Preliminary Casting, Model, Or Trial Denture Patents (Class 433/213)
  • Patent number: 12239505
    Abstract: A method for monitoring the positioning of the teeth including production of a three-dimensional digital initial reference model of the arches of the patient and, for each tooth, definition, from the initial reference model, of a three-dimensional digital reference tooth model; acquisition of updated image of at least one two-dimensional image of the arches in actual acquisition conditions; analysis of each updated image and production, for each updated image, of an updated map; optionally, determination, for each updated image, of rough virtual acquisition conditions approximating the actual acquisition conditions; searching, for each updated image, for a final reference model corresponding to the positioning of the teeth during the acquisition of the updated image, for each tooth model, comparison of the positionings of the tooth model in the initial reference model and in the reference model obtained at the end of the preceding steps to determine the movement of the teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: DENTAL MONITORING
    Inventors: Philippe Salah, William Ayache, Laurent Debraux, Guillaume Ghyselinck, Thomas Pellissard
  • Patent number: 12232919
    Abstract: A registration device for the registration of facial topographic parameters is disclosed. The device comprises a base member, wherein the base member comprises a transverse section. The transverse section, in a central section thereof, comprises a coupling for rotationally immobile coupling to a referencing member. The base member further comprises two occlusal plane indicators extending in a posterior direction from the transverse section and is rotationally immobile connected to the transverse section. The occlusal plane indicators extend in a common plane. Two mandibular condyle indicator pointers are linked to the base member in a mobile linkage relationship allowing displacement of each mandibular condyle indicator pointer relative to the base member in a respective sagittal plane. A tragus indicator is pivotably coupled to each mandibular condyle indicator pointer. A method for using said device is further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: GERBER CONDYLATOR GMBH
    Inventors: Anna M. Dubojska-Gerber, Martin Epper
  • Patent number: 12213855
    Abstract: Method of manufacturing a series of aligners for an orthodontic and/or dental treatment of a patient's teeth. In particular, described herein are methods of manufacturing a series of aligners that includes displaying images of the patient's teeth at the final stages for a subset of the treatment plans from the array of treatment plans in a manner that allows the user to select between the different treatment plans in order to select a treatment plan for fabrication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Igor Akopov, Anton Lapshin, Samuel Blanco, Artem Kuanbekov, Eric P. Meyer, Andrey Maximov, Boris Likhtman, Michael Flanagan, Jason Ramos, Mitra Derakhshan, Roman A. Roschin
  • Patent number: 12213856
    Abstract: Orthodontic and/or dental treatment planning methods and apparatuses. In particular, described herein are methods of generating a plurality of orthodontic treatment plans digitally using a hierarchy of bounding boxes enclosing the plurality of 3D shapes to avoid collisions during treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Igor Akopov, Anton Lapshin, Samuel Blanco, Artem Kuanbekov, Eric P. Meyer, Andrey Maximov, Boris Likhtman, Michael Flanagan, Jason Ramos, Mitra Derakhshan, Roman A. Roschin, Alexander Belous, Olga Matusevich, Maria Shirshova, Nikolay Yakovlev
  • Patent number: 12205689
    Abstract: A dental medical record device and a dental medical record method, in which: an image, such as a panoramic photo, a scan image, and a camera image of a patient's oral cavity, is received via artificial intelligence, and charting is performed using the artificial intelligence; and medical records for a treatment area can be read in association with a chart by clicking the treatment area in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF KOREA INDUSTRY—ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventor: Sang Hwa Lee
  • Patent number: 12178674
    Abstract: Provided are: a workpiece unit (10) that makes it possible to attach a holding member (1) to a workpiece body (1) at a suitable position and that minimizes displacement of the holding member (2) after attachment thereof; and a method for producing the workpiece unit (10). The workpiece unit (10) is provided with a workpiece body (1) and a holding member (2) arranged on at least a part of the outer circumference (1c) of the workpiece body (1). The workpiece body (1) comprises at least one first positioning section (1d) at a part facing the holding member (2). The holding member (2) comprises a second positioning section (2d) that engages with at least a part of the first positioning section (1d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: KURARAY NORITAKE DENTAL INC.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Ito, Tetsuo Yamada
  • Patent number: 12150830
    Abstract: Systems and methods for orthodontic treatment progress tracking. Information based on an orthodontic treatment plan prescribed for a patient undergoing orthodontic treatment may be received. The orthodontic treatment plan specifies planned tooth movements according to a series of treatment stages. An orthodontic progress tracking schedule for the patient based on one or more particular tooth movements of the planned tooth movements may be generated. The orthodontic progress tracking schedule may prescribe a timing schedule for acquiring images of the patient's teeth to track progress of the orthodontic treatment. Images of teeth arrangements of the patient according to the orthodontic progress tracking schedule may be received. Results based on the tracked orthodontic treatment progress may be provided, for example, on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Kitching, Rene Sterental, Eric Kuo, Maia Singer
