Patents by Inventor Joachim Hey
Joachim Hey 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: 11291525Abstract: A mandibular protrusion splint includes a maxillary splint part and a mandibular splint part, each of which have a laterally attached joint pin, and joint rods which couple the splint parts together in a movable manner. Each joint pin comprises a shoulder facing the splint part, a head facing away from the splint part, and a neck arranged between the shoulder and the head. The shoulder and head cross sections are larger than a neck cross section. Each joint pin holds a joint rod. The joint rods have a collar at each end. Each collar surrounds the neck in a mounted state. The collar(s) and/or the head(s) have a flexibility which, upon an excessive application of a laterally directed force exerted via a joint rod, allows a yielding movement of the joint rod and then allows the collar to slip over the head of the joint pin without being destroyed.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2018Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: HICAT GMBHInventors: Joachim Hey, Daniel Gruenberg, Dirk Freyer
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Publication number: 20190380814Abstract: A mandibular protrusion splint includes a maxillary splint part and a mandibular splint part, each of which have a laterally attached joint pin, and joint rods which couple the splint parts together in a movable manner. Each joint pin comprises a shoulder facing the splint part, a head facing away from the splint part, and a neck arranged between the shoulder and the head. The shoulder and head cross sections are larger than a neck cross section. Each joint pin holds a joint rod. The joint rods have a collar at each end. Each collar surrounds the neck in a mounted state. The collar(s) and/or the head(s) have a flexibility which, upon an excessive application of a laterally directed force exerted via a joint rod, allows a yielding movement of the joint rod and then allows the collar to slip over the head of the joint pin without being destroyed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2018Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: JOACHIM HEY, DANIEL GRUENBERG, DIRK FREYER
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Publication number: 20190021651Abstract: A method for capturing patient-individual movements of a mandible in relation to a maxilla in a plurality of degrees of freedom. The method includes providing an optical sensor system having an image in an oral cavity of a patient, providing a defined object in the image of the optical sensor system in the oral cavity of the patient, bringing the optical sensor system into a fixed connection to the mandible or to the maxilla, capturing the defined object with the optical sensor system, the defined object having a defined relationship to the other maxilla or mandible, recording a sequence of spatial points of the defined object with the optical sensor system during a movement of the mandible, and storing the sequence of spatial points as a multi-dimensional movement line in a movement data record.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2017Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: HICAT GMBHInventors: NILS HANSSEN, JOACHIM HEY, JOCHEN KUSCH
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Publication number: 20180368750Abstract: A method for determining an individual biting force of a patient includes providing a test piece with a deformable nature, individually pre-shaping a surface of the test piece for the patient so as to obtain at least one of a defined positioning of the test piece on teeth of the patient and on a device supported by at least one of an upper jaw and a lower jaw of the patient, introducing the test piece between the upper jaw and the lower jaw of the patient, biting, via the patient, onto the test piece so as to provide a deformation of the test piece, and determining the individual biting force by examining the deformation of the test piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2016Publication date: December 27, 2018Applicant: SICAT GMBH & CO. KGInventors: NILS HANSSEN, JOACHIM HEY, JOCHEN KUSCH, TOBIAS LEHNER
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Patent number: 10039615Abstract: A method for planning a root canal treatment of a tooth which includes a cavity of a patient. The method includes measuring a surface of the cavity with an optical three-dimensional method to generate three-dimensional measurement data of the cavity. A 3D-model of a guide template is planned based on the generated three-dimensional measurement data. The 3-D model is designed in its dimensions as a counterpart to the cavity. Three-dimensional volume data of the tooth is displayed. A position and an orientation of a root canal of the tooth is determined based on the three-dimensional volume data of the tooth. A guide opening for a tool is planned to expose the root canal. The guide opening is arranged within the guide template so that the guide opening points at an entry point of the root canal and in an entry direction of the root canal.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2014Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: SICAT GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Joachim Hey, Jochen Kusch, Andreas Zollorsch
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Publication number: 20160030136Abstract: A method for planning a root canal treatment of a tooth comprising a cavity of a patient. The method includes measuring a surface of the cavity with an optical three-dimensional method to generate three-dimensional measurement data of the cavity. A 3D-model of a guide template is planned based on the generated three-dimensional measurement data. The 3-D model is designed in its dimensions as a counterpart to the cavity. Three-dimensional volume data of the tooth is displayed. A position and an orientation of a root canal of the tooth is determined based on the three-dimensional volume data of the tooth. A guide opening for a tool is planned which is configured to expose the root canal. The guide opening is arranged within the guide template so that the guide opening points at an entry point of the root canal and in an entry direction of the root canal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2014Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Joachim HEY, Jochen KUSCH, Andreas ZOLLORSCH
