Patents by Inventor Stephan Neffgen

Stephan Neffgen 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).

  • Patent number: 12186416
    Abstract: The invention relates to a monomer mixture for producing a dental material comprising: a. at least one base monomer M1 of the following formula 1: PG-S-A-S—[OOC—K—COO—S-A-S]n-PG (formula 1), where PG=a polymerizable group selected from OOC—CH—CH2 and —OOC—C(CH3)—CH2; S=a spacer group selected from an unbranched and a branched alkylene, which has C1-C10 carbon atoms and which can also contain oxygen or —OOC— in the carbon chain, or S is omitted; A=an aliphatic polycyclic group; K=an aliphatic acyclic or cyclic saturated or unsaturated unit with C1-C10 carbon atoms; and n=1-9; b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: MÜHLBAUER TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Stephan Neffgen, Swen Neander
  • Publication number: 20240375363
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the post-treatment of 3D objects (10) printed from a light-curing resin formulation. A 3D object (10) removed from a 3D printer is post-treated according to the following steps: a) exposing the surface (11) of the 3D object (10) to a post-treatment liquid (16) comprising a light-curing resin formulation for a prescribed exposure time, wherein the post-treatment liquid (16) and the exposure time are chosen such that the post-treatment liquid (16) can penetrate into a crack (12) or a pore (13) on the surface (11) of the 3D object within the exposure time as a result of capillarity; b) removing the post-treatment liquid (16) remaining on the surface of the 3D object (10); and c) irradiating the 3D object (10) with light for post-curing the light-curing resin formulation used for the printing of the 3D object (10) and curing the post-treatment liquid (16) that has penetrated into cracks (12) and/or pores (13) on the surface (11) of the 3D object (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Sven MEYER, Stephan NEFFGEN, Sunhild C. SALMEN, Jens TRÄGER
  • Publication number: 20240238167
    Abstract: The invention relates to a monomer mixture for producing a dental material comprising: a, at least one base monomer M1 of the following formula 1: PG-S-A-S—[OOC—K—COO—S-A-S]n-PG (formula 1), where PG=a polymerizable group selected from OOC— CH—CH2 and —OOC—C(CH3)—CH2; S=a spacer group selected from an unbranched and a branched alkylene, which has C1-C10 carbon atoms and which can also contain oxygen or —OOC- in the carbon chain, or S is omitted; A= an aliphatic polycyclic group; K= an aliphatic acyclic or cyclic saturated or unsaturated unit with C1-C10 carbon atoms; and n=1-9; b, at least one base monomer M2 of the following formula 2: PG?—S?-A?—S?—PG?(formula 2), where PG?=a polymerizable group selected from OOC— CH—CH2 and —OOC—C(CH3)?CH2; S?=a spacer group selected from an unbranched and a branched alkylene, which has C1-C10 carbon atoms and which can also contain oxygen or —OOC- in the carbon chain, or S? is omitted; and A?= an aliphatic polycyclic group, wherein the mass ratio Y=m(M2)/m(M1) of the base
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Stephan Neffgen, Swen Neander
  • Publication number: 20220202655
    Abstract: A subject of the invention is a remineralizing dental material, having at least one cation and at least one anion, which are configured as partner ions for forming a remineralization substance. In accordance with the invention at least one of the partner ions is multivalent and is included as counterion in a coacervate. A further subject of the invention is a kit for producing such a dental material, and also the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Dominik Gruber, Stephan Neffgen, Olav-Sven Becker, Holger Muller, Helmut Colfen, Elena Sturm
  • Publication number: 20220151749
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of flowable, photopolymerizable composite resin compositions that comprise a nanoscale organic surface-modified filler for stereolithographically producing a shaped dental part and to a method for producing corresponding shaped dental parts. The method according to the invention is particularly simple, fast, reliable and cost-effective. It allows improved shaped dental parts to be produced, in particular improved bridges and crowns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Jens Trager, Stephan Neffgen
  • Publication number: 20210161770
    Abstract: The invention provides a water-hardening dental cement comprising an acid-reactive powder, a polyprotic acid, water and dispersed polymer particles. The invention further provides a method for producing a water-hardening dental cement, a kit for producing a water-hardening dental cement and a use of the water-hardening dental cement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Henrik Bottcher, Stephan Neffgen, Holger Muller
  • Patent number: 10633491
    Abstract: The invention provides a radically polymerizable compound wherein an acid group is joined via a spacer group to a polyethyleneimine group. The polyethyleneimine group has at least one radically polymerizable group in the side chain and/or terminally. The invention relates further to a process for preparing such compounds by cationic polymerization of oxazolines, to the use of such compounds as constituents of a dental material, and to a dental material comprising the compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: MUHLBAUER TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Stephan Neffgen, Olav-Sven Becker
  • Patent number: 10058487
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dental material, which contains: at least one monomer, containing at least one radically polymerizable ehtylenically unsaturated group and at least one acid group; at least one monomer, which contains no acid groups and at least one radically polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated group; at least one photoinitiator; and at least one tertiary aromatic amine as a coinitiator, which amine has a benzene ring, to which at least one dialkylamine group and at least one further group are directly bonded. According to the invention, the further group is selected from carboxylic acid ester groups containing at least one polyoxyalkylene group having at least 2 oxyethylene and/or oxypropylene units; and amide groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Muhlbauer Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Henrik Boettcher, Stephan Neffgen
