Patents by Inventor Eldad Taub

Eldad Taub 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).

  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FABRICATING A DENTAL COPING, AND A COPING FABRICATED THEREBY
    Publication number: 20110282474
    Abstract: A wax model of a required coping is produced using CNC machining techniques based on a virtual model of the coping created from digital data obtained from the intraoral cavity. The dental coping is then fabricated from the wax model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: CADENT LTD.
    Inventors: Avi Kopelman, Eldad Taub
  • Method for manipulating a dental virtual model, method for creating physical entities based on a dental virtual model thus manipulated, and dental models thus created
    Patent number: 8041439
    Abstract: A 3D virtual model of an intra oral cavity in which at least a part of a finish line of a preparation is obscured is manipulated in virtual space by means of a computer or the like to create, recreate or reconstruct finish line data and other geometrical corresponding to the obscured part. Trimmed virtual models, and trimmed physical models, can then be created utilizing data thus created. The virtual models and/or the physical models may be used in the design and manufacture of copings or of prostheses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Cadent Ltd.
    Inventors: Avi Kopelman, Eldad Taub
  • Method and system for fabricating a dental coping, and a coping fabricated thereby
    Patent number: 7996099
    Abstract: A wax model of a required coping is produced using CNC machining techniques based on a virtual model of the coping created from digital data obtained from the intraoral cavity. The dental coping is then fabricated from the wax model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Cadent Ltd.
    Inventors: Avi Kopelman, Eldad Taub
  • METHOD FOR PREPARING A PHYSICAL PLASTER MODEL
    Publication number: 20110183294
    Abstract: Provided is a method for creating a physical teeth model. Further, the method includes providing a virtual three dimensional (3D) representation of a patient's dentition that includes at least a region of the teeth that includes a tooth stump on which a crown is to be fitted or a region on to which a bridge is to be fitted; and preparing a physical model of the jaws of a subject from a blank, based on information from said virtual 3D image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: CADENT LTD.
    Inventors: Eldad TAUB, Avi KOPELMAN
  • DENTAL IMAGING INSTRUMENT HAVING AN AIR STREAM AUXILIARY
    Publication number: 20110183282
    Abstract: A dental instrument and method for imaging the three-dimensional topography of one or more teeth in the oral cavity of an individual is provided. The instrument includes a probe insertable into the oral cavity to receive the image of these surfaces which can then be processed. Combined with the probe is an auxiliary which projects an air stream toward the surface to be imaged by the probe and acts to evaporate and remove from these surfaces a liquid film coating formed by saliva and other fluids present in the oral cavity, to render these surfaces dry and to enhance their reflectivity and in doing so, provide clearer images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: CADENT LTD.
    Inventors: Noam BABAYOFF, Eldad TAUB, Avi KOPELMAN
  • Dental imaging instrument having air stream auxiliary
    Patent number: 7946846
    Abstract: A dental instrument and method for imaging the three-dimensional topography of one or more teeth in the oral cavity of an individual is provided. The instrument includes a probe insertable into the oral cavity to receive the image of these surfaces which can then be processed. Combined with the probe is an auxiliary which projects an air stream toward the surface to be imaged by the probe and acts to evaporate and remove from these surfaces a liquid film coating formed by saliva and other fluids present in the or cavity, to render these surfaces dry and enhance their reflectivity and in doing so, provide clearer images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Cadent Ltd.
    Inventors: Noam Babayoff, Eldad Taub, Avi Kopelman
  • Method for preparing a physical plaster model
    Patent number: 7942671
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for creating a physical teeth model. The method comprises the following steps: providing a virtual three dimensional (3D) representation of a patient's dentition that comprises at least a region of the teeth that includes a tooth stump on which a crown is to be fitted or a region on to which a bridge is to be fitted; and preparing a physical model of the jaws of a subject from a blank, based on information from said virtual 3D image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Cadent Ltd.
    Inventors: Eldad Taub, Avi Kopelman
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCANNING AN INTRAORAL CAVITY
    Publication number: 20110105894
    Abstract: According to the invention, a method and system are provided for scanning, and for facilitating scanning of, an intraoral cavity. The target parts of the intraoral cavity that it is desired to have scanned are identified, and the spatial relationships between a scanning device and the target parts of the intraoral cavity suitable for enabling said target parts to be scanned by said scanning device, are also identified or otherwise determined. These relationships are then displayed, and the displayed relationships are used as a guide for scanning the intraoral cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: CADENT LTD.
    Inventors: Avi KOPELMAN, Eldad TAUB, Noam BABAYOFF
  • VIRTUAL ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT
    Publication number: 20110082669
    Abstract: A method for virtual orthodontic treatment is provided in which a virtual set of orthodontic components is associated, in a virtual space, with a first virtual three-dimensional image of teeth, and then by a set of rules which define the effect of the set of components' teeth, the effect of the virtual treatment can be computed. This virtual treatment can be used to predict the results of a real-life orthodontic treatment as to design such a treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: CADENT LTD.
    Inventors: Eldad TAUB, Avi KOPELMAN
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK DATA USEFUL IN PROSTHODONTIC PROCEDURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTRA ORAL CAVITY
    Publication number: 20110070554
    Abstract: Feedback data useful in prosthodontic procedures associated with the intra oral cavity is provided. First, a 3D numerical model of the target zone in the intra oral cavity is provided, and this is manipulated so as to extract particular data that may be useful in a particular procedure, for example data relating to the finish line or to the shape and size of a preparation. The relationship between this data and the procedure is then determined, for example the clearance between the preparation and the intended crown. Feedback data, indicative of this relationship, is then generated, for example whether the preparation geometry is adequate for the particular type of prosthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: CADENT LTD.
