Patents by Inventor Weng Kie Tam

Weng Kie Tam 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: 9855115
    Abstract: An automated orthodontic bracket positioning system including a computer system for constructing the digital 3D dental model, a bite record device for acquiring the patient's intra-oral coordinate record, and an automatic bracket positioning device for bonding orthodontic brackets on the patient's tooth surfaces or surfaces of dental cast. The computer system estimates a predicted position of each orthodontic bracket on patient's tooth surface or a surface of the gypsum dental cast by using the digital 3D dental model to control the automatic bracket positioning device to position the brackets on the patient's tooth surface or surfaces of the dental cast according to the predicted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Inventor: Weng Kie Tam
  • Publication number: 20160000526
    Abstract: The present disclosure illustrates an automated orthodontic bracket positioning system. This system includes a computer system for constructing the digital 3D dental model, a bite record device for acquiring the patient's intra-oral coordinate record, and an automatic bracket positioning device for bonding orthodontic brackets on the patient's tooth surfaces or surfaces of dental cast. The computer system estimates a predicted position of each orthodontic bracket on patient's tooth surface or a surface of the gypsum dental cast by using the digital 3D dental model. The computer system receives and utilizes the intra-oral coordinate record to calibrate the digital 3D dental model and ensure that the digital 3D dental model match with the patient's practical condition, so that the predicted position can accurately match to the patient's tooth surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventor: Weng Kie Tam