Having Means To Emit Radiation Or Facilitate Viewing Of The Work Patents (Class 433/29)
  • Patent number: 11823319
    Abstract: One embodiment of a method for rendering one or more graphics images includes tracing one or more rays through a graphics scene; computing one or more surface normals associated with intersections of the one or more rays with one or more surfaces, where computing each surface normal includes: computing a plurality of intermediate surface normals associated with a plurality of adjacent voxels of a grid, and interpolating the plurality of intermediate surface normals; and rendering one or more graphics images based on the one or more surface normals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Herman Hansson Soederlund, Alex Evans, Tomas Akenine-Moller
  • Patent number: 11817215
    Abstract: An artificial intelligence cloud diagnosis platform is provided. A subject sample is scanned to a cloud side, AI on the cloud conducts preliminary detection, and then a doctor carries out diagnosis and rechecking. The artificial intelligence cloud diagnosis improves the diagnosis accuracy, fundamentally solves the problems of insufficient technical experts and non-uniform medical resource distribution in remote areas, greatly improves the diagnosis efficiency, reduces the diagnosis cost, establishes a professional database of the same type of detection samples, and is beneficial to the further research of a disease in the later period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventors: Xiaorong Sun, Baochuan Pang, Feilong Zhang, Dehua Cao, Sai Liu
  • Patent number: 11816976
    Abstract: A hand held personal care device 1 has a main housing 2 arranged to be held by hand, and an operative unit 3 connected to the main FIG. 1 housing 2 and adapted for carrying out a personal care operation to a body part of a user. The main housing 2 has a main axis of extension 36 and accommodates a light indicator 4 for indicating an operational condition of the personal care device 1. The light indicator 4 has a light emitting surface 6, that extends circumferentially around the main housing 2 as a closed-loop surface about the main axis of extension 36, and a light guiding wall 31 of which at least a portion, including the closed-loop surface, extends as a closed-loop wall portion 40 about the main axis of extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Marinus Arnoldus Martinus Vugts, Pascal Jean Henri Bloemen, Marcus Franciscus Eijkelkamp, Willem Joosten, Hendrik Klaas Paauw
  • Patent number: 11800216
    Abstract: A method for dental treatment may include receiving photos capturing a state of a patient's dentition of a patient at a specific time, retrieving a first treatment plan to treat the patient's dentition, identifying an intended arrangement of the first treatment plan at the specific time, evaluating the photo parameters of the photos to generate alignment data to align the intended arrangement of the first treatment plan and the photos, generating an alignment mesh using the alignment data, the alignment mesh comprising a three-dimensional (3D) mesh representation of the patient's dentition at the specific time, performing an evaluation of the first treatment plan for modifications using the alignment mesh, and identifying proposed modifications to the first treatment plan based on the evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Cramer, Rajiv Venkata, Leela Parvathaneni, Phillip Thomas Harris, Sravani Gurijala, Svetozar Hubenov, Sebastien Hareng, Guotu Li, Yun Gao, Chad Clayton Brown
  • Patent number: 11790529
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for fabricating a dental restoration, comprising the steps of rendering (S101) a first digital tooth model with a first material combination for generating a first actual data set representing the optical properties of the first digital tooth model; determining (S102) a first deviation between a target data set and the first actual data set; rendering (S103) a second digital tooth model based on a second combination of materials to generate a second actual data set representing the optical properties of the second digital tooth model; determining (S104) a second deviation between the target data set and the second actual data set; and fabricating (S105) the dental restoration based on the first digital tooth model when the first deviation is less than the second deviation and fabricating the dental restoration based on the second digital tooth model when the second deviation is less than the first deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Gottfried Rohner, Hendrik John, Rudolf Jussel, Christian Niedrig
  • Patent number: 11779444
    Abstract: A device including a coded pattern for use in dental procedures is provided. Related methods and systems are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Avi Kopelman
  • Patent number: 11752333
    Abstract: An oral care implement herein may be embodied as an oral device for placement in the oral cavity. The device may include an insert configured for placement in the oral cavity in contact with a wearer's teeth and an activating member configured for placement in the oral cavity and selectively attachable to the insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Patrik Johansson, Evaristo Delgado, Daniel Wainless
  • Patent number: 11751983
    Abstract: Systems and methods are generally described for an oral hygiene device. The oral hygiene device may include a handle portion and a head portion coupled to the handle portion and including a pick head interface. A pick head may be removably coupled to the pick head interface. The pick head may include a pointed pick member. An image capture device may be disposed in the head portion. The image capture device may be effective to capture image data representing images of an area proximal to a tip of the pointed pick member. A vibration element may be coupled to the pick head interface. The vibration element may be effective to vibrate the pick head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: ABLE BIOMEDICAL DEVICES, LLC
