Patents by Inventor Carola A. Carrera Vidal

Carola A. Carrera Vidal 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).

  • Patent number: 11666523
    Abstract: An aqueous oral care fluoride treatment composition, a method of providing fluoride to a patients tooth surface, and a method of reducing the incidence of dental caries, wherein the composition includes: 0.5 wt-% to 4.8 wt-% of a water-soluble cationic N-containing polymer; a pharmaceutically acceptable buffer; 1.0 wt-% to 2.5 wt-% of sodium fluoride; and at least 60 wt-% water; wherein the weight percentages are based on the total weight of the aqueous composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Yizhong Wang, Tiffany T. Ton, Carola A. Carrera Vidal, Joel D. Oxman, Jennifer J. Post, Paul R. Klaiber
  • Publication number: 20230074073
    Abstract: A dental composition including a silver-fluoride composition and a curable resin composition is described. Also described are methods for repairing a tooth surface employing the dental composition, and kits re same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Yizhong WANG, Richard P. RUSIN, Jie J. LIU, Tiffany T. TON, Carola A. CARRERA VIDAL, Joel D. OXMAN
  • Patent number: 11337902
    Abstract: An aqueous oral care fluoride treatment composition, a method of providing fluoride to a patient's tooth surface, and a method of reducing the incidence of dental caries, wherein the composition includes: 0.1 wt-% to 3.0 wt-% of a crosslinked poly acid having carboxylic acid side groups; a pharmaceutically acceptable buffer; 1.0 wt-% to 2.5 wt-% of sodium fluoride; 0.025 wt-% to 1.75 wt-% of a multivalent cation salt; and at least 60 wt-% water; wherein the weight percentages are based on the total weight of the aqueous composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Yizhong Wang, Tiffany T. Ton, Melinda B. Gustafson, Jennifer Post, Paul R. Klaiber, Carola A. Carrera Vidal, Joel D. Oxman
  • Patent number: 11318005
    Abstract: An aqueous oral care solution, a kit that includes such solution, a method of making such solution, a method of using such solution (e.g., a method of providing fluoride to a patient's tooth surface), and a tooth surface having a coating derived from the aqueous oral care solution, wherein the oral care solution includes: silver cations; thiocyanatc anions provided by a thiocyanatc source comprising Ca(SCN)2; fluoride anions; and water; wherein the molar ratio of silver to thiocyanatc ions is up to 0.40:1, and water is up to 57 wt-%, based on the total weight of the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Yizhong Wang, Jie J. Liu, Richard P. Rusin, Melinda B. Gustafson, Ingo Haeberlein, Carola A. Carrera Vidal
  • Publication number: 20210251724
    Abstract: A dental appliance includes a polymeric shell with a first major surface having a plurality of cavities for receiving one or more teeth, and a layer of a metal oxide MOx on the first major surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Bhaskar V. Velamakanni, Ta-Hua Yu, Daniel J. Skamser, Narina Y. Stepanova, Mitchell A. Hirsch, Junkang J. Liu, Carola A. Carrera Vidal
  • Publication number: 20210177563
    Abstract: An aqueous oral care solution, a kit that includes such solution, a method of making such solution, a method of using such solution (e.g., a method of providing fluoride to a patient's tooth surface), and a tooth surface having a coating derived from the aqueous oral care solution, wherein the oral care solution includes: silver cations; thiocyanatc anions provided by a thiocyanatc source comprising Ca(SCN)2; fluoride anions; and water; wherein the molar ratio of silver to thiocyanatc ions is up to 0.40:1, and water is up to 57 wt-%, based on the total weight of the solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Yizhong Wang, Jie J. Liu, Richard P. Rusin, Melinda B. Gustafson, Ingo Haeberlein, Carola A. Carrera Vidal
  • Publication number: 20200268625
    Abstract: An aqueous oral care fluoride treatment composition, a method of providing fluoride to a patient's tooth surface, and a method of reducing the incidence of dental caries, wherein the composition includes: 0.1 wt-% to 3.0 wt-% of a crosslinked poly acid having carboxylic acid side groups; a pharmaceutically acceptable buffer; 1.0 wt-% to 2.5 wt-% of sodium fluoride; 0.025 wt-% to 1.75 wt-% of a multivalent cation salt; and at least 60 wt-% water; wherein the weight percentages are based on the total weight of the aqueous composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Yizhong Wang, Tiffany T. Ton, Melinda B. Gustafson, Jennifer Post, Paul R. Klaiber, Carola A. Carrera Vidal, Joel D. Oxman
  • Publication number: 20200197289
    Abstract: An aqueous oral care fluoride treatment composition, a method of providing fluoride to a patient's tooth surface, and a method of reducing the incidence of dental caries, wherein the composition includes: 0.5 wt-% to 4.8 wt-% of a water-soluble cationic N-containing polymer, a pharmaceutically acceptable buffer, 1.0 wt-% to 2.5 wt-% of sodium fluoride; and at least 60 wt-% water, wherein the weight percentages are based on the total weight of the aqueous composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Yizhong Wang, Tiffany T. Ton, Carola A. Carrera Vidal, Joel D. Oxman, Jennifer J. Post, Paul R. Klaiber
  • Patent number: 10682300
    Abstract: An aqueous oral care fluoride treatment composition, a method of providing fluoride to a patient's tooth surface, and a method of reducing the incidence of dental caries, wherein the composition includes: 0.1 wt-% to 3.0 wt-% of a crosslinked poly acid having carboxylic acid side groups; a pharmaceutically acceptable buffer; 1.0 wt-% to 2.5 wt-% of sodium fluoride; 0.025 wt-% to 1.75 wt-% of a multivalent cation salt; and at least 60 wt-% water; wherein the weight percentages are based on the total weight of the aqueous composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Yizhong Wang, Tiffany T. Ton, Melinda B. Gustafson, Jennifer Post, Paul R. Klaiber, Carola A. Carrera Vidal, Joel D. Oxman
  • Publication number: 20190099338
    Abstract: An aqueous oral care fluoride treatment composition, a method of providing fluoride to a patient's tooth surface, and a method of reducing the incidence of dental caries, wherein the composition includes: 0.1 wt-% to 3.0 wt-% of a crosslinked poly acid having carboxylic acid side groups; a pharmaceutically acceptable buffer; 1.0 wt-% to 2.5 wt-% of sodium fluoride; 0.025 wt-% to 1.75 wt-% of a multivalent cation salt; and at least 60 wt-% water; wherein the weight percentages are based on the total weight of the aqueous composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Yizhong Wang, Tiffany T. Ton, Melinda B. Gustafson, Jennifer Post, Paul R. Klaiber, Carola A. Carrera Vidal, Joel D. Oxman