Patents by Inventor Manfred Thomas Plaumann

Manfred Thomas Plaumann 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: 20240117091
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to dental, free-radically polymerizable compositions, and to the use thereof in stereolithography and/or 3D printing, in particular for the 3D printing of dental shaped components, such as dental models, trays, try-ins or dentures. The dental, free-radically polymerizable compositions feature a change in opacity during the polymerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Sebastian Lamping, Manfred Thomas Plaumann
  • Publication number: 20240108555
    Abstract: The present invention relates to free-radical-polymerizable compositions and to the use thereof in stereolithography and/or 3D printing, especially for the 3D printing of dental shaped components, such as dental transfer splints, IBTs, transfer keys and drilling templates. The free-radical-polymerizable compositions have the characteristic feature that, after polymerization, they exhibit practically no adhesion to other (meth)acrylic systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Sebastian Lamping, Markus Nordmann, Daniel Oldenburger, Manfred Thomas Plaumann
  • Patent number: 11944692
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dental, light-curable, one-component composite compositions comprising (A) monomers, (B) fillers, and (C) initiators, the viscosity ?20 of which at 20° C. is greater than 400 Pa*s, preferably greater than 800 Pa*s and more preferably greater than 1200 Pa*s, and the viscosity ?50 of which at 50° C. is less than 150 Pa*s, preferably less than 120 Pa*s and more preferably less than 90 Pa*s, and wherein the quotient ?50/?20 of the viscosity of the composite composition at 50° C. and the viscosity of the composite composition at 20° C. is less than 0.125, preferably less than 0.1. The invention is preferably directed to dental composite compositions selected from the group consisting of dental filling materials, lining materials, luting materials and fissure sealants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: VOCO GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Hahn, Gerrit Lübbe, Reinhard Maletz, Manfred Thomas Plaumann
  • Publication number: 20240008963
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing dental milling blanks, wherein inorganic filler powders are in a first step surface-coated with a silane and wherein in a second step a polymerizable composition is adsorbed on the silanized surface. Subsequent compression and polymerization affords a homogeneous milling blank having very good mechanical properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: VOCO GmbH
    Inventors: Andree BARG, Daniel OLDENBURGER, Tobias EBERT, Manfred Thomas PLAUMANN
  • Patent number: 11730566
    Abstract: The present invention relates in particular to the storage of dental material in a device (10, 10?) and the application of the dental material (20) from such a device (10,10?), and a method for treating dental material (20). In order to provide a solution that allows the simple and practical handling of a dental material (20) in the sense of storage, application and/or treatment thereof, inter alia, a device (10, 10?) for storage and application (20) comprising a cavity (12) for storage of the dental material (20) and a wall (14) surrounding the cavity (12) is proposed, wherein the wall (14) in at least a first temperature range is impermeable to radiation of at least a first wavelength or a first wavelength range in the range of 100 nm to 500 nm, wherein the wall (14) comprises at least one area that at least in a second temperature range is permeable to radiation of at least a second wavelength or a second wavelength range in the range of 600 nm to 50,000 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: VOCO GMBH
    Inventors: Nils Fontein, Manfred Thomas Plaumann, Uwe Leiner
  • Publication number: 20230192925
    Abstract: What is described is a dental light-curable composition for elective production of a visible restoration in the anterior region or for filling of a cavity in the posterior region, comprising a total amount (A) of free-radically polymerizable monomers, where this total amount (A) consists of one, two, three or more than three free-radically polymerizable monomers and has a refractive index nA, 470nm in the range from 1.470 to 1.560, a total amount (B1) of nonaggregated and nonagglomerated inorganic filler particles having a particle size in the range from 7 to 70 nm, where this total amount (B1) has a refractive index nB1, 470nm in the range from 1.460 to 1.570 and where this total amount (B1) is in the range from 10 to 30 percent by volume, based on the overall dental light-curable composition, a total amount (B2) of inorganic filler particles having a particle size in the range from 0.12 ?m to 10 ?m, where this total amount (B2) has a refractive index nB2,470nm in the range from 1.450 to 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: VOCO GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Willner, Christoph Hahn, Manfred Thomas Plaumann
  • Publication number: 20230136390
