness of not less than about Shore D40 integrally chemically bonded to a mouth-engaging portion fabricated from a soft non-hydrophilic polyurethane elastomer having a hardness of not greater than about Shore A65, said polyurethane being the reaction product of a polyether polyol and an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aralkyl di- or polyisocyanate in which the isocyanate groups are directly bonded to the aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or alkyl moieties thereof.