公开(公告)号：US08152518B2

公开(公告)日：2012-04-10

申请号：US12247559

申请日：2008-10-08

Applicant: Eric E. Kuo

Inventor： Eric E. Kuo

IPC: A61C7/08

CPC classification number: A61C7/08 ,  A61C2201/007 ,  Y10T29/49568

Abstract: Embodiments are provided for utilizing metallic portions in dental positioning appliances. One embodiment includes a removable dental positioning appliance having a shell having one or more cavities shaped to receive and reposition one or more teeth from a first orientation to a successive orientation and where at least a portion of the shell is formed from a metallic mesh material.

Abstract translation: 提供了用于在牙科定位器具中使用金属部分的实施例。 一个实施例包括可拆卸的牙科定位器具，其具有壳体，该壳体具有一个或多个腔体，其形状适于接收和重新定位一个或多个牙齿从第一方向到连续取向，并且其中壳体的至少一部分由金属网状材料形成。

公开(公告)号：US20120064479A1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-15

申请号：US13303764

申请日：2011-11-23

Applicant: Young SEO

Inventor： Young SEO

IPC: A61C3/00

CPC classification number: A61C8/0075 ,  A61C8/0048 ,  A61C8/005 ,  A61C8/0062 ,  A61C8/0065 ,  A61C8/0066 ,  A61C8/0089 ,  A61C13/235 ,  A61C2201/007

Abstract: Dental retention systems which facilitate the adjustment or removal of an oral appliance, e.g., a crown or bridge, from a reconfigurable abutment assembly are described. The adjustable abutment assembly may be secured to an anchoring implant bored into the bones within the mouth. The abutment assembly has a projecting abutment portion with one or more shape memory alloy compression plates or elements extending along the projecting abutment portion. Each of the plates has a length with one or more straightened portions and with at least one curved or arcuate portion. Energy may be applied to the elements such that the arcuate portion self-flattens to allow for the oral appliance to be placed thereupon while removal of the energy allows the elements to reconfigure into its curved configuration thereby locking the oral appliance to the abutment. Removal of the oral appliance may be effected by reapplication of energy to the elements.

Abstract translation: 描述了便于从可重新配置的邻接组件调整或去除口腔器具例如牙冠或桥的牙科保持系统。 可调节的邻接组件可以固定到钻孔内的锚定植入物中。 基台组件具有突出的邻接部分，其具有一个或多个形状记忆合金压缩板或沿着突出的邻接部分延伸的元件。 每个板具有一个具有一个或多个矫直部分并具有至少一个弯曲或弓形部分的长度。 可以将能量应用于元件，使得弓形部分自平坦以允许将口腔器具放置在其上，同时移除能量允许元件重新配置成其弯曲构型，从而将口腔器具锁定到邻接处。 可以通过将能量重新应用于元件来实现口腔器具的移除。

公开(公告)号：US20110123945A1

公开(公告)日：2011-05-26

申请号：US13021579

申请日：2011-02-04

Applicant: Young SEO

Inventor： Young SEO

IPC: A61C3/00 ,  A61C8/00

CPC classification number: A61C8/0075 ,  A61C8/0048 ,  A61C8/005 ,  A61C8/0062 ,  A61C8/0065 ,  A61C8/0066 ,  A61C8/0089 ,  A61C13/235 ,  A61C2201/007

Abstract: Dental retention systems which facilitate the adjustment or removal of an oral appliance, e.g., a crown or bridge, from a reconfigurable abutment assembly are described. The adjustable abutment assembly may be secured to an anchoring implant bored into the bones within the mouth. The abutment assembly has a projecting abutment portion with one or more shape memory alloy compression plates or elements extending along the projecting abutment portion. Each of the plates has a length with one or more straightened portions and with at least one curved or arcuate portion. Energy may be applied to the elements such that the arcuate portion self-flattens to allow for the oral appliance to be placed thereupon while removal of the energy allows the elements to reconfigure into its curved configuration thereby locking the oral appliance to the abutment. Removal of the oral appliance may be effected by reapplication of energy to the elements.

Abstract translation: 描述了便于从可重新配置的邻接组件调整或去除口腔器具例如牙冠或桥的牙科保持系统。 可调节的邻接组件可以固定到钻孔内的锚定植入物中。 基台组件具有突出的邻接部分，其具有一个或多个形状记忆合金压缩板或沿着突出的邻接部分延伸的元件。 每个板具有一个具有一个或多个矫直部分并具有至少一个弯曲或弓形部分的长度。 可以将能量应用于元件，使得弓形部分自平坦以允许将口腔器具放置在其上，同时移除能量允许元件重新配置成其弯曲构型，从而将口腔器具锁定到邻接处。 可以通过将能量重新应用于元件来实现口腔器具的移除。

