Patents by Inventor Klaus Ruppert

Klaus Ruppert 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).

  • Publication number: 20230363982
    Abstract: Dental coating compositions that have one or more of excellent properties including plaque resistance, microbial plaque resistance, strong adhesion, excellent hardness, high wear resistance, and high color resistance are provided. Dental appliance or natural tooth covered by the dental coating compositions, and production methods of the dental coating compositions are also provided. The coating compositions include one or more of a trifunctional or higher multifunctional (meth)acrylate monomer, an inorganic filler, a photoinitiator, and an organic solvent. The coating compositions are substantially free from antibacterial chemical additives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Hideyuki ITO, Yoko KOSUGI, James Myoungsouk JANG, Ren-Zhi JIN, Sapna BLACKBURN, Klaus RUPPERT, Andreas GRUNDLER, Andrea HAMBACH
  • Publication number: 20230142551
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light-curing composition for producing dental components in a DLP method or SLA method, comprising, in relation to the total mass of the light-curing composition: a liquid monomer composition with a mass fraction of 60% or more, comprising one or more radically polymerizable monomers, one or more photoinitiators with a combined mass fraction in the range from 0.001 to 10%, and solid polymer particles with a particle diameter in the range from 0.4 to 4 ?m and a combined mass fraction in the range from 0.1 to 30%, wherein the solid polymer particles are dispersed in the liquid monomer composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Klaus RUPPERT, Alfred HOHMANN
  • Patent number: 11591500
    Abstract: A polymerizable adhesive composition containing an olefinically functionalized carbohydrate, a polymerizable liquid monomer, and optionally at least one polymerization initiator or initiator system is described. The adhesive composition is particularly well suited for adhering plastic components as well as is preferably provided with sufficiently long processing time for adhering artificial teeth on denture bases. The viscosity of the adhesive composition may be adjusted to the respected processing conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: KULZER GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Ruppert, Yanyan Habeck
  • Patent number: 11123170
    Abstract: Methods produce a three-dimensional dental block of material from a dental, polymerizable material. The methods include at least: transferring the polymerizable dental material into a radiolucent three-dimensional casting or press mold; irradiating the polymerizable dental material substantially from all sides with light in the UV/Vis spectral region forming polymerized outer surfaces of the dental material in the form of a solid outer shell of the dental material, wherein the shell is present in the defined three-dimensional geometry of the material whilst the inner region of the material is not polymerized or partially polymerized; heating the material with solid shell being present in defined three-dimensional geometry, to 60° C. to 150° C. for at least 90 minutes; and obtaining a dental, polymerized block of material having defined three-dimensional geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: KULZER GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus Ruppert, Alfred Hohmann
  • Patent number: 11007302
    Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is an autopolymerisable two-component prosthetic base material and a method for its production comprising A) at least one liquid monomer component, and B) at least one powdered component, whereby the prosthetic material comprises in components (A) and/or (B) (i) at least one initiator or one initiator system for autopolymerisation, (ii) core-shell particles modified by an elastic phase, and (iii) at least one urethane (meth)acrylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: KULZER GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus Ruppert, Alfred Hohmann, Stephan Dekert
  • Patent number: 10874490
    Abstract: A method for producing a dental prosthesis, the method including the following steps: affixing several prefabricated prosthetic teeth in a support; producing a prosthetic base according to a virtual model with a CAM method to create tooth sockets that lie parallel to each other; processing the prosthetic teeth basally and adjacent cervically while held in the support in accordance with the virtual model using a CAM method, so that the roots of the prosthetic teeth produced lie parallel to each other when the prosthetic teeth are inserted into the prosthetic base; and, inserting the processed prosthetic teeth together or in groups into the tooth sockets of the prosthetic base and attaching the processed prosthetic teeth in the tooth sockets. Also provided are a dental prosthesis produced by the method and a device for implementing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Kulzer GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Ruppert, Stephan Dekert
  • Publication number: 20200345466
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of blocks of material of a polymerized dental composite material as well as to the blocks of material obtainable according to the method, in which (i) a polymerisable dental composite material is transferred into a pressure-resistant casting mould (100), (ii) a pressure in the range of 10 to 500 MPa is applied to the polymerisable dental composite material in the pressure-resistant casting mould, and (iii) at least a part of the casting mould and/or the polymerisable material is heated in a defined manner to a temperature of 90 to 150° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: KULZER GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus RUPPERT, Alfred HOHMANN, Stephan DEKERT, Andrea HAMBACH
  • Publication number: 20200261196