    Inventor: Gerrarda O'Beirne
  • Patent number: 11747269
    Abstract: Systems and methods of identifying a coating on a bone material are provided. The systems and methods comprise providing a bone material and a scanning device; adjusting a distance between the bone material and the scanning device; scanning the bone material using the scanning device; and transmitting a scanned data from the scanning device to a processor configured to analyze the scanned data, and display the analyzed scanned data to identify the coating on the bone material based on the scanned data when the coating meets or fails to meet a predetermined parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Leenaporn Jongpaiboonkit, Peter D. Yurek
  • Patent number: 11744641
    Abstract: A laser beam treatment system that delivers laser beam pulses to a dental treatment area according to a particular pattern is described. In various instances, the spacing of the pattern (e.g., locations at which pulses are delivered and the distances therebetween) and/or the timing of the pattern (e.g., amount of time between the delivery of pulses to a first location and a later location that abuts the first location) can have a demonstrable effect on ablation performance. The effects can include, for example: improved ablation efficiency, improved surface smoothness, improved material removal rate, and/or the absence of melt, carbonization or other negative surface features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Convergent Dental, Inc.
    Inventors: Roni Cantor-Balan, William H. Groves, Jr., Charles H. Dresser, Nathan P. Monty
  • Patent number: 11737955
    Abstract: Chitosan nanoparticles are provided for use in the in vivo treatment of connective tissues in root canal therapies. The nanoparticles are optionally linked with one or more photoactivatable compounds for providing antibacterial/antibiofilm properties, neutralizing bacterial byproducts and/or chemical/photodynamic crosslinking to achieve enhanced mechanical properties, chemical stability in connective tissues and/or to improve surface/interfacial integrity between filling material and connective tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Inventors: Anil Kishen, Annie Shrestha
  • Patent number: 11737739
    Abstract: Dental instrument assemblies (e.g., mouth pieces, bite blocks, vacuum dental mirrors, illuminated dental mirrors, illuminated dental wedges, trans-illumination dental instrument, illuminated dental bite blocks, etc.) are provided. The dental instrument assemblies may be adapted to be periodically sterilized. The dental instrument assemblies may include a magnetically energetic fiber optic coupler. The magnetically energetic fiber optic coupler may be configured to allow dental instrument adapter to rotate with respect to an associated fiber optic cable that is removably connected to the magnetically energetic fiber optic coupler. The dental instrument assemblies may include a fiber optic material that is encapsulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Ascentcare Dental Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Austin R. Ritter
  • Patent number: 11712577
    Abstract: A wearable for providing light therapy to a wearer includes at least one fabric panel having an inner surface that when the wearable is worn is configured to face a wearer's skin and at least one side-emitting optical fiber affixed to the inner surface. The side-emitting optical fiber is optically connectable with an optical fiber light source and configured to project light having a therapeutic wavelength toward a wearer of the wearable. When affixed to the fabric panel, the side-emitting optical fiber can have a length in meters based on the optical power launched into the side-emitting optical fiber and the average attenuation of the side-emitting optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: BIOTHREAD LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Bish, Lawrence A. Blaustein, Jaleh Factor, Boris Kontorovich, Daniel Shuter, Jay Tapper
  • Patent number: 11684798
    Abstract: Illumination devices for impinging light on tissue, for example within a body cavity of a patient, to induce various biological effects are disclosed. Biological effects may include at least one of inactivating and/or inhibiting growth of one or more pathogens, upregulating a local immune response, increasing endogenous stores of nitric oxide, releasing nitric oxide from endogenous stores, and inducing an anti-inflammatory effect. Wavelengths of light are selected based on intended biological effects for one or more of targeted tissue types and targeted pathogens. Light treatments may provide multiple pathogenic biological effects, either with light of a single wavelength or with light having multiple wavelengths. Devices for light treatments are disclosed that provide light doses for inducing biological effects on various targeted pathogens and tissues with increased efficacy and reduced cytotoxicity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: KNOW Bio, LLC
    Inventors: David T. Emerson, Michael John Bergmann, Thomas Matthew Womble, Antony Paul van de Ven, Nathan Stasko, F. Neal Hunter, Adam Cockrell, Rebecca McDonald, James Michael Lay
  • Patent number: 11666482
    Abstract: The invention provides personalized laser probes for use in laser systems, wherein each laser probe includes one or more characteristics tailored to a given user to thereby improve performance of and outcome of a laser treatment procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Elios Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Johannes Junger, Markus Enders
  • Patent number: 11653838
