Patents by Inventor Dmitry MEDNIKOV
Dmitry MEDNIKOV 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).
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Patent number: 12588972Abstract: Provided herein are methods and apparatuses for analyzing a patient's dental arches in order to generate a treatment plan for the dentition. In particular described herein are methods and apparatuses for analyzing a patient's dental arches when the patient is missing one or more teeth. Methods and apparatuses are provided to properly number the teeth of a patient's arches after a dental scan, including automatically detect missing teeth after a dental scan and estimating the dimensions of the missing teeth. Methods and apparatuses are provided to perform an analysis of the patient's arches that uses the estimated dimensions of the missing teeth. Methods and apparatuses for designing and manufacturing the aligner are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2024Date of Patent: March 31, 2026Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Alexander Pimenov, Rene M. Sterental, Valery Prokoshev, Irina Ivanova, Dmitry Mednikov, Boris Likhtman, Alexander Strizhev, Svetlana Makarenkova
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Publication number: 20260069379Abstract: A method provides a palatal expansion previewer tool. The method includes receiving scan data of a craniofacial structure of a patient; identifying one or more parameters corresponding to a palatal expansion treatment plan for the patient; processing the data of the craniofacial structure of the patient and the one or more parameters to generate a visualization of a predicted outcome of the craniofacial structure affected by the palatal expansion treatment plan; and providing, for display in a user interface of a user device, the visualization of the predicted outcome.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2025Publication date: March 12, 2026Inventors: Chunhua Li, Roman A. Roschin, Jeeyoung Choi, Bastien Pesenti, Natalia Lysaya Powers, Sibel Narin, Dmitry Mednikov, Anna Lukinykh, Nataliia Tokmakova, Savva Kuzmin, Elena Zhalina, Aleksandr Strizhev, Larissa Fernandez Alfaro, Mitra Derakhshan, Che-Jui Liao
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Publication number: 20260069381Abstract: A method provides a visualization of cross-section plane and reference points for palatal expansion treatment. The method includes identifying one or more 3D dental models of a patient, wherein the one or more 3D dental models correspond to a palatal expansion treatment plan for the patient; determining a 2D cross-section of each the one or more 3D dental models that intersects a first portion of the each of the one or more 3D dental models at a corresponding first location; providing, for display on a UI of a user device, the 2D cross-section of each of the one or more 3D dental models; determining one or more palatal expansion measurements at the 2D cross-section for an amount of palatal expansion associated with the palatal expansion treatment plan at a stage of treatment; and providing, for display on the UI of the user device, the one or more palatal expansion measurements.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2025Publication date: March 12, 2026Inventors: Chunhua Li, Roman A. Roschin, Jeeyoung Choi, Bastien Pesenti, Natalia Lysaya Powers, Sibel Narin, Dmitry Mednikov, Anna Lukinykh, Nataliia Tokmakova, Savva Kuzmin, Elena Zhalina, Aleksandr Strizhev, Larissa Fernandez Alfaro, Mitra Derakhshan, Che-Jui Liao
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Publication number: 20260074046Abstract: A method provides a palatal expansion management tool. The method includes receiving scan data of a craniofacial structure of a patient, providing the scan data as input to an artificial intelligence (AI) model trained to provide a recommended palatal expansion treatment plan for the patient; receiving, as output from the AI model, the recommended palatal expansion treatment plan; and providing, to a user device, the recommended palatal expansion treatment plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2025Publication date: March 12, 2026Inventors: Chunhua Li, Roman A. Roschin, Jeeyoung Choi, Bastien Pesenti, Natalia Lysaya Powers, Sibel Narin, Dmitry Mednikov, Anna Lukinykh, Nataliia Tokmakova, Savva Kuzmin, Elena Zhalina, Aleksandr Strizhev, Larissa Fernandez Alfaro, Mitra Derakhshan, Che-Jui Liao
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Publication number: 20260069380Abstract: A method provides automated palatal expansion treatment planning based on lower arch final position. The method includes identifying a plurality of reference points within one or more three-dimensional (3D) dental models of a patient; determining one or more tooth measurements based on the plurality of reference points; determining, based on the one or more tooth measurements, a recommended palatal expansion amount for a palatal expansion treatment plan for the patient; and providing, to a user device, the recommended palatal expansion amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2025Publication date: March 12, 2026Inventors: Chunhua Li, Roman A. Roschin, Jeeyoung Choi, Bastien Pesenti, Natalia Lysaya Powers, Sibel Narin, Dmitry Mednikov, Anna Lukinykh, Nataliia Tokmakova, Savva Kuzmin, Elena Zhalina, Aleksandr Strizhev, Larissa Fernandez Alfaro, Mitra Derakhshan, Che-Jui Liao
