Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Decorated dental appliances and methods for producing same
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Application No.: US16784113Application Date: 2020-02-06
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Publication No.: US10994520B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Eric Marshall Sacks , Matthew Fischer
- Applicant: DentaGrafix, LLC
- Applicant Address: US NJ Livingston
- Assignee: DentaGrafix, LLC
- Current Assignee: DentaGrafix, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Livingston
- Agency: Greenberg Traurig, LLP
- Main IPC: B32B3/00
- IPC: B32B3/00 ; B32B27/08 ; B32B27/32 ; B32B27/36 ; B32B37/10 ; A61C7/08

Abstract:
A method includes the steps of providing a disk, wherein the disk has a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and a profile, and wherein the disk includes an FDA-compliant plastic material that is configured to be formed into a dental appliance; providing a graphic part, wherein the graphic part includes: a first carrier film, and a graphic disposed on the first carrier film, providing a heat stamping press having a lower platen and an upper platen; positioning the disk on the lower platen; positioning the graphic part on the disk such that the graphic of the graphic part contacts a portion of the first side of the disk; and heat stamping the disk and the graphic part with the heat stamping press, thereby causing the graphic to fuse with the disk to produce a decorated disk.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200254739A1 DECORATED DENTAL APPLIANCES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING SAME Public/Granted day:2020-08-13
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