    Abstract: Systems for detecting and measuring certain dental defects and/or existing restorations, such as lesions which may or may not invade interproximal areas, using a neural network is disclosed. In some embodiments, a patient's health conditions and certain dental conditions such as crowding, presence of implants, gum disease, etc. are also considered by an automated system to classify the dental health of a patient into one or more risk classes. The system then suggests appropriate remedial measures and an appropriate maintenance program for that patient to keep therapy within guidelines of proven standard of care, leading the way to reduce tooth loss in population.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Inventor: Alireza Moheb
  • Patent number: 11654404
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein may be useful for optofluidic devices. For example, optofluidic devices using dynamic fluid lens materials represent an ideal platform to create versatile, reconfigurable, refractive optical components. For example, the articles described herein may be useful as fluidic tunable compound micro-lenses. Such compound micro-lenses may be composed of two or more components (e.g., two or more inner phases) that form stable bi-phase emulsion droplets in outer phases (e.g., aqueous media). In some embodiments, the articles described herein may be useful as light emitting droplets. Advantageously, the plurality of droplets may be configured such that light rays may modified (e.g., via stimulation of the droplets, exposure to an analyte such as a pathogen) to have a detectable emission intensity and/or angle of maximum emission intensity under a particular set of conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Timothy M. Swager, Sara N. Nagelberg, Mathias Kolle, Lukas Zeininger, Kent Harvey, Myles Herbert
  • Patent number: 11647909
    Abstract: A 3D scanner system for detecting and/or visualizing cariogenic regions in teeth based on fluorescence emitted from said teeth, the 3D scanner system including data processing means configured for mapping a representation of fluorescence emitted from the teeth onto the corresponding portion of a digital 3D representation of the teeth to provide a combined digital 3D representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: 3SHAPE A/S
    Inventors: Mike Van Der Poel, Karl-Josef Hollenbeck
  • Patent number: 11636943
    Abstract: A system for generating missing data for 3D models of intraoral structures of a patient. The system may include a hand-held intraoral scanner and a computer having instructions that the system to scan the intraoral structure of a patient to generate first 3D data of the surface of a prepared tooth, generate a 3D virtual model of the prepared tooth based on the first 3D data, determine the 3D virtual model is missing a surface associated with the prepared, generate second 3D data approximating the surface that is determined to be missing from the 3D virtual model intraoral structure that is missing, and combine the second 3D data with the 3D virtual model such that the 3D virtual model includes the approximated surface, wherein the approximated surface approximates the prepared tooth associated with the surface determined to be missing from the 3D virtual model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Avi Kopelman, Eldad Taub
  • Patent number: 11629954
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a surface topography of a patient's teeth may include an optical probe, a light source configured to generate incident light, and focusing optics configured to focus one or more wavelengths of the incident light to a fixed focal position external to the optical probe, wherein the fixed focal position is fixed relative to the optical probe. The apparatus may further include a light sensor configured to measure a characteristic of returned light generated by illuminating the patient's teeth with the incident light and a processing unit operable to determine the surface topography of the patient's teeth based on the measured characteristic of the returned light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Erez Lampert, Adi Levin, Tal Verker
  • Patent number: 11622835
    Abstract: A method of endodontic therapy with improved disinfection and ablation characteristics may feature the use of an alcohol or polyol-based indocyanine green (ICG) solution with a laser system that emits a wavelength within the maximal absorption range of ICG. By matching the dye and laser output, radiant energy use is maximized for efficient ablation and disinfection of treated tissues. Also, the use of an alcohol or polyol as a solvent for the ICG solution increases the inherent disinfection qualities of the solution itself. In one embodiment, the prepared canal is flooded with the ICG solution and the laser activates with the laser fiber inserted into the solution. In an alternate embodiment, the solution is mostly removed prior to activation of the laser, but only after necrotic tissue has been stained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: CAO Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven D. Jensen
  • Patent number: 11620792
    Abstract: An augmented reality/mixed reality system that provides an immersive user experience. That experience is provided with increased speed of update with low computational resources for occlusion data representing a user's hand that can be used to occlude virtual objects. The hand occlusion data are generated by computing a hand mesh from live depth sensor data. A small amount of data is processed by masking live depth data with a model in which a hand is simply represented by multiple segments identified from key-points. The hand occlusion data may be generated by predicting changes in a hand pose between a time of capture of the depth data and the time when the hand mesh will be used for occlusion processing. The hand mesh may be distorted to represent the hand in the predicted pose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventor: David Geoffrey Molyneaux
  • Patent number: 11612324
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and digital tools for deriving tooth condition information for a patient's teeth, for populating a digital dental chart with derived tooth condition information, and for generating an electronic data record containing such information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: 3SHAPE A/S