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Publication number: 20140030669Abstract: The invention relates to a system for carrying out a treatment of a human or animal body by a surgeon, comprising a hand-held instrument (2) having an instrument head (3) that acts on an operating field of the body and supports a treatment tool (12). The system also comprises a computer (4) on which a navigation program is provided to assist the guidance of the instrument head (3), wherein body data representing the part of the body containing the operating field, planning data representing the planned treatment, and instrument data representing the position and orientation of the instrument head (3) are available to the navigation program. A positioning means for recording the instrument data is present, wherein the navigation program compares the instrument data as actual data with the planning data as desired data, and a signalling means (10) is provided, which indicates to the surgeon a deviation of the actual data from the desired data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2011Publication date: January 30, 2014Inventors: Joachim Hey, Manfred Breuer, Nils Hanssen
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Patent number: 8532255Abstract: The invention relates to a method for generating and presenting a panorama image of a jaw region, where first a set of volume data representing the jaw region of a patient is generated by means of a tomographic method.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2009Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Sicat GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Manfred Breuer, Nils Hanβen, Joachim Hey
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Publication number: 20110109630Abstract: The invention relates to a method for generating and presenting a panorama image of a jaw region, wherein first a set of volume data representing the jaw region of a patient is generated by means of a tomographic method, wherein the volume data is composed of a plurality of individual volume elements (“voxels”), wherein multiple horizontal section planes intersecting the jaw are determined, wherein a contour surface (1) of the jaw delimited by an inner (2) and an outer contour line (3) is defined inside each of the section planes, wherein focus curves (4, 8) are defined inside the contour surfaces (1), wherein a common involute (9) is determined from the focus curves (4, 8) of superposed section planes, wherein the involute (9) defines an area that is positioned particularly in a vertical manner, wherein projection beams (10, 12) are defined starting from said area in each section plane, said beams being positioned perpendicular on said area and intersecting the respective contour lines (2, 3), wherein integrType: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2009Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: SICAT GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Manfred Breuer, Nils Hanssen, Joachim Hey
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Publication number: 20090325127Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing tooth prosthesis parts comprising an implant for inserting into the jaw and a prosthesis for securing to an implant by means of a connecting surface (52). A first measuring data set of a 3D X-ray image is prepared in the region of the prosthesis which is to be inserted and is reproduced on a display unit (1) as a 3D X-ray model (20). A second measuring data set of a three-dimensional optical measurement of the visible surface of the jaw and of parts of the adjacent tooth (11, 12) is prepared in the region of the prosthesis which is to be inserted. The measuring data set of the 3D X-ray image is correlated with the measuring data set of the three-dimensional optical measurement in relation to the geometries. A data set of the prosthesis is prepared as a 3D prosthesis model (40). The 3D prosthesis model (40) is displayed to-scale in the correlated 3D X-ray model (20) on the display unit (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2007Publication date: December 31, 2009Inventors: Jochen Kusch, Joachim Hey, Lutz Ritter
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Publication number: 20080310584Abstract: The invention relates to a method for generating 3D tomographic images of an object (4), according to which a radiation source (1), in particular an X-ray source is displaced in relation to the object (4). The radiation source (1) emits a conical beam of radiation (2) that strikes the object (4), the radiation that has passed through the object (1) and has been weakened in intensity is captured by a detector (5); which is located in, he conical beam (2) behind the object (4) in relation to the radiation source (1). The radiation source (1) and the detector (5) are combined in a source-detector assembly (7), which is rotated about a rotational axis (6) during the generation of images in the reference system that is defined by the object (4). Said rotational axis (6) is modified during the generation of the images and/or the source (1) and/or the detector (5) in the reference system that is defined by the source-detector assembly (7) is/are displaced during the generation of the images.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2006Publication date: December 18, 2008Inventors: Joachim Hey, Dirk Freyer, Manfred Breuer, Gerhard Zundorf, Marc Lievin
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Patent number: 7340291Abstract: A medical apparatus has a data processing device for storing an image dataset of the body of a subject and a navigation system for determining the position of a medical instrument relative to the body of the subject. At least one bone fragment is shown in the image represented by the image dataset, the image of the one bone fragment being segmented with a computer. The bone fragment is to be grasped and set with the medical instrument. The data processing device also determines the modified position of the bone fragment on the basis of the position of the medical instrument relative to the body of the subject determined with the navigation system, and displays the modified position in the image.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2003Date of Patent: March 4, 2008Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Rainer Graumann, Axel Hebecker, Joachim Hey
