Patents Assigned to Kulzer GmbH
  • Implant material
    Patent number: 7858109
    Abstract: Form bodies, which can be rotationally-symmetrical or irregularly-shaped, consist of at least one member of the group of the antibiotic salts, gentamicin myristate, gentamicin palmitate, gentamicin stearate, tobramycin myristate, tobramycin palmitate, tobramycin stearate, amikacin myristate, amikacin palmitate, amikacin stearate, vancomycin palmitate, vancomycin stearate, ramoplanin palmitate, ramoplanin stearate, levofloxacin palmitate, levofloxacin stearate, ofloxacin palmitate, ofloxacin stearate, moxifloxacin palmitate, moxifloxacin stearate, clindamycin palmitate, and clindamycin stearate. A medical device for implantation, in which the form bodies are arranged on a biodegradable filament at a distance of 1 mm to 25 mm as well as a method for the manufacture of the medical device and the use of the form bodies or the medical device to treat chronic osteomyelitis are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Heraeus Kulzer GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus-Dieter Kühn, Sebastian Vogt
  • CONTAINER CONTAINING THE PMMA POWDER FRACTION OF A TWO-COMPONENT SYSTEM MADE UP OF PMMA POWDER COMPONENT AND MMA MONOMER COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20100323144
    Abstract: Containers that are soluble in liquid methylmethacrylate and contain the PMMA powder fraction of a two-component system made up of PMMA powder component and liquid MMA monomer component are useful as components of packaging of powder/liquid two-component material, such as dental material, investment material for histology or metallography or in veterinary medicine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: Heraeus Kulzer GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus Ruppert, Mario Beyer, Kevin Kerscher, Lutz Vocke
  • Surgical suture material with an antimicrobial surface and process for providing an antimicrobial coating on surgical suture material
    Patent number: 7829133
    Abstract: A surgical suture material with an antimicrobial surface is described, the surface exhibiting a coating containing a) at least one fatty acid, b) octenidine dichloride and/or dequalinium chloride and c) optionally oligomeric lactic acid esters. In addition, a process for coating surgical suture material is described which is characterized by the fact that the thread material is wetted with a homogeneous methanolic solution of octenidine dichloride and/or dequalinium chloride and subsequently the methanol is evaporated, a coating forming on the thread surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Heraeus Kulzer GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Vogt, Klaus-Dieter Kuhn, Hubert Buchner
  • TOPICAL APPLICATION AND FORMULATION OF ERYTHROPOIETIN FOR SKIN WOUND HEALING
    Publication number: 20100278916
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of erythropoietin (EPO), in particular EPO in a polymer-based pharmaceutical preparation which stabilises the active compound, for the treatment of traumatised skin, in particular for wound healing in the case of mechanical or pathological injuries or in the case of burns. In particular, the invention also relates to specific viscous or gelatinous formulations, in particular based on polysaccharides, preferably cellulose derivatives, which comprise EPO and are capable of stabilising the latter and releasing it slowly and uniformly to the wound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: HERAEUS KULZER GMBH
    Inventor: Augustinus Bader
  • Plastic capsule for the storage and delivery of flowable dental materials and applicator to contain them
    Publication number: 20100266978
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plastic capsule for the storage and delivery of dental material, the capsule exhibiting a cylindrical cavity in a first capsule section and connecting the first and a third capsule section in a second capsule section and the third capsule section being a dispensing nipple angled with respect to the first capsule section characterised in that the first capsule section exhibits a reinforced longitudinal side and a longitudinal formed in a round manner and the reinforced longitudinal side is an edge on a round tube, the edge forming the reinforcement, and to similar capsules with two reinforcement edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: HERAEUS KULZER GMBH
    Inventors: Andrej Albach, Hans-Joachim Zumkeller
  • MULTI-COMPONENT SYSTEMS OPTIMISED FOR MIXING CONTROL
    Publication number: 20100265789