    Inventors: Mike Van Der Poel, Rune Fisker, Karl-Josef Hollenbeck
  • Patent number: 11612451
    Abstract: Example dental scanning methods for analyzing jaws of a patient involve taking multiple scans of the jaws, and/or models thereof, and then shifting the image of one scan to match that of another. In some examples, fiducial markers are attached to the patient's jaws beforehand to accurately identify and track the relative position of the jaws. The methods provide a way for creating a precise image of an upper jaw and a lower jaw in their proper bite registration, even though the resulting image may show an insufficient number of teeth to readily do so. The final, properly shifted image serves as a virtual 3D jaw model that can be manipulated and analyzed to aid in various orthodontic and other dental treatments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventors: Patrick C. Bell, Leo J. Malin, Thomas J. Arendt
  • Patent number: 11617231
    Abstract: A device for heating a target with IR radiation, a process for heat treating a target, a process for making a composite, a use of an IR source, a use of an array of IR sources and a use of the device. Also disclosed is a device for treating a target, comprising an IR source that emits IR radiation from an emitter surface having a first surface area; and a set of elongate bodies consisting of one or more elongate bodies, each elongate body having an inlet, collectively called the inlets, and each elongate body having an outlet, collectively called the outlets; wherein the emitted IR radiation is coupled into the set of elongate bodies via the inlets and decoupled from the elongate body via the outlets over an outlet surface having a second surface area; and wherein the first surface area is greater than the second surface area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: HERAEUS NOBLELIGHT GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Klinecky, Maik Kussner, Freddy Baruch, Oliver Weiß, Thomas Piela, Christoph Sternkiker, Jürgen Weber
  • Patent number: 11609090
    Abstract: A system and method for measuring three-dimensional (3D) coordinate values of an environment is provided. The system includes a movable base unit a first scanner and a second scanner. One or more processors performing a method that includes causing the first scanner to determine first plurality of coordinate values in a first frame of reference based on an emitted first beam of light and a received first reflected light. The second scanner determines a second plurality of 3D coordinate values in a second frame of reference as the base unit is moved from a first position to a second position. The determining of the first coordinate values and the second plurality of 3D coordinate values being performed simultaneously. The second plurality of 3D coordinate values are registered in a common frame of reference based on the first plurality of coordinate values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: FARO Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Johannes Buback, Igor Sapina, Julian Becker, Martin Ossig, Aleksej Frank, Ahmad Ramadneh, Oliver Zweigle, João Santos
  • Patent number: 11602484
    Abstract: A handheld acupuncture tapping device includes a case that is divided into a head and a handheld part. At least one control button is disposed on the outer surface of the case, and at least one light unit, a vibration unit, a control module, and a contact unit are disposed within the case. The control module is electrically connected to the light unit and the vibration unit for driving the light unit and the vibration unit to generate a light and a vibration signal respectively. Further, the user can control the control module by the control button to adjust the intensity of the light and the waveform, frequency and amplitude of the vibration signal. The contact unit is disposed in front of the light unit and the vibration unit, so that the light and the vibration signal are projected on the contact unit and transmitted to an outside. The user can use the light and the vibration signal generated by the handheld acupuncture tapping device to tap or massage the treatment part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: HEALTH PLUS BIOMEDICAL LIMITED
    Inventor: Shun-Hung Cho
  • Patent number: 11600053
    Abstract: A system and method for determining a location for a surgical jig in a surgical procedure includes providing a mixed reality headset, a 3D spatial mapping camera, an infrared or stereotactic camera, and a computer system configured to transfer data to and from the mixed reality headset and the 3D spatial mapping camera. The system and method also include attaching a jig to a bone, mapping the bone and jig using the 3D spatial mapping camera, and then identifying a location for the surgical procedure using the computer system. Then the system and method use the mixed reality headset to provide a visualization of the location for the surgical procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventors: Russell Todd Nevins, David Jon Backstein, Bradley H. Nathan
  • Patent number: 11589739
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method of acquiring an image for dental diagnosis. More particularly, the present invention relates to an apparatus and a method of acquiring a near-infrared image for dental diagnosis, wherein an image for dental diagnosis is acquired using near-infrared radiation and a general image camera rather than using X-rays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: KOREA PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Byeong-Il Lee, In-Hee Shin
  • Patent number: 11589971
