Patents by Inventor Tai-Hong Kuo

Tai-Hong Kuo 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).

  • Publication number: 20180344431
    Abstract: An indirect bonding apparatus has a first positioning member and at least one second positioning member. The first positioning member is made by 3D printing after digital planning and has a body and at least one connecting seat disposed on the body. The at least one second positioning member is detachably inserted into the at least one connecting seat of the first positioning member. Each second positioning member has a guiding seat and a positioning frame. The guiding seat is slidably inserted into the at least one connecting seat. The positioning frame is erectly formed on the guiding seat and is adjacent to a front surface of the guiding seat. A positioning groove is formed between the body and the positioning frame of the at least one second positioning member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: TAI-HONG KUO, TZU-CHIEH WU
  • Publication number: 20170290648
    Abstract: A light-guiding mouthguard assembly has a light-transmittable mouthguard and two light-guiding strips. The light-transmittable mouthguard has a teeth-containing channel formed along a curve as a teeth arch. The two light-guiding strips are located on opposite sides of the teeth-containing channel respectively. Each one of the two light-guiding strips is mounted through two opposite terminals of the light-transmittable mouthguard along the teeth-containing channel. An exterior surface of each one of the two light-guiding strips is light-transmittable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Tai-Hong Kuo
  • Publication number: 20140322665
    Abstract: A guiding template for dental implantology is disclosed. The guiding template includes a fixing base and at least one metallic ring. The fixing base has an inner side and an outer side, and the fixing base includes a guiding portion as an entry at the outer side. The guiding portion has a stopper. The metallic ring is disposed on the guiding portion. Besides, the metallic ring contacts against the stopper and penetrates through the fixing base to connect the outer side to the inner side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicants: National Cheng Kung University, CHOICE Biotech Inc.
    Inventors: Jing-Jing FANG, Tai-Hong KUO
  • Patent number: 8753119
    Abstract: A mounting method of dental cast is disclosed. The mounting method includes the steps of providing an articulator and a label module having at least a label and at least a reference object, generating a label coordinate information in accordance with the reference object and the label, providing a midface and mandible image information and generating a landmark coordinate information in accordance with a plurality of landmarks of the midface and mandible image information, generating a structure coordinate information in accordance with a plurality of structures of the articulator and the label, disposing a first dental cast connected with the label module on the articulator, and providing a detecting device to detect the label and adjust the position of the first dental cast in accordance with the midface and mandible image information, the label coordinate information, and the structure coordinate information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Jing-Jing Fang, Tung-Yiu Wong, Chia-Chang Tsai, Tai-Hong Kuo
  • Patent number: 8747110
    Abstract: An orthognathic planning system applied with at least a dental cast includes an articulator, a detecting device, at least a label module and a data processing device. The dental cast is mounted on the articulator. The detecting device is disposed with respect to the articulator. The label module has at least a label and is disposed on the dental cast. The data processing device is signally connected with the detecting device and stores midface and mandible image data. The detecting device traces the label and provides position data, and the data processing device provides orthognathic planning data in accordance with the position data and the midface and mandible image data. The present invention also discloses an orthognathic planning method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Jing-Jing Fang, Tung-Yiu Wong, Tung-Chin Wu, Tai-Hong Kuo
  • Publication number: 20140017627
    Abstract: An auxiliary device for an articulator includes a base and at least an adjusting structure. The base is provided for positioning an articulator, and the adjusting structure is disposed on the base. The adjusting structure includes a first ball joint, a second ball joint and a connecting assembly. The first ball joint is connected to the base, and the two ends of the connecting assembly are connected to the first ball joint and the second ball joint, respectively. The adjusting structure is moved relatively to the articulator by the movement of at least one of the first ball joint and the second ball joint, thereby adjusting the position of a dental cast disposed on the articulator. The auxiliary device is advantageous for conveniently adjusting the dental cast disposed on the articulator and accelerating the process of the preoperative planning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jing-Jing FANG, Tung-Yiu WONG, Tung-Chin WU, Tai-Hong KUO, Chun-Ju TSENG
  • Publication number: 20130011808
    Abstract: A mounting method of dental cast is disclosed. The mounting method includes the steps of providing an articulator and a. label module having at least a label and at least a reference object, generating a label coordinate information in accordance with the reference object and the label, providing a midface and mandible image information and generating a landmark coordinate information in accordance with a plurality of landmarks of the midface and mandible image information, generating a structure coordinate information in accordance with a plurality of structures of the articulator and the label, disposing a first dental cast connected with the label module on the articulator, and providing a detecting device to detect the label and adjust the position of the first dental cast in accordance with the midface and mandible image information, the label coordinate information, and the structure coordinate information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Jing-Jing FANG, Tung-Yiu Wong, Chia-Chang Tsai, Tai-Hong Kuo
  • Publication number: 20130011809
    Abstract: An orthognathic planning system applied with at least a dental cast includes an articulator, a detecting device, at least a label module and a data processing device. The dental cast is mounted on the articulator. The detecting device is disposed with respect to the articulator. The label module has at least a label and is disposed on the dental cast. The data processing device is signally connected with the detecting device and stores midface and mandible image data. The detecting device traces the label and provides position data, and the data processing device provides orthognathic planning data in accordance with the position data and the midface and mandible image data. The present invention also discloses an orthognathic planning method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Jing-Jing FANG, Tung-Yin Wong, Tung-Chin Wu, Tai-Hong Kuo