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Packaged hardenable dental article

US8136657B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 8, 2010
Grant dateMar 20, 2012
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Expiry dateOct 7, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29C43/003
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Methods of manufacturing hardenable dental articles, packaged hardenable dental articles, and methods of packaging hardenable dental articles are disclosed. In various embodiments, the manufacturing may involve molding a hardenable dental material in a mold cavity that may be lined with a mold liner. The mold body may also form the package of the hardenable dental article formed within the mold cavity. In other embodiments, the hardenable dental articles may be provided in mold cavities located in sacrificial mold bodies that may be torn, stretched, softened, dissolved, etc. to release the hardenable dental articles in the mold cavities.

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