Patents by Inventor Olof Vogel

Olof Vogel 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).

  • Method and arrangement for forming a dental bridge
    Patent number: 10449020
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the invention relate to a method of manufacturing a dental bridge. In certain embodiments of the method, a pre-sintered blank made from a green body of ceramic material is subjected to a machining operation that transforms the blank into an intermediate product with a bridge structure and a support body linked to the bridge structure by one or several retaining sections that extend from the support body to the bridge structure. In certain embodiments, a sintering operation is then performed on the intermediate product while the retaining section(s) still link(s) the support body to the bridge structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: NOBEL BIOCARE SERVICES AG
    Inventors: Carina Berggren, Lars Jörneus, Ulf Johansson, Petrus Brännvall, Olof Vogel
  • METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR FORMING A DENTAL BRIDGE
    Publication number: 20100291509
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the invention relate to a method of manufacturing a dental bridge. In certain embodiments of the method, a pre-sintered blank made from a green body of ceramic material is subjected to a machining operation that transforms the blank into an intermediate product with a bridge structure and a support body linked to the bridge structure by one or several retaining sections that extend from the support body to the bridge structure. In certain embodiments, a sintering operation is then performed on the intermediate product while the retaining section(s) still link(s) the support body to the bridge structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: NOBEL BIOCARE SERVICES AG
    Inventors: Carina Berggren, Lars Jörneus, Ulf Johansson, Petrus Brännvall, Olof Vogel