Patents by Inventor Avi Kopelman

Avi Kopelman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods, systems and accessories useful for procedures relating to dental implants
    Patent number: 11291533
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for manufacturing a physical dental model. A virtual model is provided representative of at least a portion of the intra-oral cavity including at least one dental implant implanted therein, and the virtual model includes a virtual portion representative of each dental implant. The virtual spatial disposition of each such virtual portion is determined with respect to the virtual model, corresponding to a real spatial disposition of the respective implant with respect to the intra oral cavity. A physical model is then manufactured based on the virtual model, the physical model including a physical analog corresponding to each implant at a respective physical spatial disposition with respect to the physical model corresponding to the respective virtual spatial disposition of the respective virtual portion with respect to the first virtual model as already determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Avi Kopelman
  • Methods and systems for creating and interacting with three dimensional virtual models
    Patent number: 11284802
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for preparation of orthodontics and prosthodontics. A method may include scanning a patient's teeth to form first 3D data of the patient's teeth including a removable element that obscures part of the dental surfaces of the patient's teeth and non-obscured tooth surfaces, removing the removable element form the patient's teeth so that the removable element no longer obscures the part of the dental surfaces of the patient's teeth, and scanning the previously obscured part of the dental surfaces of the patient's teeth and the non-obscured tooth surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Avi Kopelman
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DESIGNING AND PRODUCING DENTAL PROSTHESIS AND APPLIANCES
    Publication number: 20220079712
    Abstract: A virtual model of an intraoral cavity is provided, wherein this process is initialized by a dental clinic, and the design and manufacture of a suitable dental prosthesis for the intraoral cavity is shared between a dental lab and a service center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Eldad TAUB, Avi KOPELMAN
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMAGING ORTHODONTIC ALIGNERS
    Publication number: 20220079445
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for 3D imaging to measure the shape of orthodontic aligners, teeth, and other oral structures simultaneously, in-vivo or in-vitro. These methods and apparatuses may be used to determine contact locations of aligners with teeth and/or teeth with other teeth with very high precision, including determining the size of gaps where they are not in contact. These measurements may be used design, modify or replace an aligner and/or to verify aligner fit. 3D models of the whole aligner and teeth may be generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Jun SATO, Allen BORONKAY, Yaser SHANJANI, Reza SHIRAZI AGHJARI, Avi KOPELMAN, Andrew JANG, Jihua CHENG, Eric KUO, Vladimir SHELBAKH, Bastien PESENTI
  • METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR USE IN DENTAL PROCEDURES
    Publication number: 20220071744
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for providing patient data useful for dental procedures, including scanning a dental structure of a patient when coupled to a geometric structure to provide a virtual model representative of the coupling and the dental structure, and relating the virtual model to a body reference of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventor: Avi KOPELMAN
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK DATA USEFUL IN PROSTHODONTIC PROCEDURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTRA ORAL CAVITY
    Publication number: 20220054244
    Abstract: Feedback data useful in prosthodontic procedures associated with the intra oral cavity is provided. First, a 3D numerical model of the target zone in the intra oral cavity is provided, and this is manipulated so as to extract particular data that may be useful in a particular procedure, for example data relating to the finish line or to the shape and size of a preparation. The relationship between this data and the procedure is then determined, for example the clearance between the preparation and the intended crown. Feedback data, indicative of this relationship, is then generated, for example whether the preparation geometry is adequate for the particular type of prosthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Avi KOPELMAN, Eldad TAUB
  • Method for preparing a physical plaster model
    Patent number: 11253337
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for creating a physical teeth model. The method comprises the following steps: providing a virtual three dimensional (3D) representation of a patient's dentition that comprises at least a region of the teeth that includes a tooth stump on which a crown is to be fitted or a region on to which a bridge is to be fitted; and preparing a physical model of the jaws of a subject from a blank, based on information from said virtual 3D image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Eldad Taub, Avi Kopelman
  • ALIGNERS WITH ELASTIC LAYER
    Publication number: 20220039921