  • Patent number: 12141702
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for semantic segmentation of a point cloud comprises receiving a cloud having points representing a vector of an object, preferably part of a dento-maxillofacial structure having a dentition; determining subset(s) including a first number of points arranged around a selected point of the cloud and a second number of points arranged at spatial distances larger than a predetermined spatial distance of the first number of points, the first number of points representing fine feature(s) of the object around the selected point and the second number of points representing object global feature(s); providing each subset of points to a deep neural network, DNN, the DNN being trained to semantically segment points of each subset according to classes associated with the object; and, for each subset point, receiving a DNN output multi-element vector, wherein each element represents a probability that the point belongs to class(es) of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: PROMATON HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Frank Theodorus Catharina Claessen, David Anssari Moin, Teo Cherici, Farhad Ghazvinian Zanjani
  • Patent number: 12133803
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for designing a patient-specific orthopedic implant can include creating a user account associated with a patient. A patient-specific orthopedic implant can be designed based on patient data and imaging data. A healthcare provider can provide feedback for a design of the patient-specific orthopedic implant, treatment protocol, or other aspects of treatment. The patient can provide data and feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Carlsmed, Inc.
    Inventor: Niall Patrick Casey
  • Patent number: 12133783
    Abstract: Embodiments may include: receiving a facial image comprising a 2D depiction of a person's teeth at a first arrangement; receiving a tooth model comprising a 3D depiction of the person's teeth at a second arrangement; obtaining color information from the facial image, wherein the color information represents a color scheme of the person's teeth at the first arrangement; and generating a photo-realistic two-dimensional depiction of the person's teeth at the second arrangement using the 3D depiction of the person's teeth at the second arrangement and the color information obtained from the facial image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Dmitry Yurievich Chekh, Samuel Blanco, Vladislav Andreevich Miryaha, Boris Aleksandrovich Vysokanov, Chad Clayton Brown, Christopher E. Cramer
  • Patent number: 12127904
    Abstract: A custom tool for forming a dental restoration in a mouth of a patient includes a one-piece mold body providing for a customized fit with at least one tooth of the patient, the one-piece mold body including an occlusal portion forming an occlusal surface corresponding with an occlusal surface of the tooth, a mesial proximal portion forming a mesial proximal surface corresponding with a mesial proximal surface of the tooth, and a distal proximal portion forming a distal proximal surface corresponding with a distal proximal surface of the tooth. The mold body is configured to combine with the tooth of the patient to form a mold cavity encompassing missing tooth structure of the tooth. The occlusal portion, the mesial proximal portion, and the distal proximal portion are based on three-dimensional scan data of the mouth of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
    Inventors: James D. Hansen, Joseph C. Dingeldein, Mary C. Doruff
  • Patent number: 12109045
    Abstract: A mouth guard senses impact forces and determines if the forces exceed an impact threshold. If so, the mouth guard notifies the user of the risk for injury by haptic feedback, vibratory feedback, and/or audible feedback. The mouth guard system may also remotely communicate the status of risk and the potential injury. The mouth guard uses a local memory device to store impact thresholds based on personal biometric information obtained from the user and compares the sensed forces relative to those threshold values. The mouth guard and its electrical components on the printed circuit board are custom manufactured for the user such that the mouth guard provides a comfortable and reliable fit, while ensuring exceptional performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Force Impact Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony M. Gonzales, Robert M. Merriman, Susan M. Merriman, Christopher T. Cooper
  • Patent number: 12070368
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an orthodontic splint made of a crosslinked polymer, wherein the crosslinked polymer has a glass transition temperature Tg, determined by means of dynamic-mechanical analysis at a frequency of 1/s DMA as peak tan ?, of ?25° C. and ?60° C., a modulus of elasticity, determined by means of dynamic-mechanical analysis as the storage modulus E? at a frequency of 1/s at 35° C., of ?500 MPa and ?4000 MPa, and a loss factor tan ?, determined by means of dynamic-mechanical analysis at a frequency of 1/s at 35° C., of ?0.08. The invention further relates to a process for producing such splints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Stratasys Inc.