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Publication number: 20250152305Abstract: Methods and systems for comparing dental treatment plans are provided, including: obtaining a first 2D image of a patient's face and dentition; accessing a plurality of 3D models of the patient's dentition, where each 3D model represents a treatment result for a respective dental treatment plan of a plurality of dental treatment plans for the patient; generating a plurality of second 2D images of the patient, where each second 2D image is formed by combining a respective 3D model of the patient's dentition with a projected representation of the patient's face, and where the projected representation is generated by projecting the first 2D image into a 3D space; sending instructions to display the plurality of second 2D images of the patient on an output device; and receiving a user input selecting at least one dental treatment plan of the plurality of dental treatment plans associated with the displayed second 2D images.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2025Publication date: May 15, 2025Inventors: Dmitry Mednikov, Svetlana Makarenkova, Pavel Pokotilov, Aleksandr Zhulin, Boris Likhtman
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Patent number: 12232926Abstract: Method, systems, and devices including: accessing a 3D model including a virtual representation of a patient's dentition at a treatment stage of an orthodontic treatment plan; obtaining an image of the patient's face and at least a portion of the patient's dentition; projecting the obtained image into a 3D space to create a projection of the patient's face and the at least the portion of the patient's dentition; generating a modified image of the patient representing the patient in the treatment stage of the orthodontic treatment plan, where the modified image is formed by combining the patient's dentition of the accessed 3D model with the patient's face of the projection; and sending instructions to display the modified image of the patient on an output device.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2023Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Dmitry Mednikov, Svetlana Makarenkova, Pavel Pokotilov, Aleksandr Zhulin, Boris Likhtman
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Publication number: 20250000615Abstract: Provided herein are methods and apparatuses for analyzing a patient's dental arches in order to generate a treatment plan for the dentition. In particular described herein are methods and apparatuses for analyzing a patient's dental arches when the patient is missing one or more teeth. Methods and apparatuses are provided to properly number the teeth of a patient's arches after a dental scan, including automatically detect missing teeth after a dental scan and estimating the dimensions of the missing teeth. Methods and apparatuses are provided to perform an analysis of the patient's arches that uses the estimated dimensions of the missing teeth. Methods and apparatuses for designing and manufacturing the aligner are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2024Publication date: January 2, 2025Inventors: Alexander PIMENOV, Rene M. STERENTAL, Valery PROKOSHEV, Irina IVANOVA, Dmitry MEDNIKOV, Boris LIKHTMAN, Alexander STRIZHEV, Svetlana MAKARENKOVA
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Patent number: 12023216Abstract: Methods and media for analyzing a patient's dental arches in order to generate a treatment plan for the dentition when the patient is missing one or more teeth. The methods and media can include indentifying one or more missing teeth, and estimating one or more dimensions of the one or more missing teeth.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2019Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Alexander Pimenov, Rene M. Sterental, Valery Prokoshev, Irina Ivanova, Dmitry Mednikov, Boris Likhtman, Alexander Strizhev, Svetlana Makarenkova
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Publication number: 20240008957Abstract: Method, systems, and devices including: accessing a 3D model including a virtual representation of a patient's dentition at a treatment stage of an orthodontic treatment plan; obtaining an image of the patient's face and at least a portion of the patient's dentition; projecting the obtained image into a 3D space to create a projection of the patient's face and the at least the portion of the patient's dentition; generating a modified image of the patient representing the patient in the treatment stage of the orthodontic treatment plan, where the modified image is formed by combining the patient's dentition of the accessed 3D model with the patient's face of the projection; and sending instructions to display the modified image of the patient on an output device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Dmitry Mednikov, Svetlana Makarenkova, Pavel Pokotilov, Aleksandr Zhulin, Boris Likhtman
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Patent number: 11801121Abstract: Methods and systems for generating composite images of a patient and models of the patient's dentition are provided. In some embodiments, a method includes generating a plurality of 3D models, each comprising a virtual representation of the patient's dentition at different treatment stages of a treatment plan and obtaining an image of the patient's face and dentition. The method can include projecting the obtained image into a 3D space to create a projected 3D model of the patient's face and dentition. The method can also include generating a plurality of modified images, each representing the patient in a treatment stage of the treatment plan and formed by combining the patient's dentition of one of the 3D models with the patient's face of the projected 3D model. A modified image corresponding to a selected treatment stage and a corresponding 3D model can be provided for display.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Dmitry Mednikov, Svetlana Makarenkova, Pavel Pokotilov, Aleksandr Zhulin, Boris Likhtman
