公开(公告)号：EP1850785A2

公开(公告)日：2007-11-07

申请号：EP05851515.6

申请日：2005-11-14

申请人： 3M Innovative Properties Company

发明人： RABY, Richard E. ,  CLEARY, James D. ,  BARTINGALE, Steven R. ,  JORDAN, Russel A.

IPC分类号： A61C9/00 ,  A61C7/14 ,  A61C13/00

CPC分类号： A61C13/16 ,  A61C7/002 ,  A61C7/146 ,  A61C9/0006 ,  A61C13/0004

摘要： Techniques are described for using radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags to track patient-specific materials throughout the manufacturing of indirect bonding trays. A series of RFID tags may be used to track the patient-specific material starting with the taking of a patient's impression at a clinic within a dental impression tray, through the process of casting and forming the indirect bonding tray at a manufacturing facility, back into the clinic where the appliances are bonded to the patient's teeth, and eventually into storage where the left-over materials may be archived. A database may be used to capture unique identifiers for the RFID tags and other information throughout the process.