Patents by Inventor Christoph Appert
Christoph Appert has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20210259806Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for assessing stress relaxation in a dental arch-appliance orthodontic system. The information about stress relaxation in the clear aligner-arch system helps monitor the orthodontic treatment progress translated in teeth displacements and improve both patient's treatment compliance and timely treatment completion. The present invention relates to the efficacy of clear aligners by measuring or displaying the magnitude of residual stresses in the arch-aligner system. The measured magnitude of residual is indicative of the teeth displacement and the appropriate time to move to the next stage of the aligner treatment plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2020Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Alain KOUNGA, Christoph APPERT, Pedro GONÇALVES
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Patent number: 10864062Abstract: A process for preparing a body having an osseointegrative topography formed on its surface. The process includes the steps of providing a primary body made of a titanium-zirconium alloy containing 13 to 17 wt-% of zirconium, sandblasting the primary body, and etching the sandblasted primary body with an etching solution including hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid and water at a temperature of above 80° C. to obtain the body, said etching being performed for a duration of 350 seconds at least.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: STRAUMANN HOLDING AGInventors: Philippe Habersetzer, Simon Berner, Christoph Appert
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Publication number: 20180104026Abstract: A process for preparing a body having an osseointegrative topography formed on its surface. The process includes the steps of providing a primary body made of a titanium-zirconium alloy containing 13 to 17 wt-% of zirconium, sandblasting the primary body, and etching the sandblasted primary body with an etching solution including hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid and water at a temperature of above 80° C. to obtain the body, said etching being performed for a duration of 350 seconds at least.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: STRAUMANN HOLDING AGInventors: Philippe HABERSETZER, Simon BERNER, Christoph APPERT
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Patent number: 9796138Abstract: A method and a device for processing a light-polymerizable material (5, 55) for building up an object (27) in layers, using a lithography based generative manufacture having a construction platform (12) for building up the object (27), a projecting exposure unit (10, 60) that can be controlled for locally selected exposing of a surface on the construction platform (12, 62) to an intensity pattern having a prescribed shape, and a control unit (11, 61) prepared for polymerizing overlapping layers (28) on the construction platform (12, 62) in successive exposure steps, each having a prescribed geometry, by controlling the projecting exposure unit (10, 60), in order to thus successively build up the object (27) in the desired shape, said shape resulting from the sequence of layer geometries.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2014Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignees: Ivoclar Vivadent AG, Technische Universitat WienInventors: Robert Liska, Johannes Patzer, Jurgen Stampfl, Wolfgang Wachter, Christoph Appert
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Patent number: 9700391Abstract: A process for preparing a prosthetic element comprising a glass-ceramic body. including the steps of a) providing a basic body comprising an amorphous glass phase and containing the components of the glass-ceramic body to be prepared, and b) transferring energy to the basic body to induce conversion of a starting phase of the material of the basic body into at least one crystalline phase in a confined region. According to the invention, energy is transferred to the confined region of the basic body by laser irradiating said region with a laser beam having a wavelength of at least 500 nm.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2013Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: STRAUMANN HOLDING AGInventors: Alain Kounga, Christoph Appert, Iwona Dziadowiec
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Patent number: 9067359Abstract: A method and a device for processing light-polymerizable material for the assembly of a mold, utilizing a lithography-based generative manufacturing technique wherein a layer of a light-polymerizable material, the material being located in at least one trough (4) having a particularly light-transmissive, horizontal bottom (6), is polymerized by illumination on at least one horizontal platform (12), the platform having a prespecified geometry and projecting into a trough (4), in an illumination field, wherein the platform (12) is displaced vertically to form a subsequent layer, light-polymerizable material is then added to the most recently formed layer, and repetition of the foregoing steps leads to the layered construction of the mold in the desired form, which arises from the succession of layer geometries.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2013Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignees: Ivoclar Vivadent AG, Technische Universitat WienInventors: Gottfried Rohner, Wolfgang Wachter, Christoph Appert, Johannes Patzer, Jürgen Stampfl
