Patents by Inventor Birk PLÖNNIGS

Birk PLÖNNIGS 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).

  • SCANNING EDENTULOUS PATIENTS
    Publication number: 20180243057
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for scanning an edentulous patent who has a denture, where an impression material arranged at the gum-facing surfaces of the dentures is shaped by the patient's gums and both the teeth side and the gum-facing surface of the denture is scanned and the obtained digital 3D representations are used to determine the relative arrangement of the patient's edentulous jaws in a bite determined by the dentures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: 3SHAPE A/S
    Inventors: Rune FISKER, Birk PLÖNNIGS