US3259984A
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Dental apparatus and method
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1959-09-17
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Granted: 1966-07-12
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Expires: 1979-09-17
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Seidenberg Murray
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 22:19
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61C; A61C19/00; A61C19/04; A61C19/045; A61C11/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 1
Claim 1
Independent Claim
117 words
A DENTAL ARTICULATOR SYSTEM WHICH COMPRISES AN UPPER MEMBER AND A LOWER MEMBER FOR SUPPORTING UPPER AND LOWER DENTURES; MEANS SUPPORTING SAID UPPER AND LOWER MEMBERS IN SUCH MANNER AS TO PERMIT CONTROLLED RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID MEMBERS WITH RESPECT TO THREE MUTUALLY PERPENDICULAR AXES; AN ELECTROMECHANICAL SERVOMECHANISM CONNECTED TO AT LEAST ONE OF SAID MEMBERS AND ADAPTED TO MOVE SAID ONE MEMBER WITH RESPECT TO THE OTHER, SAID SERVOMECHANISM BEING RESPONSIVE TO AN ELECTRICAL SIGNAL FOR MOVING SAID MEMBER AN AMOUNT AND DISTANCE DETERMINED BY THE MAGNITUDE AND POLARITY OF SUCH SIGNAL; A SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL SIGNALS WHOSE MAGNITUDE AND POLARITY REPRESENT RELATIVE JAW MOVEMENTS; AND MEANS FOR APPLYING SIGNALS FROM SAID SOURCE TO SAID SERVOMECHANISM.
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