Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reflection suppression using fluorescence
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Application No.: US17074439Application Date: 2020-10-19
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Publication No.: US12042124B2Publication Date: 2024-07-23
- Inventor: Arkady Rudnitsky , Eliahou Franklin Nizard , Shlomi Buganim
- 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: Lowenstein Sandler LLP
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00 ; A61B1/04 ; A61B1/06 ; A61B1/24 ; A61C9/00

Abstract:
An apparatus for intraoral scanning includes an elongate handheld wand comprising a probe at a distal end of the handheld wand, one or more light projectors coupled to the handheld wand, and one or more cameras coupled to the handheld wand. Each camera comprises a camera sensor and objective optics comprising one or more lenses. Each camera is configured to focus at an object focal plane that is located between 1 mm and 30 mm from the lens that is farthest from the camera sensor. The apparatus further includes a fluorescent transparent film deposited on a surface selected from the group consisting of: a window of the probe through which light exits and enters the probe, and a transparent surface that is not integral to the probe.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210121049A1 WINDOW SELF-DETECTION Public/Granted day:2021-04-29
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