Patents by Inventor John Michael MADDEN

John Michael MADDEN 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).

  • Patent number: 12053336
    Abstract: Apparatuses, components, devices, methods, and systems for generating dentures are provided. An example system includes a motion capture system that captures patient jaw motion and generates patient jaw motion data; and a denture design system that generates a denture design based on the patient jaw motion data. An example method includes acquiring a digital reference denture model of a reference denture; selecting a denture tooth library based on the digital reference denture model; selecting and aligning denture library teeth from the selected denture tooth library to the digital reference denture model; generating a denture base digital model based on the digital reference denture model and the aligned denture library teeth; and fabricating a physical denture based from the denture base digital model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Voyager Dental, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Willard Hultgren, John Michael Madden, Michael C. Marshall, Stephen B. Siegfried Floe
  • Publication number: 20240033061
    Abstract: Apparatuses, components, devices, methods, and systems for generating dentures are provided. An example system includes a motion capture system that captures patient jaw motion and generates patient jaw motion data; and a denture design system that generates a denture design based on the patient jaw motion data. An example method includes acquiring a digital reference denture model of a reference denture; selecting a denture tooth library based on the digital reference denture model; selecting and aligning denture library teeth from the selected denture tooth library to the digital reference denture model; generating a denture base digital model based on the digital reference denture model and the aligned denture library teeth; and fabricating a physical denture based from the denture base digital model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Bruce Willard HULTGREN, John Michael MADDEN, Michael C. Marshall, Stephen B. SIEGFRIED FLOE
  • Publication number: 20230263605
    Abstract: Apparatuses, components, devices, methods, and systems for generating dentures are provided. An example system includes a motion capture system that captures patient jaw motion and generates patient jaw motion data; and a denture design system that generates a denture design based on the patient jaw motion data. An example method includes acquiring a digital reference denture model of a reference denture; selecting a denture tooth library based on the digital reference denture model; selecting and aligning denture library teeth from the selected denture tooth library to the digital reference denture model; generating a denture base digital model based on the digital reference denture model and the aligned denture library teeth; and fabricating a physical denture based from the denture base digital model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: John Michael MADDEN, Michael C. MARSHALL, Stephen B. SIEGFRIED FLOE