    Abstract: The specification discloses a dental curing light including 1) a light engine, 2) a coaxially aligned, camera-based viewing system, and 3) a control system providing a variety of safety features and simplified, operator-friendly operation. The camera's field of view (FOV) is coaxial with the centerline of the curing beam of the light engine. The curing light includes a multi-planar dichroic mirror (MDM) providing viewing and light beam direction aligned with the target. The MDM provide multiple images to the camera from different angles. The camera provides real-time measurement of light intensity reflected back from the targeted surface. Using the multiple image portions reflected by the multi-planar dichroic mirror, the control system computes the distance between the curing light and the target. The reflected intensity and the calculated distance enable the control system to compute a light engine irradiance to achieve a desired irradiance at the targeted surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Garrison Dental Solutions, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Steven H. Peterson, Mark A. Cargill
  • Patent number: 11583166
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image capturing device configured to capture an image of a target. The image capturing device includes a probe and a housing. The probe includes an optical component and is configured to receive light from the target. The housing includes electronic components each configured to process the light received from the probe. Moreover, the housing includes an air sending unit, and a controller configured to control driving of the air sending unit. The air sending unit is provided at a position above the electronic components in the housing when a user holds the housing during utilization of the image capturing device, and is configured to supply air to the optical component provided in the probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Naonori Wakazome, Mikinori Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11576765
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an oral information management system using a smart toothbrush, the oral information management system including: a smart toothbrush configured to include a camera and at least one sensor; and a user terminal configured to acquire information collected from the smart toothbrush; wherein the user terminal determines the oral health state of a user based on the information collected from the smart toothbrush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Inventors: Sanggeun Lee, Chaeeun Lee, Jiah Lee
  • Patent number: 11571274
    Abstract: A handheld dental instrument includes a casing provided with a holding portion to be held by a user, a reception unit provided on the casing to receive an operation from the user, and a control unit that controls a control target to perform a predetermined action in response to the operation received by the reception unit. The control unit performs a first control when the operation received by the reception unit from the user is a first operation, and performs a second control different from the first control when the operation received by the reception unit from the user is a second operation different from the first operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Naonori Wakazome, Mikinori Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11547304
    Abstract: A composite device for medical image capturing according to the present invention includes: a head part including a camera unit provided with an image sensor to capture a tooth image, a printed circuit board for operation control of the camera unit and signal transmission therefrom, a light source panel having multiple light sources mounted therein, the light sources emitting light towards a target tooth of which an image is to be captured by the camera unit, an upper housing having the camera unit, the printed circuit board, and the light source panel which are embedded therein, and a lower housing; and a main body part provided with an operation panel for signal input, and supplying electric power to the head part and transmitting a tooth image signal received from the head part to outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: GOODDOCTORS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Young Woon Kim
  • Patent number: 11547538
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for the cleaning of a circumferentially closed canal by means of a light guide conducting a laser beam. The entry of the laser beam into the light guide is interrupted when the free end of the light guide is outside of the canal and/or the movement of the light guide within the canal is monitored and that if there is no movement or the movement is below a threshold value then a signal is triggered and/or the laser radiation is turned off or its output is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Ertl, Rolf Diebolder
  • Patent number: 11550057
    Abstract: Offset illumination using multiple emitters in a fluorescence imaging system is described. A system includes an emitter for emitting pulses of electromagnetic radiation and an image sensor comprising a pixel array for sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation. The emitter comprises a first emitter and a second emitter for emitting different wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation. The system is such that at least a portion of the pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 770 nm to about 790 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventors: Joshua D. Talbert, Donald M. Wichern
  • Patent number: 11529056
    Abstract: According to some embodiments there is provided a method for structured light scanning of an intra-oral scene, comprising: projecting onto the intra-oral scene a color-coded pattern comprising an arrangement of entities having edges between them; each entity comprising a different narrow band of wavelengths; and detecting the projected pattern as a plurality of pixels in an acquired image of the scene using at least two narrowband filters, wherein for each pixel of at least 95% of the pixels of an entity of interest comprising a first band of wavelengths, a contribution of light from a second band of wavelengths of an adjacent entity is less than 10%. Some embodiments relate to a scanner system for structured light scanning of an intra-oral scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Dentlytec G.P.L. Ltd.