    Abstract: Methods produce a three-dimensional dental block of material from a dental, polymerizable material. The methods include at least: transferring the polymerizable dental material into a radiolucent three-dimensional casting or press mold; irradiating the polymerizable dental material substantially from all sides with light in the UV/Ms spectral region forming polymerized outer surfaces of the dental material in the form of a solid outer shell of the dental material, wherein the shell is present in the defined three-dimensional geometry of the material whilst the inner region of the material is not polymerized or partially polymerized; heating the material with solid shell being present in defined three-dimensional geometry, to 60° C. to 150° C. for at least 90 minutes; and obtaining a dental, polymerized block of material having defined three-dimensional geometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: KULZER GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus RUPPERT, Alfred HOHMANN
  • Publication number: 20200172769
    Abstract: A polymerizable adhesive composition containing an olefinically functionalized carbohydrate, a polymerizable liquid monomer, and optionally at least one polymerization initiator or initiator system is described. The adhesive composition is particularly well suited for adhering plastic components as well as is preferably provided with sufficiently long processing time for adhering artificial teeth on denture bases. The viscosity of the adhesive composition may be adjusted to the respected processing conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: KULZER GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus RUPPERT, Yanyan HABECK
  • Publication number: 20200030063
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a dental prosthesis, wherein the dental prosthesis has a prosthetic base and several prosthetic teeth, wherein the method is conducted using a virtual three-dimensional dental prosthesis model of the physical dental prosthesis to be produced, and wherein the virtual three-dimensional dental prosthesis model is divided into at least one virtual three-dimensional model of the prosthetic teeth and one virtual three-dimensional model of the prosthetic base, or comprises at least one virtual three-dimensional model of the prosthetic teeth and one virtual three-dimensional model of the prosthetic base, wherein the boundary are between the virtual model of the prosthetic teeth and the virtual model of the prosthetic base is computed such that the prosthetic teeth in the virtual model has roots that are aligned parallel to each other and the prosthetic base in the virtual model has tooth sockets that are aligned parallel, wherein the tooth sockets form a negative shape
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Klaus Ruppert, Stephan Dekert
  • Patent number: 10463456
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a dental prosthesis, wherein the dental prosthesis comprises a prosthetic base and a plurality of prosthetic teeth, wherein the method is carried out with the use of a virtual three-dimensional dental prosthesis model of the dental prosthesis which is to be produced, and wherein the virtual three-dimensional dental prosthesis model comprises virtual prosthetic teeth and a virtual prosthetic base, including the following chronological steps: A) producing a physical occlusion plate, wherein a region of the surface of the occlusion plate is formed by a negative of the coronal sides of the virtual prosthetic teeth of the virtual dental prosthesis model, wherein the location and orientation of the virtual prosthetic teeth relative to one another corresponding to the virtual dental prosthesis model remain retained in the shape of the surface of the occlusion plate; B) placing and securing preassembled prosthetic teeth on the occlusion plate, wherein the coronal sid
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Kulzer GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Ruppert, Stefan Brill
  • Patent number: 10420712
    Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is a three-dimensional molded body, in particular a milling blank, made of a polymerizable prosthetic material, which is suitable for milling machining by means of CNC and/or CAD/CAM, having a fracture toughness of greater than or equal to 1.9 Mpa·m1/2 and a fracture work of greater than or equal to 900 J/m2. The milling blank preferably comprises core-shell particles modified by an elastic phase and is optionally based on a content of urethane (meth)acrylate polymerized into the polymer. Moreover, a subject matter of the invention is the use of the milling blanks for the production of at least parts of dental prosthetic parts, such as a prosthesis, artificial teeth, bridges, or of orthodontic appliances and instruments in medical field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: HERAEUS KULZER GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus Ruppert, Alfred Hohmann, Stephan Dekert
  • Patent number: 10258441
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a dental prosthesis with the chronological steps: A) Inserting the prosthetic teeth into the prosthetic base and connecting them with it in such a way that after their insertion into the prosthetic base the prosthetic teeth have limited movability in the prosthetic base B) Changing the position and/or the orientation of at least one prosthetic tooth in the prosthetic base; C) Fixing the prosthetic teeth on the coronal side in a key, and securing the orientation and position of the prosthetic teeth to one another in the changed position and/or orientation; D) Separating the prosthetic teeth from the prosthetic base; F) Fastening the prosthetic teeth in the prosthetic base with a cement or an adhesive, the gaps between the surfaces of the prosthetic base that are provided for fixation of the prosthetic teeth and the prosthetic teeth being filled with the cement or the adhesive; and G) Allowing the cement or adhesive to harden, the prosthetic teeth being solidl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Heraeus Kulzer GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Boehm, Klaus Ruppert, Stephan Dekert
  • Publication number: 20190090995
