Zirconia body and methods

US8309015B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Jacqueline C. Rolf · River Falls, US
• Martin Goetzinger · Unterschleißheim, DE
• Holger Hauptmann · Sindelsdorf, DE
• Peter Bissinger · Dießen, DE
• Ruediger Franke · Herrsching am Ammersee, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 7, 2011
• Grant date: Nov 13, 2012
• Expiry date: Jul 7, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C04B2235/9653
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A translucent zirconia sintered body, a dental article comprising a shaped, translucent zirconia body, a zirconia green body, and methods of making a translucent zirconia sintered body, methods of making a dental article comprising a shaped, translucent zirconia body, and methods of making a zirconia green body are described.