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).

  • Publication number: 20250000624
    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: July 2, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Bruce Willard HULTGREN, John Michael MADDEN, Michael C. Marshall, Stephen B. SIEGFRIED FLOE
  • Publication number: 20240387024
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for determining a lab quality score. A dental lab computer system can generate instructions that cause a manufacturing machine to manufacture a dental appliance for a patient in a dental lab, and generate dental appliance data based on user input indicating information about manufacturing the dental appliance. A dental office computer system can generate dental appliance procedure data based on a dentist performing a procedure to install the dental appliance. A remote computer system in communication with the dental lab computer system and the dental office computer system can: receive the dental appliance data and dental appliance procedure data from the dental lab computer system and the dental office computer system, respectively, aggregate the data, determine a lab quality score for the dental lab, identify, based on the lab quality score, a quality issue for the dental lab, and generate recommendations to improve the lab quality score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Stephen B. Siegfried FLOE, Michael C. MARSHALL, John Michael MADDEN
  • 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