    Inventors: Dirk Achten, Roland Wagner, Christoph Tomczyk, Thomas Buesgen
  • Patent number: 12064316
    Abstract: A series of appliances including a first shell and a second shell can be designed to incrementally implement a treatment plan. The first and second shells can have cavities designed to receive teeth of a jaw. A first number of bite adjustment structures can be formed of a same material as the first shell, extending therefrom and designed to interface with teeth of a second jaw. The first number of bite adjustment structures can have a first shape and location specific to a first stage of the treatment plan. A second number of bite adjustment structures can be formed of a same material as the second shell, extending therefrom and designed to interface with teeth of the second jaw. The second number of bite adjustment structures can have a second shape and location, different than the first shape and location, specific to a second stage of the treatment plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Rohit Tanugula, John Morton, Chunhua Li, Bastien Pesenti, Jihua Cheng, Jeeyoung Choi
  • Patent number: 12048599
    Abstract: A sealing abutment can include scannable features and can be coupled to a dental implant via a retention screw. The healing abutment can include features that can be scanned by an intra-oral scanning system or transferred to a physical impression to convey information regarding the position and orientation of the dental implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: BIOMET 3I, LLC
    Inventors: Zachary B. Suttin, Alexander Chelminski, Miguel G Montero
  • Patent number: 12048600
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods for generating a 3D dental prosthesis model are disclosed herein. The methods comprise training a deep neural network to generate a first 3D dental prosthesis model using a training data set; receiving a patient scan data representing at least a portion of a patient's dentition; and generating, using the trained deep neural network, the first 3D dental prosthesis model based on the received patient scan data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergei Azernikov, Sergey Nikolskiy
  • Patent number: 12048612
    Abstract: An intraoral scanner includes an image capturing device and a processor. A method of operating the intraoral scanner includes the image capturing device sequentially capturing M images of a buccal bite, the processor generating M sets of buccal bite point clouds according to the M images, the processor matching the M sets of buccal bite point clouds to generate a bite model, when the number of data points of the bite model exceeds a first threshold, the processor computing P sets of bite feature descriptors of the bite model, when a predetermined quantity of bite feature descriptors in a set of bite feature descriptors of the P sets of bite feature descriptors exceeds a second threshold, the processor performing a registration on an upper arch model and a lower arch model to the buccal bite mode to generate a full mouth model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Qisda Corporation
    Inventors: Chuang-Wei Wu, Hung-Chih Chan, Tsung-Hsi Lee
  • Patent number: 12038803
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for fitting of a dental analog. In an embodiment, a test block may be printed that includes a number of analog pockets of different sizes. A dental analog may be tested within the analog pockets to determine which analog pocket provides the best fit. Once the best fitting analog pocket is identified, a corresponding library file describing the geometry of that analog pocket is identified, and a dental prototype model may be 3D-printed using analog pocket geometry based on the analog library file. By printing using common printing parameters and the identified analog library file, the resulting printed dental prototype provides the same fit as the analog pocket identified within the test block. This use of a test block reduces or eliminates the need for iterative cycles of printing and testing multiple printed dental prototypes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: BIOMET 3I, LLC
    Inventors: Andreas Geier, Zachary B. Suttin
  • Patent number: 12020393
    Abstract: A system and method include performing digital block-out of one or more digital preparation teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergey Nikolskiy, Fedor Cheinokov
  • Patent number: 12016745