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Publication number: 20230098845Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating a virtual depiction of an orthodontic treatment of a patient is disclosed herein. The computer-implemented method may involve gathering a three-dimensional (3D) model modeling the patient's dentition at a specific treatment stage of an orthodontic treatment plan. An image of the patient's face and dentition may be gathered. A first set of reference points modeled on the 3D model of the patient's dentition and a second set of reference points represented on the dentition of the image of the patient may be received. The image of the patient's dentition may be projected into a 3D space to create a projected 3D model of the image of the patient's dentition. Based on a comparison of the first reference points and projections of the second set of reference points, a plurality of modified images of the patient may be constructed to depict progressive stages of a treatment plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Dmitry Mednikov, Svetlana Makarenkova, Pavel Pokotilov, Aleksandr Zhulin, Boris Likhtman
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Patent number: 11553988Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating a virtual depiction of an orthodontic treatment of a patient is disclosed herein. The computer-implemented method may involve gathering a three-dimensional (3D) model modeling the patient's dentition at a specific treatment stage of an orthodontic treatment plan. An image of the patient's face and dentition may be gathered. A first set of reference points modeled on the 3D model of the patient's dentition and a second set of reference points represented on the dentition of the image of the patient may be received. The image of the patient's dentition may be projected into a 3D space to create a projected 3D model of the image of the patient's dentition. Based on a comparison of the first reference points and projections of the second set of reference points, a plurality of modified images of the patient may be constructed to depict progressive stages of a treatment plan.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Dmitry Mednikov, Svetlana Makarenkova, Pavel Pokotilov, Aleksandr Zhulin, Boris Likhtman
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Publication number: 20230008836Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for adjusting three-dimensional (3D) dental model data of a patient's dentition to detect and remove one or more attachments on a dental structure (e.g., tooth) of the patient's dentition. These methods and apparatuses may be used for generating treatment plans for treating the patient's teeth, including for more accurately and efficiently aligning the patient's teeth.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Inventors: Grigoriy YAZYKOV, Andrey ROMANOV, Dmitry KIRSANOV, Vasili KOVALYOV, Sergei POPOV, Vasily PARAKETSOV, Ludmila BOBROVSKAYA, Irina IVANOVA, Boris LIKHTMAN, Valery PROKOSHEV, Alisa TSAREVA, Dmitry MEDNIKOV, Mikhail YUDASHKIN, Konstantin YURYEV, Andrey VERIZHNIKOV, Oleg POPOV, Igor AKOPOV, Evgeniy MOROZOV
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Publication number: 20220378549Abstract: Methods and apparatuses, including systems, for forming and modifying treatment plans, including modifying treatment plan in real time. In particular are methods and apparatuses for modifying and orthodontic treatment plan in real time that may include the use of an enhanced user interface including a 3D user overlay.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Samuel BLANCO, Michael FLANAGAN, Eric P. MEYER, Igor LOGVANEV, Dmitry MEDNIKOV, Alexander PORYVKIN, Sergey MAKAROV, Vasily IVANOV
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Publication number: 20200155274Abstract: Provided herein are methods and apparatuses for analyzing a patient's dental arches in order to generate a treatment plan for the dentition. In particular described herein are methods and apparatuses for analyzing a patient's dental arches when the patient is missing one or more teeth. Methods and apparatuses are provided to properly number the teeth of a patient's arches after a dental scan, including automatically detect missing teeth after a dental scan and estimating the dimensions of the missing teeth. Methods and apparatuses are provided to perform an analysis of the patient's arches that uses the estimated dimensions of the missing teeth. Methods and apparatuses for designing and manufacturing the aligner are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Alexander PIMENOV, Rene M. STERENTAL, Valery PROKOSHEV, Irina IVANOVA, Dmitry MEDNIKOV, Boris LIKHTMAN, Alexander STRIZHEV, Svetlana MAKARENKOVA
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Publication number: 20200000552Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating a virtual depiction of an orthodontic treatment of a patient is disclosed herein. The computer-implemented method may involve gathering a three-dimensional (3D) model modeling the patient's dentition at a specific treatment stage of an orthodontic treatment plan. An image of the patient's face and dentition may be gathered. A first set of reference points modeled on the 3D model of the patient's dentition and a second set of reference points represented on the dentition of the image of the patient may be received. The image of the patient's dentition may be projected into a 3D space to create a projected 3D model of the image of the patient's dentition. Based on a comparison of the first reference points and projections of the second set of reference points, a plurality of modified images of the patient may be constructed to depict progressive stages of a treatment plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Dmitry MEDNIKOV, Svetlana MAKARENKOVA, Pavel POKOTILOV, Aleksandr ZHULIN, Boris LIKHTMAN