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Publication number: 20140370464Abstract: A process for preparing a prosthetic element comprising a glass-ceramic body. including the steps of a) providing a basic body comprising an amorphous glass phase and containing the components of the glass-ceramic body to be prepared, and b) transferring energy to the basic body to induce conversion of a starting phase of the material of the basic body into at least one crystalline phase in a confined region. According to the invention, energy is transferred to the confined region of the basic body by laser irradiating said region with a laser beam having a wavelength of at least 500 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2013Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Alain Kounga, Christoph Appert, Iwona Dziadowiec
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Publication number: 20140227382Abstract: A method and a device for processing a light-polymerizable material (5, 55) for building up an object (27) in layers, using a lithography based generative manufacture having a construction platform (12) for building up the object (27), a projecting exposure unit (10, 60) that can be controlled for locally selected exposing of a surface on the construction platform (12, 62) to an intensity pattern having a prescribed shape, and a control unit (11, 61) prepared for polymerizing overlapping layers (28) on the construction platform (12, 62) in successive exposure steps, each having a prescribed geometry, by controlling the projecting exposure unit (10, 60), in order to thus successively build up the object (27) in the desired shape, said shape resulting from the sequence of layer geometries.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicants: Ivoclar Vivadent AG, Technische Universitat WienInventors: Robert LISKA, Johannes PATZER, Jurgen STAMPFL, Wolfgang WACHTER, Christoph APPERT
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Patent number: 8741203Abstract: A method and a device for processing a light-polymerizable material (5, 55) for building up an object (27) in layers, using a lithography based generative manufacture having a construction platform (12) for building up the object (27), a projecting exposure unit (10, 60) that can be controlled for locally selected exposing of a surface on the construction platform (12, 62) to an intensity pattern having a prescribed shape, and a control unit (11, 61) prepared for polymerizing overlapping layers (28) on the construction platform (12, 62) in successive exposure steps, each having a prescribed geometry, by controlling the projecting exposure unit (10, 60), in order to thus successively build up the object (27) in the desired shape, said shape resulting from the sequence of layer geometries.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2008Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignees: Ivoclar Vivadent AG, Technische Universitāt WienInventors: Robert Liska, Johannes Patzer, Jürgen Stampfl, Wolfgang Wachter, Christoph Appert
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Publication number: 20140044824Abstract: A method and a device for processing light-polymerizable material for the assembly of a mold, utilizing a lithography-based generative manufacturing technique wherein a layer of a light-polymerizable material, the material being located in at least one trough (4) having a particularly light-transmissive, horizontal bottom (6), is polymerized by illumination on at least one horizontal platform (12), the platform having a prespecified geometry and projecting into a trough (4), in an illumination field, wherein the platform (12) is displaced vertically to form a subsequent layer, light-polymerizable material is then added to the most recently formed layer, and repetition of the foregoing steps leads to the layered construction of the mold in the desired form, which arises from the succession of layer geometries.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Inventors: Gottfried ROHNER, Wolfgang WACHTER, Christoph APPERT, Johannes PATZER, Jürgen STAMPFL
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Patent number: 8623264Abstract: A method and a device for processing light-polymerizable material for the assembly of a mold, utilizing a lithography-based generative manufacturing technique wherein a layer of a light-polymerizable material, the material being located in at least one trough (4) having a particularly light-transmissive, horizontal bottom (6), is polymerized by illumination on at least one horizontal platform (12), the platform having a prespecified geometry and projecting into a trough (4), in an illumination field, wherein the platform (12) is displaced vertically to form a subsequent layer, light-polymerizable material is then added to the most recently formed layer, and repetition of the foregoing steps leads to the layered construction of the mold in the desired form, which arises from the succession of layer geometries.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2008Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignees: Ivoclar Vivadent AG, Technische Universitat WienInventors: Gottfried Rohner, Wolfgang Wachter, Christoph Appert, Johannes Patzer, Jürgen Stampfl
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Patent number: 8329296Abstract: The invention relates to primary particles of oxide-ceramic material, wherein the primary particles have an average particle size in the range from 10 to 1000 nm and are coated with a chromophoric component, a process for their preparation and their use in particular in the preparation of ceramic moldings and dental restorations. The invention further relates to a suspension based on oxide-ceramic material which contains the primary particles, and a process for the preparation of a ceramic moldings.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2009Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AGInventors: Elke Apel, Christian Ritzberger, Wolfram Holand, Christoph Appert, Wolfgang Wachter, Volker Rheinberger