  • Publication number: 20180105647
    Abstract: The invention provides a radically polymerizable compound wherein an acid group is joined via a spacer group to a polyethyleneimine group. The polyethyleneimine group has at least one radically polymerizable group in the side chain and/or terminally. The invention relates further to a process for preparing such compounds by cationic polymerization of oxazolines, to the use of such compounds as constituents of a dental material, and to a dental material comprising the compounds of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Stephan Neffgen, Olav-Sven Becker
  • Patent number: 9901520
    Abstract: The invention provides an infiltrant for dental application that comprises crosslinking monomers. In accordance with the invention the infiltrant has a penetration coefficient PC>50 cm/s, and the crosslinking monomers, based on the total mass of monomers, comprise at least 5% by weight of crosslinking monomers having at least three polymerizable groups and not more than 95% by weight of crosslinking monomers having two polymerizable groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: MUHLBAUER TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Stephan Neffgen, Swen Neander
  • Patent number: 9901519
    Abstract: An infiltrant comprising from 90 to 99.9 wt.-% of at least one polymerizable monomer, oligomer or prepolymer and from 0.05 to 10 wt.-% of a polymerization initiator, the infiltrant having a dynamic viscosity of 0.3 to 100 mPa·s (23° C.); for use in a method for strengthening a fixed ceramic dental prosthesis in the oral cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: MUHLBAUER TECHNOLOGY GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Neffgen, Ulrich Lohbauer
  • Publication number: 20170065496
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dental material, which contains: at least one monomer, containing at least one radically polymerizable ehtylenically unsaturated group and at least one acid group; at least one monomer, which contains no acid groups and at least one radically polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated group; at least one photoinitiator; and at least one tertiary aromatic amine as a coinitiator, which amine has a benzene ring, to which at least one dialkylamine group and at least one further group are directly bonded. According to the invention, the further group is selected from carboxylic acid ester groups containing at least one polyoxyalkylene group having at least 2 oxyethylene and/or oxypropylene units; and amide groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Henrik BOETTCHER, Stephan NEFFGEN
  • Publication number: 20160128908
    Abstract: An infiltrant comprising from 90 to 99.9 wt.-% of at least one polymerizable monomer, oligomer or prepolymer and from 0.05 to 10 wt.-% of a polymerization initiator, the infiltrant having a dynamic viscosity of 0.3 to 100 mPa·s (23° C.); for use in a method for strengthening a fixed ceramic dental prosthesis in the oral cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Stephan Neffgen, Ulrich Lohbauer
  • Publication number: 20160081888
    Abstract: The invention provides an infiltrant for dental application that comprises crosslinking monomers. In accordance with the invention the infiltrant has a penetration coefficient PC>50 cm/s, and the crosslinking monomers, based on the total mass of monomers, comprise at least 5% by weight of crosslinking monomers having at least three polymerizable groups and not more than 95% by weight of crosslinking monomers having two polymerizable groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Stephan Neffgen, Swen Neander
  • Publication number: 20160081885
    Abstract: A subject matter of the invention is a self-etching self-curing dental adhesive which, through the use of a specific redox initiator system comprising at least six constituents, on the one hand is stable on storage as two-component kit and, on the other hand, shows a high shear bond strength on use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Stephan Neffgen, Silke Ziegler
  • Publication number: 20160045402
    Abstract: The invention relates to an infiltration solution of a radiopaque metal compound for treating an enamel lesion, to a kit for dental application, and to the use thereof for preventing and/or treating (sealing) carious enamel lesions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Swen Neander, Thomas Konig, Stephan Neffgen, Sebastian Paris, Hendrik Meyer-Luckel
  • Patent number: 9211236
    Abstract: The invention provides an infiltrant for dental application that comprises crosslinking monomers. In accordance with the invention the infiltrant has a penetration coefficient PC>50 cm/s, and comprises 0.05%-20% by weight of acid-group-containing monomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: MUHLBAUER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Stephan Neffgen, Swen Neander
  • Patent number: 8686061
    Abstract: The invention relates to a two-component or multicomponent system for producing a dental material, to the use of the system for producing a dental material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Muhlbauer Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Neffgen, Karsten Hauser
  • Patent number: 8440098
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition which comprises 1 to 80% by weight of at least one acid which has a pKa of 2 or less; a protic solvent; a complexing agent for Ca2+ ions; for use as conditioning agent for etching enamel lesions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Ernst Muhlbauer GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stephan Neffgen, Swen Neander, Dierk Lubbers
  • Publication number: 20130116384
    Abstract: The invention provides an infiltrant for dental application that comprises crosslinking monomers. In accordance with the invention the infiltrant has a penetration coefficient PC>50 cm/s, and comprises 0.05%-20% by weight of acid-group-containing monomers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: Ernst Muhlbauer GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stephan Neffgen, Swen Neander