Patents by Inventor Simon Berner
Simon Berner 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).
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Patent number: 9724274Abstract: Body made of a ceramic material, the body having as an integral part thereof a surface region reaching from the surface of the body down to a predetermined depth. According to the invention, the surface region is enriched with a magnesium component thereby forming a hydrophilic surface area.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2012Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: STRAUMANN HOLDING AGInventor: Simon Berner
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Patent number: 9649407Abstract: Body made of a ceramic material, the body having as an integral part thereof a surface region reaching from the surface of the body down to a predetermined depth. According to the invention, the surface region is enriched with a calcium component thereby forming a hydrophilic surface area.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2012Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: STRAUMANN HOLDING AGInventors: Simon Berner, Joachim Bibus, Heiner Bieli, Alain Kounga
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Patent number: 9642680Abstract: A dental implant including a dental implant basic body extending along a longitudinal axis from an apical end to an opposite coronal end, which includes an anchoring part facing the apical end and intended to be anchored in bone of a patient, and a head part facing the coronal end and intended to form the basis on which a suprastructure is mounted. The anchoring part includes a shaft that is substantially cylindrical or that tapers toward the apical end in a cone-like manner. At least a portion of the shaft forms a bone tissue contact region, the outer surface forming a bone tissue contact surface. Coronally to the contact region a soft tissue contact region is arranged, the outer surface forming a soft tissue contact surface. The implant further includes nanostructures formed on the soft tissue contact surface which extend in at least two dimensions to 200 nm at most.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: STRAUMANN HOLDING AGInventor: Simon Berner
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Publication number: 20170001920Abstract: A Process for providing a defined surface topography to at least a portion of a ceramic body, the process comprising the subsequent steps of a) applying a layer of a calcium containing substance comprising at least one calcium compound onto the surface of at least a portion of the ceramic basic body; b) thermally treating the ceramic basic body with the layer applied thereon at an elevated temperature, whereby a calcium compound or a calcium component based on the calcium compound diffuses into the basic body to form an intermediate body, said intermediate body comprising in its outermost surface region a calcium containing crystalline phase; and c) chemically treating the outermost surface region of the intermediate body with an inorganic acid or base to partially remove the calcium containing crystalline phase, thereby obtaining the surface topography.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2014Publication date: January 5, 2017Applicant: STRAUMANN HOLDING AGInventor: Simon BERNER
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Publication number: 20160120625Abstract: The present invention relates to an abutment of a dental implant system for connecting a dental implant and a supra-structure, said abutment comprising an abutment basic body extending from an apical end to a coronal end arranged opposite to the apical end. The abutment basic body comprises a dental implant connecting portion facing the apical end and adapted to fit with a corresponding abutment connecting portion of the dental implant and/or an intermediate part to be directly or indirectly connected with the dental implant. It further comprises a support portion facing the coronal end and designed such to allow the suprastructure to be mounted directly or indirectly. According to the invention, the abutment further comprises nanostructures formed on at least a portion of the outer surface of the abutment basic body, said nanostructures extending in at least two dimensions to 200 nm at most.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Applicant: STRAUMANN HOLDING AGInventor: Simon BERNER
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Publication number: 20160120626Abstract: A dental implant including a dental implant basic body extending along a longitudinal axis from an apical end to an opposite coronal end, which includes an anchoring part facing the apical end and intended to be anchored in bone of a patient, and a head part facing the coronal end and intended to form the basis on which a suprastructure is mounted. The anchoring part includes a shaft that is substantially cylindrical or that tapers toward the apical end in a cone-like manner. At least a portion of the shaft forms a bone tissue contact region, the outer surface forming a bone tissue contact surface. Coronally to the contact region a soft tissue contact region is arranged, the outer surface forming a soft tissue contact surface. The implant further includes nanostructures formed on the soft tissue contact surface which extend in at least two dimensions to 200 nm at most.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Applicant: STRAUMANN HOLDING AGInventor: Simon BERNER
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Publication number: 20150315085Abstract: A body made of a ceramic material based on zirconia, the body having a surface region extending from the surface of the body to a predetermined depth and a core region integrally formed with the surface region. The ceramic material in the surface region includes a crystalline phase A formed by zirconia in tetragonal phase. The ceramic material in the surface region further includes a crystalline phase B, the crystal structure of which including apart from zirconium and oxygen at least one further component X in a periodic arrangement, the crystalline phase B having a lower theoretical density than crystalline phase A.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2013Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: Simon BERNER, Joachim BIBUS
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Publication number: 20150299049Abstract: A body made of a ceramic material having a surface region extending from the surface of the body to a predetermined depth and a core region being integrally formed with the surface region. The ceramic material in the surface region includes a calcium containing crystalline phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2013Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventor: Simon BERNER
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Publication number: 20150272708Abstract: The present invention refers to a dental implant or abutment including a ceramic body having a surface, the ceramic body including zirconia as the main component. At least a first surface area of the ceramic body is covered with an at least essentially monomolecular phosphate layer having a thickness of less than 1.0 nm. The phosphate layer contains phosphates selected from the group consisting of ortho-phosphate, poly-phosphates, cyclo-phosphates, and mixtures thereof. Furthermore, a kit including a gas- and liquid-tight container, with the dental implant or abutment being stored inside the container, and a method for the preparation of the dental implant or abutment are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2013Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: Simon Berner, Heiner Bieli