    Abstract: An arrangements optimised for the mixing control of several components to be mixed by the user. The components include a paste A to be dispensed in a strand and another component B. A includes A1 which is white or a lightly coloured base paste and A2 is an intensely coloured colour paste. The components are within a container with a discharge aperture. Given stripes of A1 in A2 or of A2 in A1 are being arranged or A1 and A2 are stored separately and, at the discharge aperture, a device for producing stripes of A1 in A2 or of A2 in A1 is provided such that A1 and A2 together result in a stripe pattern in the discharged strand which is provided for mixing with at least one further component B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: HERAEUS KULZER GMBH
    Inventor: Klaus-Dieter Nehren
  • Measuring device for the determination of several parameters during the production of total dental prostheses
    Publication number: 20100229413
    Abstract: The invention relates to a measuring device of flexible material for the determination of parameters for the production of dental prostheses which combines different functions, including protractor, spacing template, ruler and an option of utilizing a compass-formed modulus shear measuring module to facilitate shearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: HERAEUS KULZER GMBH
    Inventor: Andreas Polei
  • Process for the sterilization and/or germ reduction of mold materials
    Patent number: 7708940
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the sterilization and/or germ reduction of impression material by means of radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Heraeus Kulzer GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Grunwald, Norbert Weber, Birgit Esser
  • Dental Composites with a Low Shrinkage Tension and High Flexural Strength
    Publication number: 20100087565
    Abstract: Dental composite materials based on (meth)acrylate, exhibiting a proportion of TCD monomers in the total composition of 1-15% by weight and the quotient of flexural strength/shrinkage tension is at least 35.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: HERAEUS KULZER GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Utterodt, Klaus Ruppert, Matthias Schaub, Christine Diefenbach, Kurt Reischl, Alfred Hohmann, Michael Eck, Nelli Schonhof, Jutta Schneider
  • Compositions For Dental Composites With Tricyclo[5.2.1.02.6]decane Derivatives
    Publication number: 20100076115
    Abstract: Dental composites comprising monomers, crosslinking agents, fillers, and initiators, in which the crosslinking agent comprises more than 50% by weight of the acrylate monomer TCD-DI-HEA, and the cyctotoxicity of the cured composite as determined according to the standard requirements of ISO 10993-5 and DIN EN ISO 7405 is assessed into the category “no cytotoxic potential”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: HERAEUS KULZER GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Utterodt, Klaus Ruppert, Matthias Schaub, Christine Diefenbach, Kurt Reischl, Alfred Hohmann, Michael Eck, Nelli Schönhof
  • Impression Compounds
    Publication number: 20100022739
    Abstract: The present invention relates to impression compounds based on polyether derivatives, a process for their production and their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2007
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: HERAEUS KULZER GMBH
    Inventors: Hartmut Nefzger, Erika Bauer, Michael Ludewig, Matthias Schaub, Klaus-Dieter Nehren, Michael Freckmann, Holger Urbas
  • Dental materials equipped with active anti-plaque substance(s)
    Publication number: 20090297458
    Abstract: A process by means of which the colonisation by plaque on dental materials can be permanently prevented or delayed without the product properties of the dental material being negatively influenced. The process involves equipping the dental material with anti-plaque substance, namely at least one molecularly dispersely distributed octenidine salt or dequalinium salt. Also disclosed is a dental material so equipped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: HERAEUS KULZER GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus RUPPERT, Karl-Heinz Renz, Sebastian Vogt
  • System for the liberation of an active principle and its use
    Publication number: 20090280189
    Abstract: A local system for the liberation of an active principle is described which consists of spherical bodies which are composed of polymethyl methacrylate or polymethyl methacrylate co-methyl acrylate and, if necessary, zirconium dioxide and/or barium sulphate and a pharmaceutical active principle, which contains at least one hemostyptically effective compound stable at least up to 120° C., preferably a calcium salt. The local system for the liberation of an active principle is provided as medical product or drug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: HERAEUS KULZER GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus-Dieter Kühn, Sebastian Vogt
  • Reduction of the shrinkage force of tooth fillings
    Patent number: 7604480
