Patents Assigned to EPED INC.
  • Patent number: 11813028
    Abstract: An active detection self-propelled artificial intelligence surgery navigation cart applied in medical institutes includes a cart body, a control unit, a signal transmission unit, a detection unit, a robotic arm and/or an optical navigation host. The cart can travel to a designated place or follow a counterpart (based on a stored map path) according to a predetermined schedule or an inputted instruction, or the cart can be controlled by an external remote control system or a counterpart to be followed, so as to achieve the effect of reducing the burden of medical staff while they are walking around, so that the medical staff can concentrate on the care of patients or improve the quality of surgical operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: EPED, Inc.
    Inventors: Ta-Ko Huang, Jerry T. Huang
  • Patent number: 11642116
    Abstract: A surgical retractor includes a mounting base, a first rod member, a connecting member, a compression spring, a second rod member, an expansion member, an extension spring and a position member. One end of the first rod member is assembled on the mounting base, and the other end of the first rod member includes a blocking part; the connecting member is assembled on the first rod member and includes a shoulder and a first connecting part; the compression spring is arranged on the connecting member and abuts against the shoulder and the blocking part; the second rod member is slidably arranged on the first rod member; the expansion member is arranged at the end of the second rod member and includes a second connecting part; an extension spring connects the first connecting part and the second connecting part; a position member selectively abuts against the first rod member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: EPED, INC.
    Inventors: Ta-Ko Huang, Jerry T. Huang
  • Patent number: 10687902
    Abstract: The present invention provides a surgical navigation system including a positioning device, a processing device and a display device. The positioning device includes an auxiliary positioning assembly capable of wearing or fixing around a patient's affected part and an optics positioning assembly. The optics positioning assembly can sense the position of the auxiliary positioning assembly to form a positioning information. The processing device can receive the positioning information and integrate the positioning information with a medical image to form a navigation information, so that the navigation information is displayed on the display device through a stereoscopic image or a sectional image. Therefore, the doctor can accurately perform the relevant surgical operations on the patient's affected part through the displayed information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: EPED, Inc.
    Inventors: Ta-Ko Huang, Jerry T. Huang
  • Patent number: 9999485
    Abstract: A method for digital archiving and manufacturing of dental prosthetics and a prosthesis, and teaching and training for same are provided. The method mainly includes the following steps: preoperative scanning: creating a first digital model file; optical positioning and turning treatment: creating a second digital model file from a turning process; physical model calculation: creating reversely an autologous crown model file of a patient; and fixed denture manufacturing: manufacturing, according to the second digital model file and the autologous crown model file, a fixed denture that meets needs of the patient, so that an inner layer structure of a crown of the fixed denture can be tightly bound to an abutment, and it may be decided to retain an original crown contour according to needs. A tooth model based on a teaching digital model file can be used for teaching and training of a trainee with the foregoing method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignees: EPED INC.
    Inventors: Ta-Ko Huang, Jerry T. Huang
  • Patent number: 9913701
    Abstract: A method for digital archiving and manufacturing of dental prosthetics and a prosthesis, and teaching and training for the method are provided. The method mainly includes the following steps: preoperative scanning: creating a first digital model file; optical positioning and turning treatment: creating a second digital model file from a turning process; physical model calculation: creating reversely an autologous crown model file of a patient; and fixed denture manufacturing: manufacturing, according to the second digital model file and the autologous crown model file, a fixed denture that meets needs of the patient, so that an inner layer structure of a crown of the fixed denture can be tightly bound to an abutment, and it may be decided to retain an original crown contour according to needs. A tooth model based on a teaching digital model file can be used for teaching and training of a trainee with the foregoing method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignees: EPED INC.
    Inventors: Ta-Ko Huang, Jerry T. Huang
  • Publication number: 20170196521
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a bite tray having fiducial markers for head scan registration and method of use. The bite tray is held by a patient in his teeth while the scan of his head and the fiducial markers is made by x-ray, CT, or MRI and the scan is entered into a computer to register the scan to the fiducial markers. Instrument optical markers are placed on a dental instrument and it is observed by a camera and the observation is entered into the computer to register the instrument optical markers to the dental instrument. Patient optical markers are placed on the patient and it is observed by the camera and the observation is entered into the computer to register the patient optical markers to the patient. The tip of the dental instrument is then touched to one of the fiducial markers making the location of the tip and the fiducial marker the same. The computer then registers the scan to the instrument and the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: EPED Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry T. Huang, Ta-Ko Huang
  • Patent number: 9554869
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a bite tray having fiducial markers for head scan registration and method of use. The bite tray is held by a patient in his teeth while the scan of his head and the fiducial markers is made by x-ray, CT, or MM and the scan is entered into a computer to register the scan to the fiducial markers. Instrument optical markers are placed on a dental instrument and it is observed by a camera and the observation is entered into the computer to register the instrument optical markers to the dental instrument. Patient optical markers are placed on the patient and it is observed by the camera and the observation is entered into the computer to register the patient optical markers to the patient. The tip of the dental instrument is then touched to one of the fiducial markers making the location of the tip and the fiducial marker the same. The computer then registers the scan to the instrument and the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: EPED Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry T. Huang, Ta-Ko Huang
  • Publication number: 20150202027
    Abstract: A method for digital archiving and manufacturing of dental prosthetics and a prosthesis, and teaching and training for same are provided. The method mainly includes the following steps: preoperative scanning: creating a first digital model file; optical positioning and turning treatment: creating a second digital model file from a turning process; physical model calculation: creating reversely an autologous crown model file of a patient; and fixed denture manufacturing: manufacturing, according to the second digital model file and the autologous crown model file, a fixed denture that meets needs of the patient, so that an inner layer structure of a crown of the fixed denture can be tightly bound to an abutment, and it may be decided to retain an original crown contour according to needs. A tooth model based on a teaching digital model file can be used for teaching and training of a trainee with the foregoing method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: EPED INC.
    Inventor: Ta-Ko Huang
  • Publication number: 20140234804
    Abstract: An assisted guidance and navigation method in intraoral surgeries is a method using computerized tomography (CT) photography and an optical positioning system to track medical appliances, the method including: first providing an optical positioning treatment instrument and an optical positioning device; then obtaining image data of the intraoral tissue receiving treatment through CT photography, precisely displaying actions of the treatment instrument in the image data, and real-time checking an image and guidance and navigation. Therefore, during the surgery, the existing use habits of the physicians are not affected and accurate and convenient auxiliary information is provided, and attention is paid to using the treatment instrument in physical environments such as a patient's tooth or dental model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: EPED INC.
    Inventors: Ta-Ko Huang, Zong-Han Lyu, Yu-Hsin Hsieh