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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2000
Filed:
May. 21, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas Chadwick, Nipomo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Den-Mat Corporation, Santa Maria, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C / ; C04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264 16 ; 264 17 ; 264 19 ; 264651 ; 264 86 ; 264219 ; 264222 ; 264226 ; 264227 ; 419 38 ; 419 39 ; 419 40 ; 419 66 ;
Abstract
Shaped article replicas which are proportionately accurate replicas of a shaped article and which are equal, greater or smaller in size than said shaped article are made by preparing a swellable polymer replica of said shaped article; immersing said swellable polymer replica in a swelling agent system under conditions which will enlarge said polymer replica to a predetermined extent; forming a casting mold of such enlarged polymer replica; making a powder compact in said casting mold and heating said powder compact to produced a proportionately accurate solid replica of a predetermined size.