Patents Assigned to Tactile Technologies LLC
  • Apparatuses for dental implantation and methods for using same
    Publication number: 20080166681
    Abstract: A template for performing a dental implantation procedure, comprising: a main body adapted to seat on a plurality of oral structures, and at least one mounting point on the main body for mounting at least one drill guide, wherein the main body is provided with exposed implantation spaces where the dental implantation is to be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: Tactile Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Uriel Weinstein, Assaf Bernstein, Vered Cohen Sharvit, Michal Shohat, Yuval Yohai, Noa Graf, Ronen Eldar, Tatyana Zaslavsky
  • Dental tool guides
    Publication number: 20060240378
    Abstract: A method of dental registration, comprising, rigidly coupling a base element to a maxillofacial area; inserting an object comprising at least one of a tool and a tool guide into a mouth in said maxillofacial area; and determining a position of said object relative to said rigid element without a reference element outside of said mouth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Applicant: TACTILE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Uriel Weinstein, Yuval Yohai, Opher Kinrot
  • Hard tissue surface geometry determination
    Patent number: 7014461
    Abstract: Apparatus for measuring a surface geometry of hard tissue covered by a layer of soft tissue, including a plurality of elements each having a tip adapted to penetrate said soft tissue and not substantially penetrate said hard tissue; a frame supporting movement of said elements, each along a path, such that a plurality of said tips, when positioned along the paths, define a surface; and at least one position sensor which generates a signal indicative of a tip position of at least one of said elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Tactile Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Uriel Weinstein
  • Measurement element position determination
    Publication number: 20060040233
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining measurement element positions, comprising a plurality of measurement elements; at least one trigger element corresponding to each element of the plurality of measurement elements; a positional encoder configured to register a position of each of the measurement elements when the trigger element is activated; and a controller, wherein the controller constructs a surface geometry model from the registered measurement element positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Applicant: Tactile Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Uriel Weinstein, Opher Kinrot, Assaf Bernstein, Zvika Slovin