    Abstract: Improved orthodontic appliances, as well as related systems and methods, are provided. In one aspect, an orthodontic appliance can include a shell having a plurality of cavities shaped to receive a patient's teeth. The shell can include an exterior layer and an interior layer having a stiffness less than a stiffness of the exterior layer. A discontinuity can be formed in the exterior layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Avi KOPELMAN, Jeeyoung CHOI
  • METHOD FOR MANIPULATING A DENTAL VIRTUAL MODEL, METHOD FOR CREATING PHYSICAL ENTITIES BASED ON A DENTAL VIRTUAL MODEL THUS MANIPULATED, AND DENTAL MODELS THUS CREATED
    Publication number: 20220028532
    Abstract: A system for generating missing data for 3D models of intraoral structures of a patient. The system may include a hand-held intraoral scanner and a computer having instructions that the system to scan the intraoral structure of a patient to generate first 3D data of the surface of a prepared tooth, generate a 3D virtual model of the prepared tooth based on the first 3D data, determine the 3D virtual model is missing a surface associated with the prepared, generate second 3D data approximating the surface that is determined to be missing from the 3D virtual model intraoral structure that is missing, and combine the second 3D data with the 3D virtual model such that the 3D virtual model includes the approximated surface, wherein the approximated surface approximates the prepared tooth associated with the surface determined to be missing from the 3D virtual model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Avi KOPELMAN, Eldad TAUB
  • Systems and methods for positioning a patient's mandible in response to sleep apnea status
    Patent number: 11207208
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and apparatus for positioning a patient's mandible in response to sleep apnea status are provided herein. In one aspect, a system for monitoring and treating sleep apnea in a patient comprises one or more sensors configured to monitor the patient for symptoms associated with sleep apnea; an intraoral appliance worn by the patient, one or more processors, and memory comprising instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to: receive a set of sensor data from the one or more sensors, detect, using a machine learning algorithm, onset of a sleep apnea event based on the set of sensor data, and transmit a control signal to the intraoral appliance to cause the intraoral appliance to displace a lower jaw of the patient from a first position to a second position in order to treat the sleep apnea event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Avi Kopelman
  • Method and system for designing and producing dental prosthesis and appliances
    Patent number: 11207156
    Abstract: A virtual model of an intraoral cavity is provided, wherein this process is initialized by a dental clinic, and the design and manufacture of a suitable dental prosthesis for the intraoral cavity is shared between a dental lab and a service center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Eldad Taub, Avi Kopelman
  • System and method for manufacturing a dental prosthesis and a dental prosthesis manufactured thereby
    Patent number: 11197739
    Abstract: A dental prosthesis is made by externally machining successive layers of wax, each of which is formed on a previous prosthesis layer and/or on a coping. Each wax layer is used to form a mold in situ over the previous prosthesis layer/coping, and the appropriate prosthesis material is cast or otherwise molded to conform to the wax layer by the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Avi Kopelman, Eldad Taub
  • Methods for Direct Fabrication of Appliances for Palate Expansion
    Publication number: 20210369413
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for producing appliances for expansion of the palate of a patient are provided. A palate expanding orthodontic appliance comprises a teeth engagement portion comprising a plurality of teeth engagement structures and a force generating portion coupled to the teeth engagement portion and configured to apply force to cause the patient's palate to expand. The orthodontic appliances can be designed according to the specifications provided herein and manufactured using direct fabrication methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Chunhua Li, Avi Kopelman, Srinivas Kaza, Ryan Kimura, Yaser Shanjani
  • Methods and systems for imaging orthodontic aligners
    Patent number: 11185233
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for 3D imaging to measure the shape of orthodontic aligners, teeth, and other oral structures simultaneously, in-vivo or in-vitro. These methods and apparatuses may be used to determine contact locations of aligners with teeth and/or teeth with other teeth with very high precision, including determining the size of gaps where they are not in contact. These measurements may be used design, modify or replace an aligner and/or to verify aligner fit. 3D models of the whole aligner and teeth may be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Sato, Allen Boronkay, Yaser Shanjani, Reza Shirazi Aghjari, Avi Kopelman, Andrew Jang, Jihua Cheng, Eric Kuo, Vladimir Shelbakh, Bastien Pesenti
  • AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF ORTHODONTIC OR PROSTHODONTIC PRESCRIPTION
    Publication number: 20210353152