    Abstract: Embodiments are provided for digital dental modeling. One method embodiment includes receiving a three-dimensional data set including a first jaw and a second jaw of a three-dimensional digital dental model and receiving a two-dimensional data set corresponding to at least a portion of the first jaw and the second jaw. The method includes mapping two-dimensional data of the two-dimensional data set to the three-dimensional digital dental model by transforming a coordinate system of the two-dimensional data to a coordinate system of the three-dimensional data set. The method includes positioning the first jaw with respect to the second jaw based on the two-dimensional data mapped to the three-dimensional data set. The method includes using at least a portion of the two-dimensional data mapped to the three-dimensional data set as a target of movement of the first jaw with respect to the second jaw in the three-dimensional digital dental model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Anatoliy Boltunov, Yury Brailov, Fedor Chelnokov, Roman Roschin, David Mason
  • Patent number: 11986371
    Abstract: A custom tool for bonding orthodontic appliances in a mouth of a patient, the custom tool comprising: a facial body for a patient-specific, customized fit with the facial side of a plurality of teeth of the patient, a lingual body for a patient-specific, customized fit with the lingual side of the plurality of the teeth of the patient, wherein the lingual body. wherein the facial body and lingual body are configured to combine with the teeth of the patient to position orthodontic appliances on the plurality of teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Inventors: James D. Hansen, Joseph C. Dingeldein, John M. Pilgrim
  • Patent number: 11957532
    Abstract: Creating a digital tooth model of a patient's tooth using interproximal information is provided. Interproximal information is received that represents a space between adjacent physical teeth of the patient. A digital teeth model of a set of physical teeth of the patient that includes the adjacent physical teeth is received. One or more digital tooth models is created that more accurately depicts one or more of the physical teeth than the corresponding digital teeth included in the digital teeth model based on the interproximal information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Bob Grove, Eric Kuo
  • Patent number: 11925526
    Abstract: A custom tool for bonding orthodontic appliances in a mouth of a patient, the custom tool comprising: a facial body for a patient-specific, customized fit with the facial side of a plurality of teeth of the patient, a lingual body for a patient-specific, customized fit with the lingual side of the plurality of the teeth of the patient, wherein the lingual body. wherein the facial body and lingual body are configured to combine with the teeth of the patient to position orthodontic appliances on the plurality of teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: James D. Hansen, Joseph C. Dingeldein, John M. Pilgrim
  • Patent number: 11918428
    Abstract: A custom oral device is provided that fits on the maxillary or mandibular arch of a wearer. The oral device comprises a tray that corresponds with the shape and size of a wearer's oral anatomy. A soft liner is disposed within an occlusal channel of the tray having an upper surface that comprises an impression having features that correspond to at least a portion of the wearer's dentition and in which the wearer's teeth align. An apparatus and a method for making the custom oral device are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Friebauer, Chunlin He, Christopher J. Kirkland, Robert Ryan Solorzano
  • Patent number: 11903779
    Abstract: A method for validating a preparation of at least one tooth in a prepared set of teeth for determining whether the prepared tooth is capable of accepting a dental restoration includes obtaining a virtual dental preparation guide configured for validating the preparation of the at least one tooth; obtaining a digital 3D representation of the prepared set of teeth; visualizing the virtual dental preparation guide together with the digital 3D representation of the prepared set of teeth; and validating from the visualization of the virtual dental preparation guide together with the digital 3D representation of the prepared set of teeth whether the prepared at least one tooth is shaped such that it can accept the dental restoration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: 3SHAPE A/S
    Inventors: Rune Fisker, Nikolaj Deichmann
