Patents by Inventor Wolfram Höland

Wolfram Höland 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: 20190365515
    Abstract: Quartz solid solution glass ceramics and precursors thereof are described, which are characterized by very good mechanical and optical properties and in particular can be used as restoration material in dentistry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Marc Dittmer, Wolfram Höland, Marcel Schweiger, Christian Rüssel, Sabrina Seidel
  • Publication number: 20190352220
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the preparation of a glass ceramic or a glass, which comprise cerium ions and are suitable in particular for the preparation of dental restorations, the fluorescence properties of which largely correspond to those of natural teeth. The invention also relates to a glass ceramic and a glass which can be obtained using the method according to the invention, the use thereof as dental material and in particular for the preparation of dental restorations, as well as a glass-forming composition which is suitable for use in the method according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Markus Rampf, Sebastian Krolikowski, Christian Ritzberger, Wolfram Höland, Marcel Schweiger
  • Patent number: 10457589
    Abstract: Lithium silicate-diopside glass ceramics are described which are characterized by a controllable translucence and can be satisfactorily processed mechanically and therefore can be used in particular as restoration material in dentistry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Markus Rampf, Christian Ritzberger, Marc Dittmer, Wolfram Höland, Marcel Schweiger
  • Publication number: 20190315651
    Abstract: Glass ceramics having SiO2 as main crystal phase and precursors thereof are described which are characterized by very good mechanical and optical properties and in particular can be used as restoration material in dentistry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Markus Rampf, Marc Dittmer, Christian Ritzberger, Marcel Schweiger, Wolfram Höland
  • Patent number: 10414688
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the preparation of a glass ceramic or a glass, which comprise cerium ions and are suitable in particular for the preparation of dental restorations, the fluorescence properties of which largely correspond to those of natural teeth. The invention also relates to a glass ceramic and a glass which can be obtained using the method according to the invention, the use thereof as dental material and in particular for the preparation of dental restorations, as well as a glass-forming composition which is suitable for use in the method according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Ivoclat Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Markus Rampf, Sebastian Krolikowski, Christian Ritzberger, Wolfram Höland, Marcel Schweiger
  • Publication number: 20190248709
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a porous pre-densified CeO2-stabilized ZrO2 ceramic having a density of 50.0 to 95.0%, relative to the theoretical density of zirconia, and an open porosity of 5 to 50% as well as to a densified CeO2-stabilized ZrO2 ceramic having a density of 97.0 to 100.0%, relative to the theoretical density of zirconia, and wherein the grains of the ceramic have an average grain size of 50 to 1000 nm, methods for the preparation of the pre-densified and densified ceramics and their use for the manufacture of dental restorations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Christian Ritzberger, Frank Rothbrust, Marcel Schweiger, Nicolas Courtois, Jérôme Chevalier, Helen Reveron, Wolfram Höland, Volker Rheinberger
  • Patent number: 10377661
    Abstract: Glass ceramics having SiO2 as main crystal phase and precursors thereof are described which are characterized by very good mechanical and optical properties and in particular can be used as restoration material in dentistry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Markus Rampf, Marc Dittmer, Christian Ritzberger, Marcel Schweiger, Wolfram Höland
  • Patent number: 10376343
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of lithium silicate glass ceramics and glasses with rubidium oxide content for coating an oxide ceramic, a metal or an alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Volker Rheinberger, Markus Rampf, Marc Dittmer, Christian Ritzberger, Wolfram Höland, Marcel Schweiger
  • Patent number: 10358380
    Abstract: Lithium silicate glass ceramics and glasses containing specific oxides of divalent elements are described which crystallize at low temperatures and are suitable in particular as dental materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Christian Ritzberger, Elke Signer-Apel, Wolfram Höland, Volker Rheinberger
  • Patent number: 10321980
