Patents by Inventor Friedrich Riemeirer

Friedrich Riemeirer 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).

  • Method and apparatus for generating an orthodontic template that assists in placement of orthodontic apparatus
    Patent number: 6918761
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a orthodontic template that assists in the placement of an orthodontic apparatus includes processing that begins by obtaining a digital model of an orthodontic structure of an orthodontic patient. The processing continues by obtaining a selection of one of a plurality of orthodontic apparatuses for the orthodontic structure to produce a selected orthodontic apparatus. The processing then continues by obtaining a digital model of placement of the selected orthodontic apparatus on the digital model of the orthodontic structure. The processing then continues by retrieving a digital image of a tooth mounting apparatus (e.g., a bracket, a band, a headgear tube, etc.) of the selected apparatus for a given tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: OraMetrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Rohit Sachdeva, Rudger Rubbert, Thomas Weise, Friedrich Riemeirer, Michael Placke, Mathew Johnson
  • Method and apparatus for orthodontic appliance optimization
    Patent number: 6736638
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for arch wire receptacle (e.g., brackets, bands, headgear tubes, etc.) optimization includes processing that begins by obtaining a digital model of an orthodontic structure of an orthodontic patient. The processing then continues by retrieving a digital model of an initial arch wire receptacle that was selected from a plurality of digital models of arch wire receptacles. The processing then continues by digitally placing the digital model of the initial arch wire receptacle on a given tooth of the digital model of the orthodontic structure to provide a digital arch wire receptacle placement. The process then proceeds by retrieving a digital model of an arch wire. For the given tooth, the processing continues by digitally modeling a force system on the tooth based on the digital model of the initial arch wire receptacle, the digital arch wire receptacle placement, and the digital model of the arch wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: OraMetrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Rohit Sachdeva, Rudger Rubbert, Thomas Weise, Friedrich Riemeirer
  • Method and apparatus for generating an orthodontic template that assists in placement of orthodontic apparatus
    Patent number: 6554613
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a orthodontic template that assists in the placement of an orthodontic apparatus includes processing that begins by obtaining a digital model of an orthodontic structure of an orthodontic patient. The processing continues by obtaining a selection of one of a plurality of orthodontic apparatuses for the orthodontic structure to produce a selected orthodontic apparatus. The processing then continues by obtaining a digital model of placement of the selected orthodontic apparatus on the digital model of the orthodontic structure. The processing then continues by retrieving a digital image of a tooth mounting apparatus (e.g., a bracket, a band, a headgear tube, etc.) of the selected apparatus for a given tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Ora Metrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Rohit Sachdeva, Rudger Rubbert, Thomas Weise, Friedrich Riemeirer, Michael Placke, Mathew Johnson
  • Method and apparatus for bonding a bracket to a tooth
    Patent number: 6318995
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for bonding a bracket to a tooth includes processing that begins by obtaining a digital model of a desired bracket placement on a tooth. The processing continues by scanning actual placement of the bracket on the tooth to produce digital information of the actual placement and generating a digital model of the actual placement. The processing continues by comparing the digital model of the desired bracket placement with the digital model of the actual placement. When the digital model of the desired bracket placement substantially matches the digital model of the actual placement, enabling bonding of the bracket to the tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: DraMetrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Rohit Sachdeva, Rudger Rubbert, Thomas Weise, Friedrich Riemeirer