    Abstract: A processing device may receive a plurality of intraoral scans of the patient that were generated by an intraoral scanner, determine a three-dimensional surface of at least a portion of one or more dental arch of the patient using the plurality of intraoral scans, automatically determine whether a restorative dental object is represented in at least one of the three-dimensional surface or one or more intraoral scans of the plurality of intraoral scans, and automatically generate a prescription for treating the one or more teeth based at least in part on at least one of a) a presence or absence of a restorative dental object in at least one of the three-dimensional surface or the one or more intraoral scans or b) a location of the restorative dental object in the one or more dental arch of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Ofer Saphier, Pavel Agniashvili, Moti Ben-Dov, Ran Katz, Avi Kopelman, Maxim Volgin, Doron Malka, Avraham Zulti, Pavel Veryovkin, Maayan Moshe, Ido Tishel, Adi Levin, Shai Farkash, Inna Karapetyan, Dina Bova, Edi Fridman, Jonathan Coslovsky
  • AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF WORKFLOW FOR RESTORATIVE DENTAL PROCEDURES
    Publication number: 20210353154
    Abstract: A method of generating a 3D model includes: determining a 3D surface comprising a preparation tooth using a first plurality of intraoral scans generated by an intraoral scanner at a first time; receiving one or more additional intraoral scans of the preparation tooth that were generated by the intraoral scanner at a second time; determining a change to one or more portions of the preparation tooth between the three-dimensional surface and the one or more additional intraoral scans; determining, based at least in part on the change to the preparation tooth, whether to use a) the 3D surface, b) data from the one or more additional intraoral scans or c) a combination of the 3D surface and the data from the one or more additional intraoral scans to depict one or more portions of the preparation tooth; and generating the 3D model comprising the preparation tooth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Ofer Saphier, Pavel Agniashvili, Moti Ben-Dov, Ran Katz, Avi Kopelman, Maxim Volgin, Doron Malka, Avraham Zulti, Pavel Veryovkin, Maayan Moshe, Ido Tishel, Adi Levin, Shai Farkash, Inna Karapetyan, Dina Bova, Edi Fridman, Jonathan Coslovsky
  • DIRECT FABRICATION OF ALIGNERS WITH INTERPROXIMAL FORCE COUPLING
    Publication number: 20210353388
    Abstract: Polymeric shell appliances are provided in which the polymeric shell appliances are configured to provide one or more activation forces to facilitate tooth movement. In many embodiments, the appliances comprise interproximal engagement structures to provide activation forces to interproximal tooth surfaces. In many embodiments, the activation forces are arranged to provide a plurality of forces, including a force in a direction opposite to an intended direction of tooth movement. The polymeric shell appliances may comprise one or more tooth receiving cavities, in which each of the plurality of tooth receiving cavities is shaped and arranged to provide a counter moment of each of the plurality of teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Avi Kopelman, John Morton
  • AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF RESTORATIVE OBJECTS
    Publication number: 20210353153
    Abstract: A processing device receives a plurality of intraoral scans of a dental arch. The processing device determines, from the plurality of intraoral scans, a first set of intraoral scans that depict a restorative object and a second set of intraoral scans that fail to depict any restorative object. The processing device generates a multi-resolution three-dimensional model of the dental arch, wherein a first portion of the multi-resolution three-dimensional model is generated from the first set of intraoral scans, has a first resolution and represents the restorative object, and wherein a second portion of the multi-resolution three-dimensional model is generated from the second set of intraoral scans, has a second resolution and represents a remainder of the dental arch, wherein the first resolution is greater than the second resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Ofer Saphier, Pavel Agniashvili, Moti Ben-Dov, Ran Katz, Avi Kopelman, Maxim Volgin, Doron Malka, Avraham Zulti, Pavel Veryovkin, Maayan Moshe, Ido Tishel, Adi Levin, Shai Farkash, Inna Karapetyan, Dina Bova, Edi Fridman, Jonathan Coslovsky
  • UNITARY DENTAL MODEL
    Publication number: 20210338391
    Abstract: Improved dental models for use in dental procedures are provided. In one aspect, a unitary dental model of an intraoral cavity of a patient having a dental implant comprises a physical surface representative of gingival tissue of the patient. The model can comprise a channel shaped and oriented to receive an abutment corresponding to a physical abutment to be connected to the dental implant, in which the channel extends to an opening in the physical surface. The channel can comprise a first portion shaped to receive and constrain a corresponding structure of the abutment to a position and orientation and a second portion shaped to receive a fastener to couple the abutment to the unitary dental model. In many embodiments, the first portion comprises a shoulder shaped to receive the corresponding structure of the abutment in order to position the abutment along the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Sabina, Avi Kopelman, Yoram Sharabi
  • Aligners with elastic layer
    Patent number: 11154382
    Abstract: In one aspect, an orthodontic appliance can include a shell having a plurality of cavities shaped to receive a patient's teeth. The shell can include an exterior layer and an interior layer having a stiffness less than a stiffness of the exterior layer. A discontinuity can be formed in the exterior layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Avi Kopelman, Jeeyoung Choi