Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems for generating digital models of patient teeth
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Application No.: US17031179Application Date: 2020-09-24
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Publication No.: US11803669B2Publication Date: 2023-10-31
- Inventor: Eric Kuo , Vadim Matov , Jihua Cheng
- Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: FORTEM IP LLP
- The original application number of the division: US12961818 2010.12.07
- Main IPC: A61C13/00
- IPC: A61C13/00 ; G06F30/00

Abstract:
Systems for modeling a patient's teeth are provided. In some embodiments, a system includes a scanner operable to capture a scanned image of at least a portion of a surface of a first crown component of a first patient tooth, and to generate scanned image data representing a partial portion of the surface of the first crown component. The system can also include a processor configured to create a digital data set representing the scanned image data, select a digital tooth template that includes a second digital crown portion corresponding to the scanned image, create a morphed digital tooth crown model based on the selected digital tooth template, and merge the morphed digital tooth crown model with the digital data set representing the scanned image data of the first patient tooth to generate a complete digital patient tooth crown model.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210004505A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED DENTAL GEOMETRY REPRESENTATION Public/Granted day:2021-01-07
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