Patents by Inventor Eric Chapouland

Eric Chapouland 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).

  • Custom orthodontic appliance forming method and apparatus
    Patent number: 6846179
    Abstract: A system (10) and method by which an orthodontic appliance (25) is automatically designed and manufactured from digital lower jaw and tooth shape data of a patient provides for the scanning of the mouth of a patient (12), preferably from a model (20) of the patient's mouth, to produce a three-dimensional digitized model (26) of the shapes of the patient's teeth and their positions in the patient's mouth. Then a computer (30) calculates the post-treatment positions of the teeth and produces three-dimensional images of the teeth, individually and in their calculated positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Ormco Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Chapouland, Craig A. Andreiko, Mark A. Payne