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Publication number: 20070262981Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing 3D tomographic images of an object, whereby a radiation source (1), especially an X-ray source, is moved in relation to the object in a plane of motion (6) about a rotating center. The radiation source (1) emits radiation in a radiation cone (2) whose center beam (3) impinges the object. A correspondingly entrained detector (4) is arranged in said center beam, on the side of the object facing away from the radiation source, and is impinged upon by the radiation attenuated in its intensity by the object. The movement is carried out in such a manner that the center beam (3) is tilted by an angle in relation to the plane of motion (6).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2005Publication date: November 15, 2007Inventors: Joachim Hey, Marc Lievin, Manfred Breuer
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Publication number: 20070040854Abstract: A method for presenting image data 1 that represents a three-dimensional object 7 in a space, wherein projection data which represents a two-dimensional projection 6 of the object 7 are generated by computational superimposing of multiple image planes, wherein the projection 6 is displayed on a monitor for viewing by a user, wherein a sub-area 8 is selected from the projection 6, wherein a detail image 9 is generated inside the sub-area 8 with direct or indirect recourse to the image data 1, wherein the detail image 9 has different informational content than the projection 6, and wherein the detail image 9 is presented on the monitor within the sub-area 8.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2004Publication date: February 22, 2007Inventors: Marc Lievin, Joachim Hey, Erwin Keeve
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Patent number: 6771734Abstract: In a method and an apparatus for generating a volume dataset of a subject taking a movement of the subject into consideration, a referencing base is arranged at the subject, so that the positions and the orientations of the referencing base can be acquired during a registration of a series of 2D projections of the subject. The volume dataset of the subject is generated on the basis of the series of 2D projections as well as based on the deviations of the positions and of the orientations of the referencing base from a fixed reference position of the referencing base that are determined for all 2D projections of the series.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2003Date of Patent: August 3, 2004Assignees: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Medivision AGInventors: Axel Hebecker, Joachim Hey, Matthias Mitschke, Lutz-Peter Nolte, Oliver Schuetz, Heinz Waelti
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Publication number: 20040024310Abstract: A medical apparatus has a data processing device for storing an image dataset of the body of a subject and a navigation system for determining the position of a medical instrument relative to the body of the subject. At least one bone fragment is shown in the image represented by the image dataset, the image of the one bone fragment being segmented with a computer. The bone fragment is to be grasped and set with the medical instrument. The data processing device also determines the modified position of the bone fragment on the basis of the position of the medical instrument relative to the body of the subject determined with the navigation system, and displays the modified position in the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2003Publication date: February 5, 2004Applicant: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Rainer Graumann, Axel Hebecker, Joachim Hey
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Patent number: 6678353Abstract: In a method applied and an x-ray system for determining a spatial relationship of X-ray datasets measured independently of one another, an x-ray apparatus registers X-ray datasets of a patient and a scale is provided that makes position data available that are identifiable in at least one of the registered dataset. The position data serve for the determination of the spatial relationship between at least two X-ray datasets that were registered from different body portions of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2002Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Rainer Graumann, Joachim Hey
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Publication number: 20030152195Abstract: In a method and an apparatus for generating a volume dataset of a subject taking a movement of the subject into consideration, a referencing base is arranged at the subject, so that the positions and the orientations of the referencing base can be acquired during a registration of a series of 2D projections of the subject. The volume dataset of the subject is generated on the basis of the series of 2D projections as well as based on the deviations of the positions and of the orientations of the referencing base from a fixed reference position of the referencing base that are determined for all 2D projections of the series.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2003Publication date: August 14, 2003Applicant: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Axel Hebecker, Joachim Hey, Matthias Mitschke, Lutz-Peter Nolte, Oliver Schuetz, Heinz Waelti
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Publication number: 20020123817Abstract: In a method and an apparatus for preparing an anatomical implant, a movable C-arm X-ray apparatus is used to acquire a dataset from body tissue of a subject exhibiting a fault, and an implant for introduction into the body of the life form is intra-operatively prepared on the basis of the 3D dataset.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2001Publication date: September 5, 2002Inventors: Bernhard Clasbrummel, Axel Hebecker, Joachim Hey
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Publication number: 20020118792Abstract: In a method applied and an x-ray system for determining a spatial relationship of X-ray datasets measured independently of one another, an x-ray apparatus registers X-ray datasets of a patient and a scale is provided that makes position data available that are identifiable in at least one of the registered dataset. The position data serve for the determination of the spatial relationship between at least two X-ray datasets that were registered from different body portions of the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2002Publication date: August 29, 2002Inventors: Rainer Graumann, Joachim Hey