ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,191, issued on Nov. 4.
"Method for separating a thermoforming model from a film" was invented by Martin Huber (Pfarrwerfen, Austria) and Alfons Wormer-Aigmuller (Bischofshofen, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a method for separating a dental deep drawing model (1) from a deep drawing film (2) without being damaged, despite high adhesion forces or interlocking fit and without the need to chemically or mechanically modify the components involved, at least one pulling means (3) that extends at least in sections between the deep drawing model (1) and the deep drawing film (2) and that comprises a stop (4) for a puller (5) is arr...