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Retention device for dentures and the like

CA 1285406 C · Owner: Essential Dental Systems, Inc. · Inventors: Musikant, Barry L.; Deutsch, Allan S.

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A releasable magnetic retention device having two opposed substantially like units each of which has a relatively small permanent magnet of opposed poles one pole of which is, utilized with a conductor of low coercivity material to form a larger magnetic flux field in the conductor so that when the two like units are placed in magnetic attracting relation the two conductors complete a strong enlarged magnetic flux path between them to releasably retain the units together.

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  • Granted July 2, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 2, 2008.
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FiledSeptember 29, 1987
GrantedJuly 2, 1991
Term endedJuly 2, 2008
Patent numberCA 1285406 C
Classification (IPC)A61C13/23 +1 more

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1988199119941997200020032006Application filedSep 29, 1987Patent grantedJuly 2, 1991Term endedJuly 2, 2008

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