Patents by Inventor Robert Frank Dillon

Robert Frank Dillon 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).

  • Dental variation tracking and prediction
    Patent number: 9770217
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for evaluating a dental condition. A first digital representation of at least a portion of an oral cavity of a first patient is compared to a second digital representation of the oral cavity of the same patient. The first digital representation is representative of the oral cavity of the first patient at a first time and the second digital representation is representative of the oral cavity of the first patient at a second, later time. At least one clinically-significant difference between the first digital representation and the second digital representation are automatically identified and the first digital representation is displayed in a way that highlights the at least one clinically significant difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignees: Dental Imaging Technologies Corporation, PaloDEx Group OY
    Inventors: Joonas Erik Sandholm, Matti Petri Jouhikainen, Robert Frank Dillon
  • DENTAL VARIATION TRACKING AND PREDICTION
    Publication number: 20160220200
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for evaluating a dental condition. A first digital representation of at least a portion of an oral cavity of a first patient is compared to a second digital representation of the oral cavity of the same patient. The first digital representation is representative of the oral cavity of the first patient at a first time and the second digital representation is representative of the oral cavity of the first patient at a second, later time. At least one clinically-significant difference between the first digital representation and the second digital representation are automatically identified and the first digital representation is displayed in a way that highlights the at least one clinically significant difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Joonas Erik Sandholm, Matti Petri Jouhikainen, Robert Frank Dillon