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Publication number: 20110309554Abstract: A method and a device for processing a light-polymerizable material (5, 55) for building up an object (27) in layers, using a lithography based generative manufacture having a construction platform (12) for building up the object (27), a projecting exposure unit (10, 60) that can be controlled for locally selected exposing of a surface on the construction platform (12, 62) to an intensity pattern having a prescribed shape, and a control unit (11, 61) prepared for polymerizing overlapping layers (28) on the construction platform (12, 62) in successive exposure steps, each having a prescribed geometry, by controlling the projecting exposure unit (10, 60), in order to thus successively build up the object (27) in the desired shape, said shape resulting from the sequence of layer geometries.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2008Publication date: December 22, 2011Applicants: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT WIEN, IVOCLAR VIVADENT, AGInventors: Robert Liska, Johannes Patzer, Jürgen Stampfl, Wolfgang Wachter, Christoph Appert
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Publication number: 20110310370Abstract: A method and a device for processing light-polymerizable material for the assembly of a mold, utilizing a lithography-based generative manufacturing technique wherein a layer of a light-polymerizable material, the material being located in at least one trough (4) having a particularly light-transmissive, horizontal bottom (6), is polymerized by illumination on at least one horizontal platform (12), the platform having a prespecified geometry and projecting into a trough (4), in an illumination field, wherein the platform (12) is displaced vertically to form a subsequent layer, light-polymerizable material is then added to the most recently formed layer, and repetition of the foregoing steps leads to the layered construction of the mold in the desired form, which arises from the succession of layer geometries.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2008Publication date: December 22, 2011Applicants: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT WIEN, IVOCLAR VIVADENT AGInventors: Gottfried Rohner, Wolfgang Wachter, Christoph Appert, Johannes Patzer, Jürgen Stampfl
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Publication number: 20110215507Abstract: The invention relates to suspension of primary particles of oxide-ceramic material, wherein the primary particles have an average particle size in the range from 10 to 1000 nm and are coated with a chromophoric component, a process for their preparation and their use in particular in the preparation of ceramic mouldings and dental restorations. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of ceramic mouldings.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2011Publication date: September 8, 2011Applicant: IVOCLAR VIVADENT AGInventors: Elke APEL, Christian RITZBERGER, Wolfram Höland, Christoph APPERT, Wolfgang WACHTER, Volker M. RHEINBERGER
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Patent number: 7927538Abstract: Slip based on a polyreactive binder, polymerization initiator and filler, which contains (A) 5-65 wt.-% polymerizable binder, (B) 0.001-1.0 wt.-% photoinitiator and (C) 35-90 wt.-% surface-modified ceramic and/or glass ceramic particles relative to the overall mass of the slip, and process for the preparation of ceramic mouldings by rapid prototyping processes using the slip.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2009Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignees: Ivoclar Vivadent AG, Technische Universitat WienInventors: Norbert Moszner, Wolfgang Wachter, Christoph Appert, Volker M. Rheinberger, Robert Liska, Jurgen Stampfl, Johannes Patzer
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Publication number: 20100029801Abstract: Slip based on a polyreactive binder, polymerization initiator and filler, which contains (A) 5-65 wt.-% polymerizable binder, (B) 0.001-1.0 wt.-% photoinitiator and (C) 35-90 wt.-% surface-modified ceramic and/or glass ceramic particles relative to the overall mass of the slip, and process for the preparation of ceramic mouldings by rapid prototyping processes using the slip.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2009Publication date: February 4, 2010Applicants: Ivoclar Vivadent AG, Technische Universitat WienInventors: Norbert MOSZNER, Wolfgang WACHTER, Christoph APPERT, Volker M. RHEINBERGER, Robert LISKA, Jurgen STAMPFL, Johannes PATZER
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Publication number: 20100025874Abstract: The invention relates to primary particles of oxide-ceramic material, wherein the primary particles have an average particle size in the range from 10 to 1000 nm and are coated with a chromophoric component, a process for their preparation and their use in particular in the preparation of ceramic mouldings and dental restorations. The invention further relates to a suspension based on oxide-ceramic material which contains the primary particles, and a process for the preparation of a ceramic mouldings.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2009Publication date: February 4, 2010Applicant: Ivoclar Vivadent AGInventors: Elke APEL, Christian RITZBERGER, Wolfram HOLAND, Christoph APPERT, Wolfgang WACHTER, Volker M. RHEINBERGER
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Publication number: 20090246739Abstract: A furnace for the thermal treatment of at least one dental firing object, comprising a housing, a firing chamber, a firing chamber base, a heating device, and at least one optical temperature detection element which can be used to detect a temperature in the firing chamber and is intended to enable a contactless temperature measurement of a dental firing object in a simple manner. This is achieved by virtue of the fact that the firing object is mounted on and/or in and/or below and/or alongside a firing aid situated in the firing chamber, and the optical temperature detection element detects the temperature of the firing aid.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2009Publication date: October 1, 2009Inventors: Rudolf Jussel, Jurgen Laubersheimer, Christian Werling, Christoph Appert