  • Patent number: 11903789
    Abstract: A method and a system for determining an orthodontic treatment plan including a tooth stripping step are provided. The method comprises: acquiring a 3D digital model of a first tooth and a second tooth of the subject, the second tooth being adjacent the first tooth; receiving a stripping request for stripping tooth material, from at least one of the first tooth along a first stripping plane and the second tooth along a second stripping plane; determining, along a surface of the first tooth, a first area of interest; determining, along the surface of the second tooth, a second area of interest; determining a distance between a first set of vertices associated with the first area of interest and a second set of vertices associated with the second area of interest; in response to the distance being greater than a predetermined distance threshold, denying, by the processor, the stripping request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Oxilio Ltd
    Inventor: Islam Khasanovich Raslambekov
  • Patent number: 11908572
    Abstract: Systems and methods for intraoral scanning include determining, by an appointment management system, a condition that dental impressions have not been received from a user within a threshold time period where the user was provided with an in-home dental impression kit, generating and communicating a message to the user based on the condition where the message prompts the user to schedule an appointment at an intraoral scanning site, receiving a request to schedule an appointment at the intraoral scanning site where the intraoral scanning site has an intraoral scanner configured to conduct an intraoral scan of a mouth of the user, and conducting the intraoral scan using the intraoral scanner at the intraoral scanning site where the intraoral scan generates three-dimensional data of the mouth of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV
    Inventors: Jordan Katzman, Alex Fenkell, David Katzman, Christopher Yancey, Josh Chapman, Jessica Cicurel
  • Patent number: 11896450
    Abstract: An articulator having a maxillary member and a mandibular member, which are connected to each other via condylar articulations, wherein a maxillary adaptor is attachable or attached at the maxillary member and a mandibular adaptor at the mandibular member, wherein a maxillary alignment member especially is form-fittingly connected to the maxillary adaptor and a mandibular alignment member is especially form-fittingly connected with the mandibular adaptor, and wherein the alignment members are automatically alignable to each other and comprising scanning members, by means of which the arrangement of alignment members and adaptors is scannable in a scanner and especially the relative position thereof moreover is detectable in relation to the articulator via the scanner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Robert Grünenfelder, Wolfgang Dawedeit, Alexander Schröck, Fabian Lüppens
  • Patent number: 11900538
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a model generation engine, an image of a dental arch of a user, executing, by the model generation engine, a machine learning model that is trained to receive the image and output a representation of the image, where in at least one iteration during training, the machine learning model determines a difference between one or more features extracted from an iteration of the representation of the image and a corresponding one or more features extracted from the image, and the method further includes outputting, by the model generation engine, an output representation of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV
    Inventors: Jordan Katzman, Christopher Yancey
  • Patent number: 11890152
    Abstract: A dental device is described that comprises a monolithic support structure for use in implant-supported dental restoration applications for partially or fully edentulous patients. The monolithic support structure comprises a unitary support body with one or more teeth projections projecting from the support body, and at least one support region providing a framework for integrating discrete artificial teeth adjacent the teeth projections. An implant-supported dental device is also provided that comprises the monolithic support structure, one or more artificial teeth, and a gingival region comprised of a formable material that secures artificial teeth within the framework of the monolithic support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.