    Inventors: Benny Pesach, Amitai Reuvenny, Georgy Melamed
  • Patent number: 11529044
    Abstract: An endoscope includes a detachable wireless imaging device and an insertion tube having a distal end region. The attachment of the detachable wireless imaging device detachably attaches the detachable wireless imaging device to the distal end region of the insertion tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: PSIP LLC
    Inventors: Lex Bayer, Rupesh Desai, John Higgins
  • Patent number: 11532079
    Abstract: A method to acquire dental images of a patient with a support defining a chamber that is in communication with an outside of said chamber via a first opening and via a second opening. The method includes the following steps: fixing a mobile phone in front of the second opening; positioning the first opening in front of a mouth of the patient; and acquiring at least one dental image by means of the mobile phone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: DENTAL MONITORING
    Inventors: Philippe Salah, Laurent Debraux, Thomas Pellissard, Guillaume Ghyselinck
  • Patent number: 11517400
    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: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Oxilio Ltd
    Inventor: Islam Khasanovich Raslambekov
  • Patent number: 11517762
    Abstract: An oral treatment device that emits light onto surfaces of a user's teeth. In one aspect, the oral treatment device includes an intraoral mouthpiece. The mouthpiece comprises a lamp support structure comprising a lamp support surface and is formed of a first material. A flexible lamp is mounted to the lamp support surface so that a light emitting surface of the flexible lamp assumes a concave curvature, thereby forming a lamp assembly. A guard component is overmolded to the lamp assembly. In one embodiment, the oral treatment device may be a teeth whitening device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Scott Demarest, Francis Tatu, Mark Bartlett, Stacey Lavender, Patrik Johansson, Scott Mosby, Mark Lowenthal
  • Patent number: 11497587
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an oral scanner, including an outer casing, a reflector, a heat source, an optical module and a forced convection element. The outer casing has a cavity. The reflector is located at the front end of the cavity. The heat source is located in the outer casing. The optical module is located in the casing. A heat channel is formed between the optical module and the outer casing. The forced convection element is disposed in the heat channel and configured to forcedly dissipate the waste heat of the heat source to the cavity to heat the reflector. Thus, the temperature of the heat source can be reduced, and vapor will not be generated on the reflector heated by the waste heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Qisda Corporation
    Inventors: Tsung-Hsun Wu, Yung-Tsun Hsieh, Hao-Chieh Li
  • Patent number: 11471980
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods and systems incorporating physical modeling to identify the ultrafast laser/material interaction mechanisms and the impact of laser parameters, to optimize implementation of ultrafast laser-based processing for a given material. The process determines a laser fluence near the ablation threshold for a given material and given pulse duration. The repetition rate, scanning speed and scanning strategy are subsequently optimized to minimize heat accumulation, having an operable line scan overlap between 50% to 85% for achieving smooth ultrafast-laser polishing, while maintaining an optic-quality surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Rochester Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jie Qiao, Lauren L. Taylor
  • Patent number: 11464467
    Abstract: A system and method for automated localization, enumeration, and diagnoses of a tooth/condition. The system detects a condition for at least one defined localized and enumerated tooth structure within a cropped image from a full mouth series based on any one of a pixel-level prediction, wherein said condition is detected by at least one of detecting or segmenting a condition on at least one of the enumerated tooth structures within the cropped image by a 2-D R-CNN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: DGNCT LLC
    Inventors: Matvey Dmitrievich Ezhov, Vladimir Leonidovich Aleksandrovskiy, Evgeny Sergeevich Shumilov, Maxim Gusarev, Dmitrii Morozov, Ivan Barabanau, Valentin Denisenkov, Alexey Timonkin, Valentin Fedosov, Artem Kravtsov, Azat Akhtyamov, Vasiliy Igorevich Grachev, David Manulis, Alexandr Schadnev, Yan Kalika
  • Patent number: 11439482
