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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7303393 | Articulator system An articulator system employing magnetic and supporting means enabling dental casts to be mounted in or removed from an articulator and replaced as desired. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7112061 | Dental articulator A dental articulator for connecting first and second dental models generally includes upper and lower arms hinging at their rear ends by a hinge. Each arm front end is connected by a coupling to a dental model. Each coupling generally includes a ball, a coupling, a ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7059851 | Dental model articulator Disclosed is a dental model articulator to connect the upper and the lower dental model casts. A mounting member is respectively mounted on each upper and lower cast, and a pair of elastic connecting members are connected to the mounting members. A vertical bar of t... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6705864 | Dental articulator A dental model articulator includes two hinge-jointed arms, each arm having segments connected to a hinge joint having mating elements, one integral to each segment of an arm. One element includes two cymbals that are coaxial on a major hinge axis and concave facing... | 03/16/2004 |
| 5766007 | Vertically rigid dental articulator system and method A dental articulator structure for use in registration of a pair of casts of a dental model which are positioned in an opposing and spaced relationship. The articulator structure includes at least one axially rigid support member having opposing ends from... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5360337 | Dental articulator An articulator for a dental model consisting of two dental casts, includes two connecting members 16 for partial embedding in a settable material, a pair of connectors 14 and a hinge 12 consisting of two hinge elements 22. Each connecting member 16 forms ... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5266029 | Device and method for instrumental model analysis A method and apparatus for instrumental model analysis employing a mandibular dental model support pivotally carried on a maxillary dental model support to simulate hinge movements of the lower jaw. The mandibular model support includes a base plate with ... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5098289 | Head model for representing gnathological relationships A model of the human head having a movable lower jaw is used in the analysis of gnathological relationships. The model receives reproductions of a dental patient's upper and lower dental arches and simulates the functional movements which occur during mas... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5073109 | Fully adjustable articulator device An articulator device for establishing the articulated movement of a mandible of a jaw relative to a maxilla of a jaw comprising a lower part, an upper part positioned above the lower part and having two spaced apart condylar houses each including an oute... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5046949 | Articular support system for dental models An articular support system for dental model sets includes a fixture having an upper portion carried by a lower base portion. The base portion has a base plate which connects with an inner support post. This post is formed with a vertically extending inne... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5026282 | Physiological stereo articulator This invention relates to a physiological stereo articulator comprises a maxillary mechanism and a mandibular mechanism, and the lower frame member in the mandibular mechanism can turn about a center which is shifting while opening and closing as the huma... | 06/25/1991 |
| 5015182 | Dental fixator apparatus A dental fixator device includes a vertical staff, an upper horizontal arm, a lower horizontal arm, and a pair of clamps on each of the two arms, one of the clamps of each arm being adjacent the rear thereof and slidable on a jig towards the front clamp o... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5007829 | Dental articulator apparatus A dental articulator principally having a posterior articulating assembly, an anterior incisal support assembly and a mold assembly. The posterior articulating assembly is characterized by a ball and socket joint and a pivot joint. The ball and socket joi... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4812118 | Placement apparatus for lingual and buccal brackets Apparatus for accurately placing orthodontic brackets on the lingual or labial surface of a model of a patient's maloccluded teeth in conjunction with an indirect bonding procedure or the like. A model support incorporates an immovable base forming a sphe... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4797097 | Articulator for dental model A dental articulator includes a pair of attachment members, each adapted to engage a dental casting and a hinge unit including two pivotably interconnected retaining members, each adapted to engage one of the attachment members by means of a joint which m... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4781586 | Articulator for simulating movements of the mandible In a dental articulator for simulating movements of a mandible relative to an upper jaw, comprising an upper part (2, 4) adapted to carry an upper jaw model (7), a lower part (1) adapted to carry a lower jaw model (8), and a hinge (13, 13) connecting said... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4758155 | Dental articulator mount A mounting apparatus for a dental articulator including a stationary base, a rigid support member extending from the base and an upper clamp for releasably receiving and supporting the articulator upper member. An adjustable support piece is retained on t... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4715815 | Dental articulator A dental articulator wherein each of two pivotally joined arms carries a plate-like first support and a shallow trough-shaped second support which confines a mass of synthetic thermoplastic material serving to couple the second support to the first suppor... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4492840 | Apparatus for inductively heating metallic medical and dental tools An induction heating process and apparatus for flameless heating of metallic dental laboratory tools, medical instruments, and the like. The induction heating coil is energized by placement of instruments within the annular zone formed by the windings of ... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4402670 | Three-dimensionally adjustable supporting and locking mechanism A mechanism for locking a dental model in a desired position of adjustment includes a sphere, an elongated member extending through an opening in the sphere, and means for gripping the sphere in a selected rotational position while at the same time grippi... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4245987 | Dental articulator Dental articulators have conventionally been constructed so as to utilize a lower assembly including a mandibular bow and an upper assembly including a maxillary bow connected together through the use of simulated condyles and fossa in such a manner as to... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4185387 | Dental articulator An improved articulator for monitoring and correcting masticatory surfaces of the upper and lower jaw portions of a dental prosthesis model is provided. The improved articulator includes a frame and two reproduction bodies movably mounted on the frame tha... | 01/29/1980 |
| 3930312 | Dental articulator A dental articulator comprises a pair of upper and lower brackets for upper and lower artificial dentures, respectively, with a support between the two brackets. The upper bracket is pivotally interconnected to the support for vertical swinging movement o... | 01/06/1976 |
