Patents by Inventor Olena Tsvirkunova

Olena Tsvirkunova 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).

  • Patent number: 8843381
    Abstract: Methods and systems for characterizing a dentition of a patient including receiving an initial dentition of a patient, generating an initial profile representing the initial dentition of the patient, identifying an initial malocclusion from the initial profile, comparing at least a portion of the initial profile with one or more reference profiles of reference dentitions, wherein said one or more reference profiles includes a reference malocclusion substantially similar to the initial malocclusion, and calculating a value for the closeness of the initial profile and the reference profile are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Kuo, Michael Zakharevich, Olena Tsvirkunova
  • Publication number: 20090132455
    Abstract: Methods and systems for characterizing a dentition of a patient including receiving an initial dentition of a patient, generating an initial profile representing the initial dentition of the patient, identifying an initial malocclusion from the initial profile, comparing at least a portion of the initial profile with one or more reference profiles of reference dentitions, wherein said one or more reference profiles includes a reference malocclusion substantially similar to the initial malocclusion, and calculating a value for the closeness of the initial profile and the reference profile are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Kuo, Michael Zakharevich, Olena Tsvirkunova