    Inventors: David Morales, Nhung Tieu Truong Campbell
  • Patent number: 11883249
    Abstract: A tooth separation system comprising: a loading unit for loading an intraoral scan data; a display unit for displaying the intraoral scan data loaded by the loading unit, in which the intraoral scan data includes a tooth as well as gums; an input unit for making a tooth border mark onto the tooth shown on the display unit; and a calculation unit for performing necessary calculations to separate the tooth from the gums based on the tooth border mark and the method using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: 3D Industrial Imaging Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seung Ki Kim
  • Patent number: 11854189
    Abstract: A method for compiling a dental overview map of the dentition of an examination object on the basis of magnetic resonance (MR) data from a MR measurement of the dentition. Performing an MR measurement for acquiring MR data from the dentition. Performing an analysis of sections of the dentition in order to determine an abnormality on the basis of the MR data, wherein a section of the dentition includes a subset of the number of teeth in the dentition, and determining an abnormality in at least one section. Compiling a dental overview map as a function of the MR data and the abnormality of the at least one section of the dentition. Providing the dental overview map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Greiser, Lars Lauer, Rene Kartmann, David Grodzki, Mario Zeller
  • Patent number: 11850680
    Abstract: Laser cutting systems and methods are described herein. One or more systems include a laser, an optical component, a fixture for holding a support with a part positioned on the support, and a controller. The controller is configured to identify a cut path for trimming excess material from a dental appliance, determine adjustment instructions for adjusting a focal length of the laser to cut along the cut path, and trim the excess material from the dental appliance along the cut path with the laser. The focal length is adjusted by adjusting at least one of: the laser, the optical component, and the fixture, and while moving the fixture at a constant speed relative to the laser to avoid increasing a brittleness of a polymer material of the dental appliance along the cut path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: James C. Culp
  • Patent number: 11833007
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for adjusting an orthodontic treatment plan are provided. The method comprises: acquiring an actual 3D digital model indicative of actual positions of subject's teeth at a given stage of a orthodontic treatment plan; acquiring a planned 3D digital model indicative of planned positions subject's teeth at the given stage of the orthodontic treatment plan; aligning, during a first process, each one of the subject's teeth in the actual 3D digital model and in the planned 3D digital model individually; aligning, during a second process, the subject's teeth in the actual 3D digital model and in the planned 3D digital model, as a whole; determining the deviation value between the actual and planned positions of the given tooth; and in response to the deviation value being greater than a predetermined threshold, adjusting the current treatment plan to minimize the deviation value associated therewith the given tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Oxilio Ltd
    Inventor: Islam Khasanovich Raslambekov
  • Patent number: 11836936
    Abstract: The present application provides a computer-implemented method for generating a digital data set representing a target tooth arrangement, comprising: obtaining a first and a second 3D digital models respectively representing upper jaw teeth and lower jaw teeth under an initial tooth arrangement, where the first and the second 3D digital models are in a predetermined relative positional relationship; extracting a tooth level feature vector from each tooth of the first and second 3D digital models; preliminarily aligning the first and second 3D digital models based on the tooth level feature vectors using a trained first deep neural network; extracting a jaw level feature vector for each tooth of the preliminarily aligned first and second 3D digital models; and further aligning the preliminarily aligned first and second 3D digital models to obtain a target tooth arrangement based on the jaw level feature vectors using a trained second deep neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NINGBO SHENLAI MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jin Hao
  • Patent number: 11826219
    Abstract: A dual aligner assembly including a plurality of aligners, including a first aligner and a second aligner. The first aligner has a first shape corresponding to a set of target tooth positions and applies an orthodontic force against a set of target teeth. The first orthodontic force generates movement of the set of target teeth to the set of target tooth positions. The second aligner has a second shape corresponding to a combination of current tooth positions of the set of target teeth, the set of target tooth positions, and a thickness of the first aligner. The second aligner partially encloses the first aligner and provides an anchor for at least a portion of the first aligner. Via the anchor, a combination of the first aligner and the second aligner provides an orthodontic force that prevents the set of target teeth from moving to unwanted tooth positions during orthodontic treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Align Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Fuming Wu, Jihua Cheng
  • Patent number: 11816835
    Abstract: Taking a digital implant or abutment level digital impression by means of intra-oral, computed tomography or other imaging method provides the restorative doctor and laboratory accurate and effective data for determining the implant position, angulation and locking feature orientation without a physical impression. Such data is correlated with a digital library to produce an output which enables design and fabrication of an accurate restorative device such as a prosthetic tooth or crown. In this way the time-consuming, costly and error prone mechanical replication of the relevant dental anatomy is obviated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.
