Patents by Inventor Christian Ritzberger

Christian Ritzberger 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: 20220323185
    Abstract: Lithium silicate materials are described which can be easily processed by machining to dental products without undue wear of the tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Marcel Schweiger, Volker Rheinberger, Harald Bürke, Wolfram Höland, Elke Signer-Apel, Christian Ritzberger, Dmitri Brodkin
  • Patent number: 11440834
    Abstract: The invention relates to glass ceramics and glasses with a europium content, containing the following components: Component wt.-% SiO2 30.0 to 75.0 Al2O3 10.0 to 45.0 Europium, calculated as Eu2O3 0.05 to 5.0? and which are suitable in particular for the production of restorations, the fluorescence properties of which largely correspond to those of natural teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Marc Dittmer, Ronny Hengst, Christian Ritzberger
  • Patent number: 11413122
    Abstract: The invention relates to multi-layer oxide ceramic bodies and in particular to presintered multi-layer oxide ceramic blanks and oxide ceramic green bodies suitable for dental applications. These bodies can be thermally densified by further sintering without distortion and are thus particularly suitable for the manufacture of dental restorations. The invention also relates to a process for the manufacture of such multi-layer oxide ceramic bodies as well as to a process for the manufacture of dental restorations using the multi-layer oxide ceramic bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Frank Rothbrust, Christian Ritzberger, Dmitri Brodkin, Ajmal Khan, Marcel Schweiger
  • Publication number: 20220227663
    Abstract: Lithium silicate-low quartz glass ceramics are described which are characterized by a combination of very good mechanical and optical properties and can therefore be used in particular as restoration material in dentistry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Christian Ritzberger, Markus Rampf, Wolfram Höland, Marc Dittmer, Marcel Schweiger
  • Publication number: 20220204383
    Abstract: The invention relates to glass ceramics and glasses with a europium content, containing the following components: Component wt.-% SiO2 30.0 to 75.0 Al2O3 10.0 to 45.0 Europium, calculated as Eu2O3 0.05 to 5.0 and which are suitable in particular for the production of dental restorations, the fluorescence properties of which largely correspond to those of natural teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Marc Dittmer, Ronny Hengst, Christian Ritzberger
  • Patent number: 11369460
    Abstract: Lithium silicate materials are described which can be easily processed by machining to dental products without undue wear of the tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Marcel Schweiger, Volker Rheinberger, Harald Bürke, Wolfram Höland, Elke Signer-Apel, Christian Ritzberger, Dmitri Brodkin
  • Patent number: 11325858
    Abstract: Lithium silicate-low quartz glass ceramics are described which are characterized by a combination of very good mechanical and optical properties and can therefore be used in particular as restoration material in dentistry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Christian Ritzberger, Markus Rampf, Wolfram Höland, Marc Dittmer, Marcel Schweiger
  • Publication number: 20220127201
    Abstract: A glazing material for producing a glazed ceramic body, in which at a first temperature T1, the glazing material has a viscosity of more than 102.5 Pa·s, in particular more than 104.0 Pa·s, preferably more than 105.6 Pa·s and particularly preferably more than 107.0 Pa·s, and, which at a second temperature T2, which is higher than the first temperature, a viscosity of less than 109 Pa·s, in particular less than 107 Pa·s and preferably less than 105.6 Pa·s. The glazing material can be used for glazing a non-densely sintered substrate material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Frank Rothbrust, Ronny Hengst, Sebastian Krolikowski, Christian Ritzberger, Diana Tauch
  • Publication number: 20220096215
    Abstract: A process for the production of a dental shaped body, such as a dental blank or a dental restoration, in which a suspension of a zirconium oxide starting material is gelled by means of a gelling agent, and the use of a suspension of a zirconium oxide starting material as dental material, the suspension containing a gelling agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Markus Rampf, Nina Maria Mathis, Christian Ritzberger
  • Patent number: 11254618
    Abstract: A process for producing a glazed ceramic body, in which a glazing material is applied to a non-densely sintered substrate material and the substrate material and the glazing material are subjected to a heat treatment in order to obtain the glazed body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Frank Rothbrust, Ronny Hengst, Sebastian Krolikowski, Christian Ritzberger, Diana Tauch
  • Publication number: 20220016707