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Publication number: 20150207139Abstract: A composition, method of its preparation, and zinc electrodes comprising the composition as the active mass, for use in rechargeable electrochemical cells with enhanced cycle life is described. The electrode active mass comprises a source of electrochemically active zinc and at least one fatty acid or a salt, ester or derivative thereof, or an alkyl sulfonic acid or a salt ester or derivative thereof. The zinc electrode is assumed to exhibit low shape change and decreased dendrite formation compared to known zinc electrodes, resulting in electrochemical cells which have improved capacity retention over a number of charge/discharge cycles.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2014Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: Simon Berners HALL, Jinrong Liu
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Publication number: 20140342316Abstract: Process for providing structures for an improved protein adherence on the surface of a body including the steps of a) providing a basic body made of titanium or a titanium alloy, b) acid-etching the basic body, c) storing the acid-etched basic body in an aqueous solution, whereby nanostructures are formed on the surface of the basic body, and d) drying the basic body with the nanostructures formed on its surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2012Publication date: November 20, 2014Inventors: Simon Berner, Ann Elisabeth Wennerberg
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Publication number: 20140178639Abstract: Body made of a ceramic material, the body having as an integral part thereof a surface region reaching from the surface of the body down to a predetermined depth. According to the invention, the surface region is enriched with a magnesium component thereby forming a hydrophilic surface area.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2012Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: Straumann Holding AGInventor: Simon Berner
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Publication number: 20140141201Abstract: Body made of a ceramic material, the body having as an integral part thereof a surface region reaching from the surface of the body down to a predetermined depth. According to the invention, the surface region is enriched with a calcium component thereby forming a hydrophilic surface area.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2012Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: Straumann Holding AGInventors: Simon Berner, Joachim Bibus, Heiner Bieli, Alain Kounga
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Patent number: 8361655Abstract: A composition, method of its preparation, and zinc electrodes comprising the composition as the active mass, for use in rechargeable electrochemical cells with enhanced cycle life is described. The electrode active mass comprises a source of electrochemically active zinc and at least one fatty acid or a salt, ester or derivative thereof, or an alkyl sulfonic acid or a salt ester or derivative thereof. The zinc electrode is assumed to exhibit low shape change and decreased dendrite formation compared to known zinc electrodes, resulting in electrochemical cells which have improved capacity retention over a number of charge/discharge cycles.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2010Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Anzode, Inc.Inventors: Simon Berners Hall, Jinrong Liu
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Publication number: 20110012055Abstract: A composition, method of its preparation, and zinc electrodes comprising the composition as the active mass, for use in rechargeable electrochemical cells with enhanced cycle life is described. The electrode active mass comprises a source of electrochemically active zinc and at least one fatty acid or a salt, ester or derivative thereof, or an alkyl sulfonic acid or a salt ester or derivative thereof. The zinc electrode is assumed to exhibit low shape change and decreased dendrite formation compared to known zinc electrodes, resulting in electrochemical cells which have improved capacity retention over a number of charge/discharge cycles.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2010Publication date: January 20, 2011Applicant: Anzode, Inc.Inventors: Simon Berners Hall, Jinrong Liu
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Patent number: 7811704Abstract: A composition, method of its preparation, and zinc electrodes comprising the composition as the active mass, for use in rechargeable electrochemical cells with enhanced cycle life is described. The electrode active mass comprises a source of electrochemically active zinc and at least one fatty acid or a salt, ester or derivative thereof, or an alkyl sulfonic acid or a salt ester or derivative thereof. The zinc electrode is assumed to exhibit low shape change and decreased dendrite formation compared to known zinc electrodes, resulting in electrochemical cells which have improved capacity retention over a number of charge/discharge cycles.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2003Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Massey UniversityInventors: Simon Berners Hall, Jinrong Liu
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Publication number: 20090014920Abstract: The invention relates to polymer filaments and methods for their production. In particular, although not exclusively, the invention relates to conducting polymer filaments and their production from solutions of polymerisable oxidizable monomer units.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2005Publication date: January 15, 2009Applicant: MASSEY UNIVERSITYInventors: Warwick John Belcher, Alan Graham MacDiarmid, David Leslie Officer, Simon Berners Hall
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Patent number: 6947311Abstract: This invention relates to the controlled two-dimensional structural transition of a dipole monolayer at a metal, semi-conducting or insulating interface. The dipole monolayer consists of objects/molecules with a permanent electric dipole moment. A transition between the structures of the molecular layer can be performed locally and reversibly by applying an electrical field and the structures/patterns can be reversibly switched many times between two different structures/states. Both of the two structures, the ordered and the disordered structures, are intrinsically stable without the presence of the switching electrical field. This controlled switch of the local layer structure can be used to change layer properties (i.e., mechanical, electrical, optical properties). The controlled reversible modifications of the dipole monolayer structures are usable as bit assignments in data storage applications for example.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2004Date of Patent: September 20, 2005Assignee: University of BaselInventors: Simon Berner, Silvia Schintke, Luca Ramoino, Michael de Wild, Thomas A. Jung
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Publication number: 20050002222Abstract: This invention relates to the controlled two-dimensional structural transition of a dipole monolayer at a metal, semi-conducting or insulating interface. The dipole monolayer consists of objects/molecules with a permanent electric dipole moment. A transition between the structures of the molecular layer can be performed locally and reversibly by applying an electrical field and the structures/patterns can be reversibly switched many times between two different structures/states. Both of the two structures, the ordered and the disordered structures, are intrinsically stable without the presence of the switching electrical field. This controlled switch of the local layer structure can be used to change layer properties (i.e., mechanical, electrical, optical properties). The controlled reversible modifications of the dipole monolayer structures are usable as bit assignments in data storage applications for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2004Publication date: January 6, 2005Applicant: University of BaselInventors: Simon Berner, Silvia Schintke, Luca Ramoino, Michael de Wild, Thomas Jung