Patents by Inventor Elmar Frank

Elmar Frank 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).

  • CAD / CAM BASED METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL QUALITY CONTROL OF INSERTED IMPLANTS OR RESTORATIONS BY CORRELATING PREOPERATIVE RADIOGRAPHS WITH POSTOPERATIVE OPTICAL SCANS AND TO AVOID POSTOPERATIVE RADIOGRAPHS
    Publication number: 20150150655
    Abstract: A method for determining a quality feature of a dental treatment comprises the detection of a patient's radiographic image data set before the creation of a drill hole for a dental implant, the detection of a patient's non-radiographic image data set after the creation of the drill hole for a dental implant by means of a drilling tool, the correlation of the radiographic image data set and the intraoral non-radiographic image data set, and the determination of the quality feature from the correlation of the radiographic image data set and the non-radiographic image data set. A device (1) that comprises a computer (10), an interface (11) for detection of a radiographic image data set, and an interface (12) for detection of a non-radiographic image data set is equipped to carry out this method. This detection of the quality feature can take place during implantation, after it is concluded, or after mounting of a dental treatment on the implant(s) is concluded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: SIRONA DENTAL SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Elmar Frank, Sigrid Frank