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dental etching composition comprising phosphoric acid, water and urethane-urea compound(s), to the use of said dental etching composition for etching the hard substance of the tooth, to a dental etching composition for use in a therapeutic method of etching the hard substance of the tooth in the course of filling treatment, and to a kit comprising a dental etching composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Hauke Kelch, Wigand Krumme, Manfred Thomas Plaumann
  • Patent number: 11576759
    Abstract: What is described is a milling blank having a continuous shade gradient for production of an indirect dental restoration, composed of resin or a resin-based composite. What is also described is a method of producing such a milling blank by mixing two differently coloured pastes with continuous variation of the mixing ratio of the two pastes during the dispensing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: VOCO GMBH
    Inventors: Daniel Oldenburger, Marie Appelmann, Manfred Thomas Plaumann
  • Patent number: 11564882
    Abstract: Described is a milling blank for producing an indirect dental restoration, composed of resin or a resin-based composite, containing water in an amount of at least 25% of the water sorption Wsp. Described is further a method for producing such a milling blank or a moulded part produced therefrom for use as an indirect dental restoration, a use of the water sorption method, a kit for producing indirect dental restorations and a method for indirect dental restoration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: VOCO GMBH
    Inventors: Reinhard Maletz, Nils Fontein, Daniel Oldenburger, Manfred Thomas Plaumann
  • Patent number: 11400028
    Abstract: A dental milling blank for the production of permanent indirect restorations in the CAD/CAM process, characterized in that it has a water sorption WSP of less than/equal to 18 ?g/mm3, measured according to ISO 4049 and an E modulus E greater than/equal to 13 GPa, measured according to the ADA specification No. 27 and a quotient Q of WSP/E of less than 1.35 ?g/(GPa×mm3) and consists of the polymerization product of a radically curable dental composition, which comprises a) inorganic fillers, wherein the total mass of the inorganic fillers is at least 83 wt. %, based on the total mass of the composition, b) radically polymerizable monomers, c) one or more initiators for radically curing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: VOCO GMBH
    Inventors: Daniel Oldenburger, Reinhard Maletz, Nils Fontein, Manfred Thomas Plaumann
  • Publication number: 20210267849
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dental, light-curable, one-component composite compositions comprising (A) monomers, (B) fillers, and (C) initiators, the viscosity ?20 of which at 20° C. is greater than 400 Pa*s, preferably greater than 800 Pa*s and more preferably greater than 1200 Pa*s, and the viscosity ?50 of which at 50° C. is less than 150 Pa*s, preferably less than 120 Pa*s and more preferably less than 90 Pa*s, and wherein the quotient ?50/?20 of the viscosity of the composite composition at 50° C. and the viscosity of the composite composition at 20° C. is less than 0.125, preferably less than 0.1. The invention is preferably directed to dental composite compositions selected from the group consisting of dental filling materials, lining materials, luting materials and fissure sealants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: VOCO GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph HAHN, Gerrit LÜBBE, Reinhard MALETZ, Manfred Thomas PLAUMANN
  • Publication number: 20210137639
    Abstract: The present invention relates in particular to the storage of dental material in a device (10, 10?) and the application of the dental material (20) from such a device (10,10?), and a method for treating dental material (20). In order to provide a solution that allows the simple and practical handling of a dental material (20) in the sense of storage, application and/or treatment thereof, inter alia, a device (10, 10?) for storage and application (20) comprising a cavity (12) for storage of the dental material (20) and a wall (14) surrounding the cavity (12) is proposed, wherein the wall (14) in at least a first temperature range is impermeable to radiation of at least a first wavelength or a first wavelength range in the range of 100 nm to 500 nm, wherein the wall (14) comprises at least one area that at least in a second temperature range is permeable to radiation of at least a second wavelength or a second wavelength range in the range of 600 nm to 50,000 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: VOCO GMBH
    Inventors: Nils FONTEIN, Manfred Thomas PLAUMANN, Uwe LEINER
  • Publication number: 20210052469
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel polymerizable dental compositions comprising, (A) polysiloxanes, wherein the polysiloxanes comprise a mixture of the condensates of the three silanes (a1), (a2) and (a3) and/or a cocondensate of a mixture of the three silanes (a1), (a2) and (a3) and/or a mixture of at least two of the cocondensates (a1)/(a2), (a1)/(a3) and (a2)/(a3) and/or a mixture of the condensate of one of the three silanes (a1), (a2) or (a3) with the cocondensate of the other two silanes, (B) fillers and (C) initiators and/or catalysts and/or activators for the polymerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Silke Riedel, Gerrit Lübbe, Manfred Thomas Plaumann
