Patents by Inventor Elke Apel

Elke Apel 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: 7993137
    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: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Elke Apel, Wolfram Holland, Marcel Schweiger, Christian Ritzberger, Harald Burke, Volker Rheinberger
  • Publication number: 20110059836
    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: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: IVOCLAR VIVADENT AG
    Inventors: Elke Apel, Wolfram Höland, Marcel Schweiger, Christian van t'Hoen, Harald Bürke, Volker M. Rheinberger
  • Publication number: 20110021336
    Abstract: A phosphosilicate glass ceramic with nanoscale fluoroapatite and leucite crystals. The glass ceramic is very similar to natural tooth material in terms of its optical properties. The glass ceramic has a low linear thermal expansion coefficient and a low pressing temperature and is therefore particularly suitable for pressing on metal alloys to produce dental restoration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Urs Bolle, Marcel Schweiger, Elke Apel, Wolfram Höland, Volker Rheinberger
  • Patent number: 7871948
    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: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Elke Apel, Wolfram Holand, Marcel Schweiger, Christian Ritzberger, Harald Burke, Volker M. Rheinberger
  • Publication number: 20110009254
    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: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Marcel Schweiger, Volker Rheinberger, Harald Burke, Wolfram Holand, Elke Apel, Christian Ritzberger, Dmitri Brodkin
  • Patent number: 7867930
    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: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Elke Apel, Wolfram Holand, Marcel Schweiger, Christian Ritzberger, Harald Burke, Volker M. Rheinberger
  • Patent number: 7867933
    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: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Elke Apel, Wolfram Holand, Marcel Schweiger, Christian Ritzberger, Harald Burke, Volker M. Rheinberger
  • Patent number: 7867931
    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: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Elke Apel, Wolfram Holand, Marcel Schweiger, Christian Ritzberger, Harald Burke, Volker M. Rheinberger
  • Patent number: 7846857
    Abstract: The invention relates to dental glass-ceramics and a process for producing them and their use, with these comprising at least one crystal phase containing xenotime or monazite or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Wolfram Höland, Christian Ritzberger, Volker Rheinberger, Elke Apel
  • Patent number: 7795164
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dental glass containing 50 to 70 wt. % of SiO2, 5 to 18 wt. % of Al2O3, 6.1 to 30 wt. % of MgO, 1 to 15 wt. % of La2O3, 1 to 15 wt. % of WO3, 0.1 to 8 wt. % of ZrO2, and optionally further oxides except for the oxides of Sr, Ba or alkali metals, wherein the stated quantities in total add up to 100 wt. %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignees: Ivoclar Vivadent AG, Empa Dubendorf
    Inventors: Christian Ritzberger, Volker Rheinberger, Elke Apel, Peter Burtscher, Wolfram Höland, Thomas Graule, Simone Zürcher, Andri Vital
  • Publication number: 20100025874
    Abstract: The invention relates to primary particles of oxide-ceramic material, wherein the primary particles have an average particle size in the range from 10 to 1000 nm and are coated with a chromophoric component, a process for their preparation and their use in particular in the preparation of ceramic mouldings and dental restorations. The invention further relates to a suspension based on oxide-ceramic material which contains the primary particles, and a process for the preparation of a ceramic mouldings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Elke APEL, Christian RITZBERGER, Wolfram HOLAND, Christoph APPERT, Wolfgang WACHTER, Volker M. RHEINBERGER
  • Publication number: 20090113936
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dental glass containing 50 to 70 wt. % of SiO2, 5 to 18 wt. % of Al2O3, 6.1 to 30 wt. % of MgO, 1 to 15 wt. % of La2O3, 1 to 15 wt. % of WO3, 0.1 to 8 wt. % of ZrO2, and optionally further oxides except for the oxides of Sr, Ba or alkali metals, wherein the stated quantities in total add up to 100 wt. %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicants: IVOCLAR VIVADENT AG, EMPA DÜBENDORF
    Inventors: Christian Ritzberger, Volker Rheinberger, Elke Apel, Peter Burtscher, Wolfram Holand, Thomas Graule, Simone Zurcher, Andri Vital
  • Publication number: 20090042713
    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: October 17, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: IVOCLAR VIVADENT AG
    Inventors: Elke APEL, Wolfram HOLAND, Marcel SCHWEIGER, Christian RITZBERGER, Harald BURKE, Volker M. RHEINBERGER
  • Publication number: 20090042714
    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: October 17, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: IVOCLAR VIVADENT AG
    Inventors: Elke APEL, Wolfram HOLAND, Marcel SCHWEIGER, Christian RITZBERGER, Harald BURKE, Volker M. RHEINBERGER
  • Publication number: 20090038508
    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: October 17, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: IVOCLAR VIVADENT AG
    Inventors: Elke APEL, Wolfram HOLAND, Marcel SCHWEIGER, Christian RITZBERGER, Harald BURKE, Volker M. RHEINBERGER
  • Publication number: 20090038344
    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: October 17, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: IVOCLAR VIVADENT AG
    Inventors: Elke Apel, Wolfram Holand, Marcel Schweiger, Christian Ritzberger, Harald Burke, Volker M. Rheinberger
  • Publication number: 20090023574
    Abstract: The invention relates to dental glass-ceramics and a process for producing them and their use, with these comprising at least one crystal phase containing xenotime or monazite or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Wolfram Holand, Christian Ritzberger, Volker Rheinberger, Elke Apel
  • Publication number: 20080303181
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions based on Ce-stabilized ZrO2, and single- and multi-colored blanks made from oxide ceramics, and a process for their preparation, in which oxide ceramic powder is coated with a coloring substance, the coated powders are preferably graded and at least one colored powder is filled into a compression mould, the colored powder or powders are compressed to produce a shaped body, and the compressed shaped body is sintered to produce a blank, and to the use of these blanks for the preparation of dental restorations. The compositions exhibit high fracture toughness and high flexural strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Wolfram Holand, Christian Ritzberger, Elke Apel, Frank Rothbrust, Jerome Chevalier, Dmitri Brodkin
  • Patent number: 7452836
    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 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Elke Apel, Wolfram Höland, Marcel Schweiger, Christian van t'Hoen, Harald Bürke, Volker M. Rheinberger
  • Patent number: 7371702
    Abstract: Radio-opaque glass ceramics are described which have high chemical durability and adjustable translucency, brightness and coefficient of thermal expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Christian Ritzberger, Elke Apel, Wolfram Holand, Volker M. Rheinberger