US 12,329,609 B2
Impression model system and components
James DiMarino, Ocean City, NJ (US)
Appl. No. 17/601,257
Filed by James DiMarino, Ocean City, NJ (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/027235
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 4, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/210336, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/830,706, filed on Apr. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0175499 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. A61C 13/34 (2006.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); A61C 11/08 (2006.01); A61C 13/20 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 9/0006 (2013.01) [A61C 11/08 (2013.01); A61C 13/20 (2013.01); A61C 13/34 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dental casting system configured to duplicate at least a portion of a patient's dental anatomy, the system comprising:
a tray configured to hold an at least one impression of a patient's oral anatomy;
the tray configured to receive dental impression material; the tray further comprising a handle; a casting housing for receiving the tray;
the casting housing comprising an at least one female receptacle formed to accept a tray handle, the at least one female receptacle holding the tray maintaining proper dimensions between arches and the casting housing during a dental modeling material hardening and curing process, where the system allows the hardening and curing process to occur vertically,
the system further comprising an at least one normalizing element,
where the at least one normalizing element is an at least one tray border with trimming dimensions,
where at least one section of the tray border directs formation below model material thickness tolerance (MMTT).