Patents by Inventor Iwona Dziadowiec

Iwona Dziadowiec 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).

  • Method of manufacturing a prosthetic element
    Patent number: 9700391
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: STRAUMANN HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Alain Kounga, Christoph Appert, Iwona Dziadowiec
  • PROSTHETIC ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20140370464
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Alain Kounga, Christoph Appert, Iwona Dziadowiec