公开(公告)号：US20100330526A1

公开(公告)日：2010-12-30

申请号：US12918206

申请日：2009-02-11

Applicant: Adolf Pfaff ,  Karl-Friedrich Reichenbach

Inventor： Adolf Pfaff ,  Karl-Friedrich Reichenbach

IPC: A61C5/02

CPC classification number: A61C13/30 ,  A61C5/40 ,  A61C5/50 ,  A61C2201/007

Abstract: A filling material pin (1) is provided made from a flexible material and is used for filling a root canal (6) of a tooth. The flexible material is memory material, which expands upon heating to the tooth or body temperature in the form of a volume change. The exterior of the filling material pin (1) is profiled at least across the length thereof that is effective in the use position such that regions having both larger and smaller cross-sections alternate in the axial direction, which can be achieved in a particularly useful and simple manner by a helical, threaded, or worm shape of the profiling, which simultaneously pushes an added cement or filling material more effectively and deeper into the canal (6) upon rotating the filling material pin (1) inserted into the root canal (6), thus allowing air contained therein to escape.

Abstract translation: 填充材料销（1）由柔性材料制成，用于填充牙根部（6）。 柔性材料是记忆材料，其以体积变化的形式在加热到牙齿或体温时膨胀。 填充材料销（1）的外部至少在其长度上成型，其在使用位置上有效，使得具有较大和较小横截面的区域在轴向方向上交替，这可以在特别有用的 并且通过螺旋形，螺纹形或蜗形形状的简单方式，其在旋转插入根管中的填充材料销（1）时同时推动添加的水泥或填充材料更有效地并更深地进入管（6） 6），从而允许其中包含的空气逸出。

公开(公告)号：US07779542B2

公开(公告)日：2010-08-24

申请号：US11216890

申请日：2005-08-31

Applicant: Carlos A. Aloise ,  Gary T. Garman

Inventor： Carlos A. Aloise ,  Gary T. Garman

IPC: A61C5/02 ,  B21F43/00

CPC classification number: B23H9/00 ,  A61C5/42 ,  A61C2201/007 ,  B21F99/00 ,  B21K5/04 ,  B23H7/12 ,  B24B19/04 ,  C22F1/006 ,  Y10T29/49567 ,  Y10T29/49568

Abstract: Method for manufacturing a dental instrument having a desired machined configuration, without twisting the instrument. A blank of superelastic material is brought to an annealed state comprising a phase structure including a rhombohedral phase alone or in combination with austenite and/or martensite, or a combination of martensite and austenite. In this annealed state, a portion of the annealed material is removed at low temperature, for example less than about 100° C., and advantageously at ambient temperature, to form a final machined configuration for the instrument. The instrument is then heat treated and rapidly quenched to a superelastic condition.

Abstract translation: 用于制造具有所需加工结构的牙科器械的方法，而不会扭曲仪器。 将超弹性材料的坯料置于退火状态，其包括单独的或与奥氏体和/或马氏体组合的菱形相的相结构，或马氏体和奥氏体的组合。 在该退火状态下，退火材料的一部分在低温例如小于约100℃，有利地在环境温度下被去除，以形成用于该仪器的最终加工结构。 然后将该仪器进行热处理并快速淬火至超弹性状态。

公开(公告)号：US20090325118A1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-31

申请号：US12488076

申请日：2009-06-19

Applicant: Paul E. Lewis ,  Neil T. Jessop

Inventor： Paul E. Lewis ,  Neil T. Jessop

IPC: A61C7/14

CPC classification number: A61C7/287 ,  A61C7/125 ,  A61C7/14 ,  A61C7/285 ,  A61C2201/007

Abstract: Orthodontic brackets having a bracket base including at least one arch wire slot formed therein and a bendable or flexible member (e.g., a film hinge) having a relatively thin cross-sectional thickness to facilitate flexing or bending of the member with little or no permanent deformation, wherein at least the bendable or flexible member comprises an amorphous metallic alloy.

Abstract translation: 正牙托架具有包括形成在其中的至少一个拱形线槽的支架底座和具有相对薄的横截面厚度的可弯曲或柔性构件（例如，薄膜铰链），以便于稍微或没有永久变形的构件的弯曲或弯曲 ，其中至少所述可弯曲或柔性构件包括非晶金属合金。

公开(公告)号：US20090029636A1

公开(公告)日：2009-01-29

申请号：US12180083

申请日：2008-07-25

Applicant: Naoto Fujii ,  Masashi Takahashi ,  Koichi Mamada

Inventor： Naoto Fujii ,  Masashi Takahashi ,  Koichi Mamada

IPC: B24B55/04

CPC classification number: A61C1/082 ,  A61B17/1617 ,  A61B17/1626 ,  A61B17/1673 ,  A61B2017/00867 ,  A61B2017/3492 ,  A61B2090/036 ,  A61C5/44 ,  A61C2201/007 ,  B23B49/005 ,  B23B2228/16

Abstract: To provide a stopper for a cutting tool capable of getting a correct depth required in a medical treatment field, even if a few kinds of a cutting tool are available, without preparing a many cutting tools, the stopper for a cutting tool is fitted to a rotary shaft of a cutting tool having the rotary shaft, the stopper includes a locking member which has a through hole contacting to the rotary shaft of the cutting tool, a clamping member which is made of a shape memory material, provided at the inner and/or outer side of the locking member and can deform the locking member by its recovering force, and a cutout part reaching to the through hole from an outer peripheral edge thereof in the longitudinal direction of the rotary shaft.

