US Patent Issued to GC on Oct. 27 for "Dental impression material and combination impression material" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,376, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to GC Corp. (Shizuoka, Japan).

"Dental impression material and combination impression material" was invented by Yusuke Nakashima (Tokyo) and Naofumi Niizeki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental impression material for use in a combination impression method includes a base material paste containing an alginate and water, a gelling agent, and a curing material paste containing a water-insoluble liquid compound, wherein a consistency of a kneaded material formed of the base material paste and the curing material paste is 36 mm or more, and a compressive strength of a cured body is 0.35 MPa ...