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a dental prosthesis, wherein the dental prosthesis comprises a prosthetic base and a plurality of prosthetic teeth, wherein the method is carried out with the use of a virtual three-dimensional dental prosthesis model of the dental prosthesis which is to be produced, and wherein the virtual three-dimensional dental prosthesis model comprises virtual prosthetic teeth and a virtual prosthetic base, including the following chronological steps: A) producing a physical occlusion plate, wherein a region of the surface of the occlusion plate is formed by a negative of the coronal sides of the virtual prosthetic teeth of the virtual dental prosthesis model, wherein the location and orientation of the virtual prosthetic teeth relative to one another corresponding to the virtual dental prosthesis model remain retained in the shape of the surface of the occlusion plate; B) placing and securing preassembled prosthetic teeth on the occlusion plate, wherein the coronal sid
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Klaus Ruppert, Stefan Brill
  • Publication number: 20180078348
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of a dental prosthetic moulded part, such as a partial or total prosthesis, which is produced in a multilayered manner from a generatively produced solid body model of at least one prosthetic tooth or of a prosthetic dental arch, wherein, inside, tooth neck-sided, the prosthetic teeth have a lumen, in which a dentin-hued, polymerisable composition is filled. The composition is subsequently polymerised in at least one step. The at least one prosthetic tooth with dentin-hued composition is arranged, with its cervical side, on the tooth-sided surface of the denture base and compacted. Subsequently, the partial or total prosthesis obtained is completely cured in a light curing device. The prosthetic moulded parts obtainable according to the method according to the invention are also a subject matter of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: KULZER GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus RUPPERT, Christian BAUER
  • Publication number: 20180049952
    Abstract: A method for the production of dental prosthetic moulded parts as well as a ready for use, polymerisable dental material for the production of dental prosthetic moulded parts, such as of total or partial prostheses, parts of bridges, crowns, is proposed. The ready for use dental material, optionally after mixing the separated two paste dental material having an initiator system separated into the pastes and otherwise being essentially identical dental material, is immediately curable or polymerisable, respectively, into prosthetic moulded parts without swelling time. A kit comprising the ready for use, polymerisable dental material, as well as the use of the kit and a method for the production of dental prosthetic moulded parts is also a subject matter of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: KULZER GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus RUPPERT, Alfred HOHMANN, Stephan DEKERT
  • Publication number: 20170340773
    Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is an autopolymerisable two-component prosthetic base material and a method for its production comprising A) at least one liquid monomer component, and B) at least one powdered component, whereby the prosthetic material comprises in components (A) and/or (B) (i) at least one initiator or one initiator system for autopolymerisation, (ii) core-shell particles modified by an elastic phase, and (iii) at least one urethane (meth)acrylate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: HERAEUS KULZER GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus RUPPERT, Alfred HOHMANN, Stephan DEKERT
  • Publication number: 20170304033
    Abstract: The invention relates to a form for producing a pre-molded prosthesis base blank, wherein the pre-molded prosthesis base blank is provided for producing a prosthesis base for a dental prosthesis with a subtractive CAM method, wherein the form features an inner surface which is a negative of the prosthesis base blank to be produced, wherein the inner surface features a negative of a dental arch or a dental arch section with a thickening in the occlusal direction, and the form consists of at least two parts, which are affixed in such a manner that are detachable from each other or which are detachably affixable to each other. The invention also relates to a method for producing a prosthesis base blank with such a form, in which a hot polymer or cold polymer is filled into the at least dual-part compiled form, the hot polymer or cold polymer is then hardened, and as a next step, the parts of the form are detached from the hardened prosthesis base blank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Klaus Ruppert, Michael Eck
  • Publication number: 20170156990
    Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is a three-dimensional moulded body, in particular a milling blank, made of a polymerisable prosthetic material, which is suitable for milling machining by means of CNC and/or CAD/CAM, having a fracture toughness of greater than or equal to 1.9 Mpa·m1/2 and a fracture work of greater than or equal to 900 J/m2. The milling blank preferably comprises core-shell particles modified by an elastic phase and is optionally based on a content of urethane (meth)acrylate polymerised into the polymer. Moreover, a subject matter of the invention is the use of the milling blanks for the production of at least parts of dental prosthetic parts, such as a prosthesis, artificial teeth, bridges, or of orthodontic appliances and instruments in medical field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: HERAEUS KULZER GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus RUPPERT, Alfred HOHMANN, Stephan DEKERT
  • Publication number: 20170151368
    Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is an autopolymerisable two-component prosthetic base material and a method for its production comprising A) at least one liquid monomer component, and B) at least one powdered component, whereby the prosthetic material comprises in components (A) and/or (B) (i) at least one initiator or one initiator system for autopolymerisation, (ii) core-shell particles modified by an elastic phase, and (iii) at least one urethane (meth)acrylate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: HERAEUS KULZER GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus RUPPERT, Alfred HOHMANN, Stephan DEKERT