Abstract: The present invention provides a dental material that includes a hardenable resin system and a first initiator system capable of hardening the hardenable resin.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 3, 2003
Date of Patent:
November 15, 2005
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Co.
Inventors:
Naimul Karim, Joel D. Oxman, Ahmed S. Abuelyaman, Babu N. Gaddam
Abstract: The invention relates to inducing a refractive index change in the glass substrate of a polymer coated optical device by using a high numeric aperture lens to focus a femtosecond laser beam through the polymeric coating to the substrate without damaging the polymeric coating.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 15, 2002
Date of Patent:
February 8, 2005
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Co.
Inventors:
Douglas Scott Dunn, Jeffrey Michael Florczak, Jeffrey Bruce Hill, Harvey William Kalweit