Patents by Inventor Joseph van der Zel

Joseph van der Zel 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: 20060099552
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a full-ceramic dental restoration, comprising heat pressing of a tooth coloured pressing glass on a fully or partially supporting structure of yttria doped tetragonal zirconia (YT/P), comprised of yttria doped tetragonal zirconia ceramic having a grain size, as measured by the linear intercept method, of less than 0.6 ?m, wherein the pressing glass has a thermal expansion coefficient (TEC) of between 9.0 and 1.0 ?m/m.K measured in the range of from 25 to 500° C.) and wherein the pressing glass has a pressing temperature of between 750 and 1000° C. In a further aspect, the invention relates to a full-ceramic dental restoration, comprising a fully or partially supporting structure of yttria doped tetragonal zirconia (YTZP) and a heat pressed tooth coloured pressing glass. which restoration is modelled to be in occlusal contact with opposing teeth and in mesio-distal contact with neighbouring teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventors: Joseph van der Zel, Jan Sior, Theodorus Grinwis, Marcel de Kler, Tsadok Taadol Hai, Peter Kreuder
  • Publication number: 20060086286
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a heat-resistant mold wherein heat-resistant investment material is inserted in a wax model manufactured in a conventional manner. The invention further relates to a low-dusting investment material, which low-dusting material is in particular heat-resistant. The investment material is applicable in dentistry, particularly for manufacturing molds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Inventors: Marijke Bettman, Joseph van der Zel, Theodorus Grinwis