    Abstract: A self-curing or dual-curing, low viscosity composite is used for the fabrication of a dental liner capable of polymerization in 2 stages with 2 curing times and delayed polymerization characteristics that is designed for use at the cavity wall in the form of a thin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Heraeus Kulzer GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Grundler, Marcus Hoffmann
  • Hydrolysis-stable monomers with acid groups
    Patent number: 7582686
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I R1—O—CO—C(?CHR)—Y—O-Q(AH)n??(I) where A stands for a —CO2— or —SO3— group which together with H+ yields AH, Q represents C1-12alkylene, C4-12alkylene interrupted by —O—, >N—, or —S—, or, in given cases, C6-15arylene substituted with C1-4alkyl, C1-4alkoxy or halogen, where in the case of arylene the aryl groups can carry additional acid groups A, Y stands for C1-12alkylene or C4-12alkylene interrupted by —O—, >N—, or —S—, R represents methyl or H, R1 is C1-6alkyl, and n assumes the values 1, 2, or 3 are particularly suitable for the production of self-etching dental adhesives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Heraeus Kulzer GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus Hoffmann, Albert Erdrich
  • Dyed polymethyl methacrylate bone cement and process for its production
    Patent number: 7569621
    Abstract: A dyed polymethyl methacrylate bone cement is described which is characterized by at least the surface of the polymer particles of the powder component being coated partially or completely with a mixture of one or several dyes and a hydrophobic, low molecular or oligomeric organic coupling agent, such a quantity of coupling agent being present that the polymer particles can be visually recognized as not having swollen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Heraeus Kulzer GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus-Dieter Kühn, Sebastian Vogt
  • Foam-generating, hardening compositions for forming impressions of surfaces and impression trays for use therewith
    Publication number: 20090098503
    Abstract: Foam-generating, hardening composition for making impressions of biological surfaces include A at least one impression material based on i isocyanates, which react with mono- and multi-functional amines and/or compounds having hydroxyl groups, to form urethane or urea, or ii A-silicones, or iii C-silicones, or iv Polyethers, or v alpha-silanes, or vi mixtures of two or more materials i to v, and optionally B at least one foaming agent. Impressions of biological surfaces made from this compound have a foam with closed pores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: Heraeus Kulzer GmbH
    Inventors: GOTTFRIED KNISPEL, Martin Grunwald, Andreas Grundler
  • SINGLE-DOSE PACKAGE
    Publication number: 20090084690
    Abstract: The invention relates to a single-dose package for liquid, pasty or semi-solid materials, with a fluid container of at least one lower and at least one upper partial container, whereby, after filling, the at least one lower partial container is provided to be connected at a common seam to the at least one upper partial container such that the upper partial container sits on top of the lower partial container at the seam, and the upper partial container carries a removal spout, on which a circumferential splash protection neck is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: HERAEUS KULZER GmbH
    Inventors: CHRISTIAN BRESSLER, MARCUS HOFFMAN
  • Dental Composites with a Low Shrinkage Tension and High Flexural Strength
    Publication number: 20090036565
    Abstract: Dental composite materials based on (meth)acrylate, exhibiting a proportion of TCD monomers in the total composition of 1-15% by weight and the quotient of flexural strength/shrinkage tension is at least 35.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: HERAEUS KULZER GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Utterodt, Klaus Ruppert, Matthias Schaub, Christine Diefenbach, Kurt Reischl, Alfred Hohmann, Michael Eck, Nelli Schonhof, Jutta Schneider
  • DENTAL CONTAINER WITH VAPOR-TIGHT, SEALABLE DROPPER INSERT
    Publication number: 20090026228
    Abstract: A drop system made of a liquid to be provided in drop form in the field of dentistry is contained in a container with a vapor-tight, sealable dropper insert made of light-impermeable plastic and a hollow space running in the dropper insert provided for the supply of a liquid. The hollow space has several tubular sections and a funnel-shaped outlet. The tubular section connecting to the funnel is formed as a tapering or restriction between the funnel-shaped section and another tubular section, and the funnel is arranged in a column-shaped dropper spout. A collection channel is arranged on the outer side of the dropper between the outer wall defining the hollow space and the part of the dropper insert covering the neck of the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Heraeus Kulzer GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Bressler, Marcus Hoffmann