Patents by Inventor Summer Ree Takenaka

Summer Ree Takenaka 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).

  • Reduction or guidance coping
    Patent number: 11918427
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of generating a reduction coping includes receiving a digital model comprising a virtual preparation tooth, determining one or more virtual reduction regions on the virtual preparation tooth, and generating a virtual reduction coping comprising one or more exposed regions corresponding to the one or more virtual reduction regions. A method of generating a physical reduction coping includes receiving a 3D digital model of a virtual reduction coping and performing additive manufacturing to generate a physical reduction coping from the virtual reduction coping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.
    Inventors: David Leeson, Terry Reed, Summer Ree Takenaka, Babak Manafighazani, Andrey Lebedev
  • Reduction or Guidance Coping
    Publication number: 20220287807
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of generating a reduction coping includes receiving a digital model comprising a virtual preparation tooth, determining one or more virtual reduction regions on the virtual preparation tooth, and generating a virtual reduction coping comprising one or more exposed regions corresponding to the one or more virtual reduction regions. A method of generating a physical reduction coping includes receiving a 3D digital model of a virtual reduction coping and performing additive manufacturing to generate a physical reduction coping from the virtual reduction coping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.
    Inventors: David Leeson, Terry Reed, Summer Ree Takenaka, Babak Manafighazani, Andrey Lebedev
  • Reduction or guidance coping
    Patent number: 11351015
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of generating a reduction coping includes receiving a digital model comprising a virtual preparation tooth, determining one or more virtual reduction regions on the virtual preparation tooth, and generating a virtual reduction coping comprising one or more exposed regions corresponding to the one or more virtual reduction regions. A method of generating a physical reduction coping includes receiving a 3D digital model of a virtual reduction coping and performing additive manufacturing to generate a physical reduction coping from the virtual reduction coping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.
    Inventors: David Leeson, Terry Reed, Summer Ree Takenaka, Babak Manafighazani, Andrey Lebedev
  • Reduction or Guidance Coping
    Publication number: 20210000574
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of generating a reduction coping includes receiving a digital model comprising a virtual preparation tooth, determining one or more virtual reduction regions on the virtual preparation tooth, and generating a virtual reduction coping comprising one or more exposed regions corresponding to the one or more virtual reduction regions. A method of generating a physical reduction coping includes receiving a 3D digital model of a virtual reduction coping and performing additive manufacturing to generate a physical reduction coping from the virtual reduction coping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: David Leeson, Terry Reed, Summer Ree Takenaka, Babak Manafighazani, Andrey Lebedev