    Abstract: A method for layer-wise additive manufacturing of a shaped body made up of slices of processed layers, including the steps: creating a layer of a slurry, the slurry including binder, a dispersing medium and a particulate filler material, solidifying the slurry layer, directing electromagnetic radiation to the solidified layer for processing it by debinding and/or sintering, and repeating the above-mentioned steps to successively build the shaped body. A laser induced forward transfer (LIFT) process utilizing a laser to direct laser beam pulses acts on a coating of slurry on a carrier to transfer droplets of slurry to a receptor surface to create the slurry layer which is then processed further by above-mentioned steps of solidifying, and debinding and/or sintering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Hendrik John, Michael Zenou, Christian Ritzberger
  • Publication number: 20210340057
    Abstract: Glass ceramics having SiO2 as main crystal phase and precursors thereof are described which are characterized by very good mechanical and optical properties and in particular can be used as restoration material in dentistry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Markus Rampf, Marc Dittmer, Christian Ritzberger, Marcel Schweiger, Wolfram Höland
  • Patent number: 11109949
    Abstract: Lithium silicate materials are described which can be easily processed by machining to dental products without undue wear of the tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Marcel Schweiger, Volker Rheinberger, Harald Bürke, Wolfram Höland, Elke Signer-Apel, Christian Ritzberger, Dmitri Brodkin
  • Patent number: 11091388
    Abstract: Glass ceramics having SiO2 as main crystal phase and precursors thereof are described which are characterized by very good mechanical and optical properties and in particular can be used as restoration material in dentistry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Markus Rampf, Marc Dittmer, Christian Ritzberger, Marcel Schweiger, Wolfram Höland
  • Publication number: 20210238082
    Abstract: Lithium silicate materials are described which can be easily processed by machining to dental products without undue wear of the tools and which subsequently can be converted into lithium silicate products showing high strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Elke Signer-Apel, Wolfram Höland, Marcel Schweiger, Christian Ritzberger, Harald Bürke, Volker Rheinberger
  • Patent number: 11072556
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the preparation of a glass ceramic or a glass, which comprise cerium ions and are suitable in particular for the preparation of dental restorations, the fluorescence properties of which largely correspond to those of natural teeth. The invention also relates to a glass ceramic and a glass which can be obtained using the method according to the invention, the use thereof as dental material and in particular for the preparation of dental restorations, as well as a glass-forming composition which is suitable for use in the method according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Markus Rampf, Sebastian Krolikowski, Christian Ritzberger, Wolfram Höland, Marcel Schweiger
  • Patent number: 11040914
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a porous pre-densified CeO2-stabilized ZrO2 ceramic having a density of 50.0 to 95.0%, relative to the theoretical density of zirconia, and an open porosity of 5 to 50% as well as to a densified CeO2-stabilized ZrO2 ceramic having a density of 97.0 to 100.0%, relative to the theoretical density of zirconia, and wherein the grains of the ceramic have an average grain size of 50 to 1000 nm, methods for the preparation of the pre-densified and densified ceramics and their use for the manufacture of dental restorations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Christian Ritzberger, Frank Rothbrust, Marcel Schweiger, Nicolas Courtois, Jérôme Chevalier, Helen Reveron, Wolfram Höland, Volker Rheinberger
  • Patent number: 10981823
    Abstract: Lithium silicate materials are described which can be easily processed by machining to dental products without undue wear of the tools and which subsequently can be converted into lithium silicate products showing high strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Elke Signer-Apel, Wolfram Höland, Marcel Schweiger, Christian Ritzberger, Harald Bürke, Volker Rheinberger
  • Publication number: 20200375707
    Abstract: Lithium silicate materials are described which can be easily processed by machining to dental products without undue wear of the tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Marcel Schweiger, Volker Rheinberger, Harald Bürke, Wolfram Höland, Elke Signer-Apel, Christian Ritzberger, Dmitri Brodkin
  • Publication number: 20200262739
    Abstract: The invention relates to glass ceramics and glasses with a europium content, containing the following components: Component wt.-% SiO2 30.0 to 75.0 Al2O3 10.0 to 45.0 Europium, calculated as Eu2O3 0.05 to 5.0? and which are suitable in particular for the production of restorations, the fluorescence properties of which largely correspond to those of natural teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Marc Dittmer, Ronny Hengst, Christian Ritzberger