    Abstract: Lithium silicate glass ceramics and glasses comprising specific oxides of trivalent elements are described which crystallize at low temperatures and are suitable in particular as dental materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Christian Ritzberger, Elke Apel, Wolfram Höland, Volker Rheinberger
  • Patent number: 10315958
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a porous pre-densified CeO2 stabilized ZrO2 ceramic having a density of 50.0 to 95.0%, relative to the theoretical density of zirconia, and an open porosity of 5 to 50% as well as to ceramic having a density of 97.0 to 100.0%, relative to the theoretical density of zirconia, and wherein the grains of the ceramic have an average grain size of 50 to 1000 nm, methods for the preparation of the pre-densified and densified ceramics and their use for the manufacture of dental restorations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Christian Ritzberger, Frank Rothbrust, Marcel Schweiger, Nicolas Courtois, Jérôme Chevalier, Helen Reveron, Wolfram Höland, Volker Rheinberger
  • Publication number: 20190090996
    Abstract: Lithium silicate materials are described which can be easily processed by machining to dental products without undue wear of the tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Marcel Schweiger, Volker Rheinberger, Harald Bürke, Wolfram Höland, Elke Signer-Apel, Christian Ritzberger, Dmitri Brodkin
  • Patent number: 10227255
    Abstract: Lithium silicate glass ceramics and glasses containing specific oxides of pentavalent elements are described which crystallize at low temperatures and are suitable in particular as dental materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Christian Ritzberger, Elke Apel, Wolfram Höland, Volker Rheinberger
  • Patent number: 10214443
    Abstract: Lithium silicate materials are described which can be easily processed by machining to dental products without undue wear of the tools and which subsequently can be converted into lithium silicate products showing high strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Elke Signer-Apel, Wolfram Höland, Marcel Schweiger, Christian Ritzberger, Harald Bürke, Volker Rheinberger
  • Patent number: 10160687
    Abstract: Lithium silicate glass ceramics and glasses containing specific oxides of tetravalent elements are described which crystallize at low temperatures and are suitable in particular as dental materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Christian Ritzberger, Elke Signer-Apel, Wolfram Höland, Volker Rheinberger
  • Patent number: 10136973
    Abstract: Lithium silicate materials are described which can be easily processed by machining to dental products without undue wear of the tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Marcel Schweiger, Volker Rheinberger, Harald Bürke, Wolfram Höland, Elke Signer-Apel, Christian Ritzberger, Dmitri Brodkin
  • Patent number: 10131569
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the preparation of a lithium silicate glass or a lithium silicate glass ceramic which comprise cerium ions and are suitable in particular for the preparation of dental restorations, the fluorescence properties of which largely correspond to those of natural teeth. The invention also relates to a lithium silicate glass and a lithium silicate glass ceramic which can be obtained using the method according to the invention, the use thereof as dental material and in particular for the preparation of dental restorations, as well as a glass-forming composition which is suitable for use in the method according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Sebastian Krolikowski, Markus Rampf, Christian Ritzberger, Harald Bürke, Wolfram Höland, Marcel Schweiger
  • Patent number: 10098716
    Abstract: Lithium silicate glass ceramics and glasses containing specific oxides of hexavalent elements are described which crystallize at low temperatures and are suitable in particular as dental materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Christian Ritzberger, Elke Apel, Wolfram Höland, Volker Rheinberger
  • Patent number: 10064708
    Abstract: Blanks for dental purposes are described which have at least two layers, bonded to one another, of lithium silicate glasses and glass ceramics, wherein the layers differ in color and the layers are monolithic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Harald Bürke, Diana Tauch, Marcel Schweiger, Wolfram Höland, Christian Ritzberger, Volker Rheinberger
  • Publication number: 20180244563
    Abstract: Lithium silicate-wollastonite glass ceramics are described which are characterized by a controllable translucence and can be easily machined and therefore can be used in particular as restoration material in dentistry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Marc Dittmer, Wolfram Höland, Markus Rampf, Marcel Schweiger