    Abstract: An intraoral scanner includes a casing, a light source disposed in the casing, a reflection plate obliquely disposed in the casing for reflecting light of the light source to an object to be scanned through an opening of the casing, a transparent plate, and a receiver adjacent to the light source. A projection optical axis of the light source forms a first oblique angle with a receiving optical axis of the receiver. The receiver receives light after being incident to the object to be scanned and then reflected to the receiver by the reflection plate. The transparent plate is disposed between the light source and the reflection plate or covers the opening. The projection optical axis forms a second oblique angle with a norm of the transparent plate to make a reflection angle range of light reflected by the transparent plate fall outside a receiving angel range of the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Qisda Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Hu, Chih-Chieh Tsung
  • Patent number: 11399926
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mouthpiece for performing a treatment of teeth such as teeth whitening. Accordingly, the mouthpiece may be arranged for cosmetic treatment. The treatment is based on illumination of the teeth of light with a suitable wavelength. The mouthpiece is designed so that light from light sources, e.g. LED's, is sufficiently homogenized so that the light irradiance at the teeth is sufficiently uniform to achieve good treatment results. Furthermore, the mouthpiece is designed so that the irradiance at the teeth is sufficiently high to achieve efficient treatment and so that heating of the teeth is minimized to an acceptable heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Nigel David Young, Gertrude Riƫtte Bakker-Van Der Kamp, Paulus Cornelis Duineveld, Olaf Thomas Johan Antonie Vermeulen, Valentina Lavezzo, James Donald Gwyer, Zeynep Sabah
  • Patent number: 11387627
    Abstract: A system for intraoral scanning includes a display, a processing unit, and a scanner to generate scan data and viewfinder images of an intraoral cavity. The processing unit is to: receive the scan data and the viewfinder images; generate a 3D model of the intraoral cavity using the intraoral scan data; output the 3D model to the display; output the viewfinder images to the display; determine which portions of the intraoral cavity have been scanned; determine a current field of view of the scanner; determine, based on the current field of view and the determined portions of the intraoral cavity that have been scanned, a visual indicator that provides guidance for positioning and orienting the field of view of the scanner; and output the visual indicator to the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yossef Atiya, Tal Verker
  • Patent number: 11385392
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a lens of an optical fiber lamp apparatus, which allow light to be entirely collected uniformly on an optical fiber when lighting using the optical fiber to minimize a difference in brightness for each optical fiber, improving quality of lighting through the optical fiber, and an optical fiber lamp apparatus having the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, SL Corporation
    Inventors: Byoung Suk Ahn, Ki Hong Lee, Jung Wook Lim, Seung Sik Han, Ji Yeon Kim, Jin Hee Yu
  • Patent number: 11361524
    Abstract: The quality of digital impressions geometry and color but also fluorescence, transillumination, reflection and absorption properties can be inferior to single frame 2D/3D images e.g. due to averaging effects, rendering effects, difficult scanning situation etc. This can lead to difficulties in the dental workflow such as the creation of a preparation margin line or detection of diseases such as caries. By providing a correlated view of high-quality single frame images and corresponding 3D models, the dental workflow can be guided to be completed more efficiently using the single frame images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventors: Hong Keun Kim, Anders Adamson, Ole Jakubik, Frederike Franke
  • Patent number: 11351011
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for generating a digital model of a tooth structure for a gap between neighboring teeth of an arch form of a patient. Position of a tooth structure between neighboring teeth may be determined. Arch lines extending through the plurality of teeth may be determined. Intermediate points in the interdental gap may be determined. Longitudinal axis of the tooth structure relative to the neighbouring teeth may be derived. A digital model of the tooth structure may be aligned on the longitudinal axis and a digital model of the tooth structure may be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Oxilio Ltd
    Inventor: Islam Khasanovich Raslambekov