Abstract translation: 为了提供一种用于能够在医疗领域中获得正确深度的切割工具的塞子，即使可以使用几种切削工具，而不需要准备许多切削工具，用于切削工具的止动件安装到 具有旋转轴的切割工具的旋转轴，止动件包括锁定构件，该锁定构件具有与切削工具的旋转轴接触的通孔，由形状记忆材料制成的夹紧构件，设置在内部和/ 或外侧，并且可以通过其恢复力使锁定构件变形，以及从旋转轴的纵向方向的外周缘到达通孔的切口部。

公开(公告)号：US20080154959A1

公开(公告)日：2008-06-26

申请号：US11644135

申请日：2006-12-22

Applicant: Gregory Dunko

Inventor： Gregory Dunko

IPC: G06F17/30

CPC classification number: G06F17/30029 ,  A61B17/16 ,  A61B17/3203 ,  A61B18/20 ,  A61B18/22 ,  A61B18/26 ,  A61B2017/22085 ,  A61B2018/00017 ,  A61B2018/1861 ,  A61B2090/0813 ,  A61B2218/008 ,  A61C1/0046 ,  A61C2201/007 ,  A61F2210/0014 ,  A61M3/0279 ,  B23K26/144 ,  B23K26/146 ,  G02B6/3604 ,  G11B27/105 ,  H04L67/24

Abstract: Methods for providing a group play list for a plurality of multimedia content records include associating respective ones of a plurality of users associated with a user network with corresponding ones of the multimedia content records on the group play list. A presence status of the respective ones of the users associated with the user network is detected. Rendering of the multimedia content records on the group play list to the users associated with the network is automatically adjusted based on the detected presence status. The user network may be, for example, a computer based social network.

Abstract translation: 提供用于多个多媒体内容记录的组播放列表的方法包括将与用户网络相关联的多个用户中的相应的用户与组播放列表上的多媒体内容记录相对应。 检测与用户网络相关联的各个用户的存在状态。 根据检测到的存在状态自动调整组播播放列表上的多媒体内容记录到与网络相关联的用户。 用户网络可以是例如基于计算机的社交网络。

公开(公告)号：US07367800B2

公开(公告)日：2008-05-06

申请号：US11050615

申请日：2005-02-02

Applicant: Ming-Lai Lai ,  Jirina V. Pospisil

Inventor： Ming-Lai Lai ,  Jirina V. Pospisil

IPC: A61C3/00

CPC classification number: A61C7/30 ,  A61C7/28 ,  A61C2201/007

Abstract: An orthodontic appliance such as a bracket or buccal tube has a latch for retaining an archwire in an archwire slot. The appliance also includes built-torque in order to reduce the need for the practitioner to manually bend the archwire by twisting the archwire about its longitudinal axis during the course of treatment. The latch comprises at least one clip having certain features that significantly reduce strain during opening movements of the clip. As a result, the fatigue life of the clip is enhanced.

Abstract translation: 诸如支架或口腔管的矫正器具具有用于将弓丝保持在弓丝槽中的闩锁。 该器具还包括内置扭矩，以便在治疗过程中通过扭转弓丝绕其纵向轴线来减少从业者手动弯曲弓丝的需要。 闩锁包括具有某些特征的至少一个夹子，其显着地减小夹子打开运动期间的应变。 结果，夹子的疲劳寿命得到提高。

公开(公告)号：US07252505B2

公开(公告)日：2007-08-07

申请号：US10900888

申请日：2004-07-28

Applicant: Ming-Lai Lai

Inventor： Ming-Lai Lai

IPC: A61C3/00

CPC classification number: A61C7/30 ,  A61C2201/007

Abstract: An orthodontic appliance includes a latch that comprises at least one clip with a region for receiving an archwire. The clip also includes a recess for receiving a post of the appliance and for coupling the clip to remaining components of the appliance. The post includes a neck and an outermost head, and the neck and the head are constructed to reduce the extent that the clip must be opened to fit the clip over the head and onto the post during assembly of the appliance.

Abstract translation: 正畸装置包括闩锁，其包括至少一个具有用于接收弓丝的区域的夹子。 夹子还包括用于接收器具的柱子并用于将夹子耦合到器具的剩余部件的凹部。 该柱包括颈部和最外面的头部，并且颈部和头部被构造成在装置组装期间减小夹子必须打开的程度以将夹子安装在头部上并到达支柱上。