US Patent Issued to KURARAY NORITAKE DENTAL on March 24 for "Zirconia pre-sintered body suitable for dental use" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,794, issued on March 24, was assigned to KURARAY NORITAKE DENTAL INC. (Kurashiki, Japan).

"Zirconia pre-sintered body suitable for dental use" was invented by Shinichiro Kato (Aichi, Japan) and Yoshihisa Ito (Aichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a zirconia pre-sintered body that can be fired into a sintered body having translucency and strength suited for dental use (particularly, at the dental clinic), even with a short firing time. The present invention relates to a zirconia pre-sintered body comprising: zirconia; and a stabilizer capable of inhibiting a phase transformation of zirconia, where...