Patents by Inventor Sammel S. Alauddin

Sammel S. Alauddin 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).

  • Shape setting a shape memory alloy dental arch
    Patent number: 9328406
    Abstract: Methods are provided for shape-setting hyperelastic, single-crystal shape memory alloy (SMA) material while preserving the hyperelastic properties of the material. A wire or rod of a single crystal shape memory alloy material is heated to an annealing temperature (Ta). While maintained at the annealing temperature, the wire or rod is shaped by driving the wire or rod and a shaping form together into contact with each other, and the shaped wire or rod is quenched in a quenching medium virtually simultaneously with the shaping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Ormco Corporation
    Inventors: Alfred David Johnson, Sammel S. Alauddin
  • SHAPE SETTING A SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY DENTAL ARCH
    Publication number: 20140209219
    Abstract: Methods are provided for shape-setting hyperelastic, single-crystal shape memory alloy (SMA) material while preserving the hyperelastic properties of the material. A wire or rod of a single crystal shape memory alloy material is heated to an annealing temperature (Ta). While maintained at the annealing temperature, the wire or rod is shaped by driving the wire or rod and a shaping form together into contact with each other, and the shaped wire or rod is quenched in a quenching medium virtually simultaneously with the shaping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: ORMCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alfred David Johnson, Sammel S. Alauddin
  • Shape setting a shape memory alloy dental arch
    Patent number: 8685184
    Abstract: Described herein are methods, systems, and apparatus for shape-setting hyperelastic, single-crystal shape memory alloy (SMA) material while preserving the hyperelastic properties of the material. Also described are hyperelastic, single-crystal SMA devices that have been shape set by these methods. In particular, described herein are hyperelastic, single crystal SMA dental archwires and methods of forming them while preserving the hyperelastic properties, e.g., without significant grain boundaries in the crystal structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Ormco Corporation
    Inventors: Alfred David Johnson, Sammel S. Alauddin
  • SHAPE SETTING A SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY DENTAL ARCH
    Publication number: 20120048432
    Abstract: Described herein are methods, systems, and apparatus for shape-setting hyperelastic, single-crystal shape memory alloy (SMA) material while preserving the hyperelastic properties of the material. Also described are hyperelastic, single-crystal SMA devices that have been shape set by these methods. In particular, described herein are hyperelastic, single crystal SMA dental archwires and methods of forming them while preserving the hyperelastic properties, e.g., without significant grain boundaries in the crystal structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Alfred David Johnson, Sammel S. Alauddin