    Inventors: Avi KOPELMAN, Eldad TAUB
  • System and method for scanning an intraoral cavity
    Patent number: 7890290
    Abstract: According to the invention, a method and system are provided for scanning, and for facilitating scanning of, an intraoral cavity. The target parts of the intraoral cavity that it is desired to have scanned are identified, and the spatial relationships between a scanning device and the target parts of the intraoral cavity suitable for enabling said target parts to be scanned by said scanning device, are also identified or otherwise determined. These relationships are then displayed, and the displayed relationships are used as a guide for scanning the intraoral cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Cadent Ltd.
    Inventors: Avi Kopelman, Eldad Taub, Noam Babayoff
  • Virtual orthodontic treatment
    Patent number: 7866978
    Abstract: A method for virtual orthodontic treatment is provided in which a virtual set of orthodontic components is associated, in a virtual space, with a first virtual three-dimensional image of teeth, and then by a set of rules which define the effect of the set of components' teeth, the effect of the virtual treatment can be computed. This virtual treatment can be used to predict the results of a real-life orthodontic treatment as to design such a treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Cadent Ltd.
    Inventors: Eldad Taub, Avi Kopelman
  • Method and system for providing feedback data useful in prosthodontic procedures associated with the intra oral cavity
    Patent number: 7862336
    Abstract: Feedback data useful in prosthodontic procedures associated with the intra oral cavity is provided. First, a 3D numerical model of the target zone in the intra oral cavity is provided, and this is manipulated so as to extract particular data that may be useful in a particular procedure, for example data relating to the finish line or to the shape and size of a preparation. The relationship between this data and the procedure is then determined, for example the clearance between the preparation and the intended crown. Feedback data, indicative of this relationship, is then generated, for example whether the preparation geometry is adequate for the particular type of prosthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Cadent Ltd.
    Inventors: Avi Kopelman, Eldad Taub
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DESIGNING AND PRODUCING DENTAL PROSTHESES AND APPLIANCES
    Publication number: 20100241262
    Abstract: A virtual model of an intraoral cavity is provided, wherein this process is initialized by a dental clinic, and the design and manufacture of a suitable dental prosthesis for the intraoral cavity is shared between a dental lab and a service center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: CADENT LTD.
    Inventors: Eldad TAUB, Avi KOPELMAN
  • Systems and methods for financial planning
    Publication number: 20100198750
    Abstract: Various computerized servers such as, for example, a computerized server including: a) an interview engine configured to prompt data input pertaining to a user and the user's assets from a user connected to the server; b) an analytic module adapted to apply a set of predetermined rules to said data input, formulate an asset re-allocation suggestion and to output an estimate of potential savings from implementing said asset re-allocation suggestion; and c) a display engine configured to present the estimate to the user are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: David Ron, Eldad Taub, Robet Schumann
  • System and method for manufacturing a dental prosthesis and a dental prosthesis manufactured thereby
    Publication number: 20100167238
    Abstract: A dental prosthesis is made by externally machining successive layers of wax, each of which is formed on a previous prosthesis layer and/or on a coping. Each wax layer is used to form a mold in situ over the previous prosthesis layer/coping, and the appropriate prosthesis material is cast or otherwise molded to conform to the wax layer by the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: Cadent Ltd.
    Inventors: Avi Kopelman, Eldad Taub
  • Method and system for designing and producing dental prostheses and appliances
    Patent number: 7738989
    Abstract: A virtual model of an intraoral cavity is provided, wherein this process is initialized by a dental clinic, and the design and manufacture of a suitable dental prosthesis for the intraoral cavity is shared between a dental lab and a service center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Cadent Ltd.
    Inventors: Eldad Taub, Avi Kopelman
  • Method for manipulating a dental virtual model, method for creating physical entities based on a dental virtual model thus manipulated, and dental models thus created
    Patent number: 7734368
    Abstract: A 3D virtual model of an intra oral cavity in which at least a part of a finish line of a preparation is obscured is manipulated in virtual space by means of a computer or the like to create, recreate or reconstruct finish line data and other geometrical corresponding to the obscured part. Trimmed virtual models, and trimmed physical models, can then be created utilizing data thus created. The virtual models and/or the physical models may be used in the design and manufacture of copings or of prostheses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Cadent Ltd.
    Inventors: Avi Kopelman, Eldad Taub
  • Method for manipulating a dental virtual model, method for creating physical entities based on a dental virtual model thus manipulated, and dental models thus created
    Publication number: 20100114351
    Abstract: A 3D virtual model of an intra oral cavity in which at least a part of a finish line of a preparation is obscured is manipulated in virtual space by means of a computer or the like to create, recreate or reconstruct finish line data and other geometrical corresponding to the obscured part. Trimmed virtual models, and trimmed physical models, can then be created utilizing data thus created. The virtual models and/or the physical models may be used in the design and manufacture of copings or of prostheses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: CADENT LTD.
    Inventors: Avi Kopelman, Eldad Taub
  • System and method for manufacturing a dental prosthesis and a dental prosthesis manufactured thereby
    Patent number: 7689310
    Abstract: A dental prosthesis is made by externally machining successive layers of wax, each of which is formed on a previous prosthesis layer and/or on a coping. Each wax layer is used to form a mold in situ over the previous prosthesis layer/coping, and the appropriate prosthesis material is cast or otherwise molded to conform to the wax layer by the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Cadent Ltd.
    Inventors: Avi Kopelman, Eldad Taub