    Inventors: Grant Bullis, Tao Nguyen, Greg Minzenmayer
  • Patent number: 11813134
    Abstract: A holder for a dental crown. The dental crown holder may comprise a handle and a working end, where the working end has at least one extension arm extending therefrom. The dental crown holder may be used by covering the working end of the dental crown holder, including the extension arms, in a curable material; placing the dental crown into the curable material such that at least a portion of the extension arms and at least a portion of the curable material are located inside an interior surface of the dental crown; and curing the curable material. The dental crown holder with cured curable material may thus securely hold the dental crown without any slipping, rotating, or wobbling, allowing the user to make adjustments to the dental crown while holding the handle of the dental crown holder rather than the dental crown itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Corbyn L. VanBrunt, D.D.S., P.C.
    Inventor: Corbyn L. VanBrunt
  • Patent number: 11766311
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods of developing and tracking delivery and patient progression through an orthodontic treatment plan. One method includes identifying deviations from an orthodontic treatment plan, including receiving a digital representation of an actual arrangement of a patient's teeth after an orthodontic treatment plan has begun for the patient and prior to completion of the orthodontic treatment plan. The method further includes comparing the actual arrangement to a pre-determined planned arrangement to determine if the actual arrangement substantially deviates from the planned arrangement, the comparing comprising matching teeth from a previously segmented model to a surface of an unsegmented representation of the actual arrangement; and calculating one or more positional differences between the actual and planned arrangements of at least some of the corresponding teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Kitching, Rene Sterental, Eric Kuo, Maia Singer
  • Patent number: 11751977
    Abstract: Embodiments are provided for digital dental modeling. One method embodiment includes receiving a three-dimensional data set including a first jaw and a second jaw of a three-dimensional digital dental model and receiving a two-dimensional data set corresponding to at least a portion of the first jaw and the second jaw. The method includes mapping two-dimensional data of the two-dimensional data set to the three-dimensional digital dental model by transforming a coordinate system of the two-dimensional data to a coordinate system of the three-dimensional data set. The method includes positioning the first jaw with respect to the second jaw based on the two-dimensional data mapped to the three-dimensional data set. The method includes using at least a portion of the two-dimensional data mapped to the three-dimensional data set as a target of movement of the first jaw with respect to the second jaw in the three-dimensional digital dental model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Anatoliy Boltunov, Yury Brailov, Fedor Chelnokov, Roman Roschin, David Mason
  • Patent number: 11744530
    Abstract: Example radiographic dental jigs include a generally vertical post traversed by a generally horizontal beam to create a cross that can be used for marking a dental patient's midline (vertical line centered between the eyes), incisal edge plane, and forward lip position. The jig is radiographically scanned along with multiple fiducial markers on the patient's jaw to generate a first scan result. In some examples, physical models of the patient's jaws are also scanned to generate upper and lower jaw images. The upper and lower jaw images are shifted to coincide with the first scan result. Portions of the first scan result, including an image of the dental jig, are superimposed onto the properly shifted upper and lower jaw images to create a composite image. The composite image shows the dental jig in proper relation to the patient's upper and lower jaws, thereby rendering a conventional stick bite virtually obsolete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventors: Patrick C. Bell, Leo J. Malin, Thomas J. Arendt
  • Patent number: 11734395
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a secure and auditable means for exchanging files related to 3D objects intended for replication is provided. A secure system and method to facilitate the acquisition of files (such as 3D design files) that can involve intellectual property rights management, standard of quality assurance for 3D printed objects, warranty protection for the printed object, and audit and report tools for the results of a 3D replication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: 3D BRIDGE SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Gary Mousseau, Karima Bawa
  • Patent number: 11723759
    Abstract: Disclosed in a method, a user interface and a system for use in determining shade of a patient's tooth, wherein a digital 3D representation including shape data and texture data for the tooth is obtained. A tooth shade value for at least one point on the tooth is determined based on the texture data of the corresponding point of the digital 3D representation and on known texture values of one or more reference tooth shade values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: 3Shape A/S
    Inventors: Bo Esbech, Rune Fisker, Lars Henriksen, Tais Clausen
  • Patent number: 11723616
