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US 11,858,083 B2Granted
Dental blank positioning device
AssigneeGlobal Dental Science, LLC
InventorJohannes Petrus Michael Grobbee
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Abstract
A dental blank positioning device for positioning a dental blank holder within a manufacturing apparatus, the device capable of securing to a dental blank around its circumferential perimeter and comprising an interior side corresponding to the dental blank and an exterior side generally corresponding to a dental blank holder, an index element extending outwardly of the exterior side, whereby a portion of the index element may rest against an index chamber of a blank holder.
Claims12
A system for positioning dental blanks in a manufacturing apparatus, the system comprising:
- a dental blank holder for positioning a dental blank in the manufacturing apparatus and comprising an index chamber and an internal perimeter;
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- a dental blank positioning device capable of being secured to a dental blank around a circumferential perimeter of the dental blank, the dental blank position device comprising:
- an interior side corresponding to the dental blank and an exterior side generally corresponding to the dental blank holder,
- an index element extending outwardly of the exterior side, whereby a portion of the index element rests against the index chamber within the internal perimeter of the dental blank holder, wherein the index chamber is capable of receiving at least a portion of the index element of the dental blank positioning device, and whereby at least a portion of the assembly seats within a said index chamber of the blank holder.
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