  • Patent number: 10835453
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for use as component of a multicomponent resin-modified glass ionomer cement, to a multicomponent resin-modified glass ionomer cement and also to a process for the preparation of the corresponding compositions and of cured dental materials. The invention furthermore relates to the corresponding use of one or more compounds (S) selected from the group consisting of sulfinic acids, salts of sulfinic acids and salts of organoboron compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: VOCO GMBH
    Inventors: Simon Schmücker, Manfred Thomas Plaumann
  • Publication number: 20200188070
    Abstract: A dental milling blank for the production of permanent indirect restorations in the CAD/CAM process, characterized in that it has a water sorption WSP of less than/equal to 18 ?g/mm3, measured according to ISO 4049 and an E modulus E greater than/equal to 13 GPa, measured according to the ADA specification No. 27 and a quotient Q of WSP/E of less than 1.35 ?g/(GPa×mm3) and consists of the polymerization product of a radically curable dental composition, which comprises a) inorganic fillers, wherein the total mass of the inorganic fillers is at least 83 wt. %, based on the total mass of the composition, b) radically polymerizable monomers, c) one or more initiators for radically curing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: VOCO GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Oldenburger, Reinhard Maletz, Nils Fontein, Manfred Thomas Plaumann
  • Publication number: 20200121419
    Abstract: The present invention relates to devices having a thermochromic temperature indicator for accommodating, heating and applying dental materials, to corresponding methods of heating dental materials and of recognizing the temperature of the dental materials, and to a corresponding kit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Uwe Leiner, Manfred Thomas Plaumann
  • Patent number: 10603143
    Abstract: A dental milling blank for the production of permanent indirect restorations in the CAD/CAM process, characterized in that it has a water sorption WSP of less than/equal to 18 ?g/mm3, measured according to ISO 4049 and an E modulus E greater than/equal to 13 GPa, measured according to the ADA specification No. 27 and a quotient Q of WSP/E of less than 1.35 ?g/(GPa×mm3) and consists of the polymerization product of a radically curable dental composition, which comprises a) inorganic fillers, wherein the total mass of the inorganic fillers is at least 83 wt. %, based on the total mass of the composition, b) radically polymerizable monomers, c) one or more initiators for radically curing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: VOCO GMBH
    Inventors: Daniel Oldenburger, Reinhard Maletz, Nils Fontein, Manfred Thomas Plaumann
  • Publication number: 20190247168
    Abstract: What is described is a milling blank having a continuous shade gradient for production of an indirect dental restoration, composed of resin or a resin-based composite. What is also described is a method of producing such a milling blank by mixing two differently coloured pastes with continuous variation of the mixing ratio of the two pastes during the dispensing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: VOCO GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Oldenburger, Marie Appelmann, Manfred Thomas Plaumann
  • Patent number: 10299997
    Abstract: The invention relates to a particularly storage-stable and thixotropically stable dental prophylaxis paste for professional tooth cleaning which is very easy to use and thoroughly cleans and polishes the teeth of the patient and causes little abrasion of natural tooth substance. Such a dental prophylaxis paste may comprise: a.) a base component comprising water and humectant, b.) a cleaning body comprising a compound based on calcium phosphate in combination with pumice, c.) a buffer component, d.) a component for controlling the rheology, e.) an additive component selected from the group consisting of stabilizers, dyes, pigments and fluoridation agents, and, as wetting agent, f.) has exclusively one or more amphoteric surfactant(s), where the buffer component c.) is based on hydrogen phosphate and keeps the pH of the prophylaxis paste, measured in a 10% suspension (w/w) of the paste in water against a pH electrode, between 7 and 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: VOCO GmbH
    Inventors: Gerrit Lübbe, Manfred Thomas Plaumann
  • Publication number: 20180271629
    Abstract: Described is a milling blank for producing an indirect dental restoration, composed of resin or a resin-based composite, containing water in an amount of at least 25% of the water sorption Wsp. Described is further a method for producing such a milling blank or a moulded part produced therefrom for use as an indirect dental restoration, a use of the water sorption method, a kit for producing indirect dental restorations and a method for indirect dental restoration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: VOCO GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhard MALETZ, Nils Fontein, Daniel Oldenburger, Manfred Thomas Plaumann