    Abstract: A method of providing by a diagnostic medical imaging device, medical image data representing a diagnostic medical image of the tissue of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: CART-TECH B.V
    Inventors: René Van Es, Frebus Jan Van Slochteren, Mathias Meine
  • Patent number: 11690700
    Abstract: A unique CAD subtract body intended to create a design of a mating surface for a veneering overlay and a dental implant framework wherein the unique CAD subtract body is derived from a diagnostic wax-up surface model. The diagnostic wax-up surface model is created from at least one of scanning a diagnostic wax up or denture tooth set up, CAD models in a virtual set up, an intraoral scan of a diagnostic wax up or denture tooth set up taken in a patient's mouth, a CT scan or series of CT scans of a patient's mouth, a CT scan or series of CT scans with the use of a radiographic stent in a patient's mouth, and wherein the unique CAD subtract body can be used to create the tool path for the manufacturing of the veneering overlay and allows for the fabrication of a dental implant from at least one of a metallic material, a ceramic material, an acrylic material, a biocompatible material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Inventors: Drew Schulter, Carl Schulter, Kyle Fraysur, Daryl Newman, Belal Hamadeh
  • Patent number: 11694418
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a three-dimensional (3D) model of a user's dental arch based on two-dimensional (2D) images of dental impressions include a model training system that provides a machine learning model using training image(s) of a dental impression of a respective dental arch and a 3D training model of the respective dental arch. A model generation system receives first image(s) of a first dental impression of a user's dental arch and second image(s), which may be of the first dental impression or a second dental impression of the dental arch. The model generation system generates a first and second 3D model of the dental arch by applying the first image(s) and second image(s) to the machine learning model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV
    Inventors: Josh Long, Jordan Katzman, Tim Wucher, John Dargis, Christopher Yancey, Andrew Wright
  • Patent number: 11684460
    Abstract: A reference member for determining a position of an implant analog can comprise a trapezoidal body including a first side and a substantially parallel second side. The first side can define a first dimension and the second side can define a second dimension that is greater than the first dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: ZFX GMBH
    Inventor: Andreas Geier
  • Patent number: 11684463
    Abstract: A method of repairing an oral defect model includes performing a three-dimensional oral defect model obtaining step, a defect cutting line detecting step, a defect point selecting step and a smoothing step. The three-dimensional oral defect model obtaining step is performed to scan an oral cavity to obtain a three-dimensional oral defect model message. The defect cutting line detecting step is performed to detect a defect cutting line of the three-dimension oral defect model message, and drive a displayer to display the defect cutting line. The defect point selecting step is performed to select at least one defect feature point of the defect cutting line via the displayer. The smoothing step is performed to perform a smoothing process at the at least one defect feature point, and convert the three-dimensional oral defect model message into a three-dimensional oral repaired model message to smooth the defect cutting line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: China Medical University
    Inventors: Yen-Wen Shen, Lih-Jyh Fuh, Chi-Hsiung Yu
  • Patent number: 11678956
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides computing device implemented methods, computing device readable medium, and molds for filling undercut areas of teeth relative to an axis of placement. Filling undercut areas of teeth relative to an axis of placement can include calculating an undercut area of a tooth relative to an axis of placement of part of a dental appliance over a number of teeth and a height of contour that is defined based on the axis of placement. Filling undercut areas of teeth relative to an axis of placement can also include filling in a part of the undercut area of the tooth with a virtual filler wherein the undercut is filled to within a threshold distance from the tooth that is defined relative to the axis of placement and the height of contour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric E. Kuo
  • Patent number: RE49605
    Abstract: A processing device receives an intraoral image of a first intraoral site and determines an identity of the first intraoral site. The processing device then locks the intraoral image and selects a portion of the intraoral image depicting a portion of the first intraoral site based at least in part on the identity of the first intraoral site. The processing device may then generate a model comprising the first intraoral site based at least in part on the locked intraoral image, wherein the portion of the locked intraoral image is used for a first region of the model, and wherein data from one or more additional intraoral images that also depict the portion of the first intraoral site is not used for the first region of the model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Avi Kopelman, Michael Sabina