公开(公告)号：USD1064272S1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-25

申请号：US29955760

申请日：2024-08-02

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Designer： Roee Gorfinkel ,  Ariel Shalev ,  Nir Makmel ,  Benny Gordon ,  Eddy Pincu ,  Osnat Zac ,  Eran Ishay

公开(公告)号：US12171627B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-24

申请号：US17719704

申请日：2022-04-13

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Leon Rasovsky ,  Avi Kopelman ,  Nir Makmel

IPC: A61C11/00 ,  A61C7/00 ,  A61C13/00 ,  A61C7/08 ,  A61C9/00

Abstract: A dental articulator includes a first arm hingedly joined to a second arm about a pivot axis, where each one of the first arm and the second arm are configured to mount a dental model comprising at least one measurement element, and an inspection tool capable of checking the at least one measurable element against allowable tolerances. Each arm includes a mounting bracket having a distal portion adapted to mount the respective dental model and having a proximal portion. Each arm further has a base member having a distal portion adapted to hingedly join the first arm and the second arm about the pivot axis. The inspection tool comprises a first measurement device and a second measurement device. The first measurement device is coupled to the first arm or second arm and the second measurement device is coupled to the first arm or second arm.

公开(公告)号：USD1042842S1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-17

申请号：US29827402

申请日：2022-02-18

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Designer： Roee Gorfinkel ,  Ariel Shalev ,  Nir Makmel ,  Benny Gordon ,  Eddy Pincu ,  Osnat Zac ,  Eran Ishay

Abstract: FIG. 1 is a front elevation view of an intraoral scanner wand in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a back elevation view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a left side elevation view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a right side elevation view thereof;
FIG. 5 is an enlarged top plan view thereof;
FIG. 6 is an enlarged bottom plan view thereof;
FIG. 7 is a front perspective view thereof;
FIG. 8 is a back perspective view thereof;
FIG. 9 is a second front perspective view thereof; and,
FIG. 10 is a second perspective view thereof.
The broken lines shown in the drawings are for the purpose of illustrating portions of the intraoral scanner wand that form no part of the claimed design.

公开(公告)号：US11930154B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-12

申请号：US18156349

申请日：2023-01-18

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Ofer Saphier ,  Tal Levy ,  Gal Peleg ,  Eliran Dafna ,  Sergei Ozerov ,  Tal Verker ,  Nir Makmel ,  Yossef Atiya

IPC: H04N13/204 ,  G01B11/25 ,  G06T7/521 ,  H04N1/00

CPC classification number: H04N13/204 ,  G01B11/25 ,  G06T7/521 ,  H04N1/00018

Abstract: An intraoral scanning system comprises and intraoral scanner and a processor. The intraoral scanner comprises one or more cameras and one or more structured light projectors, the intraoral scanner to generate a series of images using the one or more cameras, each image including at least a portion of a pattern projected by the one or more structured light projectors onto an intraoral three-dimensional surface. The processor runs a correspondence algorithm to compute respective three-dimensional positions of a plurality of features of the pattern on the intraoral three-dimensional surface, as captured in the series of images. The processor identifies the computed three-dimensional position of a detected feature of the pattern as corresponding to a particular projector ray r, in at least a subset of the series of images. The processor tracks the particular projector ray r across one or more additional images of the series of images.

公开(公告)号：US20240074006A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-29

申请号：US18383850

申请日：2023-10-25

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Nir Makmel

IPC: H05B3/84 ,  A61B1/00 ,  A61B1/12

CPC classification number: H05B3/84 ,  A61B1/00163 ,  A61B1/127 ,  H05B2203/011 ,  H05B2203/013

Abstract: An intraoral scanning device comprises a housing having a longitudinal axis and comprising a head configured for insertion into an oral cavity of a patient, the head comprising an aperture for transmission of optical signals, a transparent element positioned within the aperture, wherein the transparent element is non-orthogonal to the longitudinal axis, and a defogging unit comprising a heating unit. A protective sleeve is configured to cover at least a part of the head and comprises an additional aperture that aligns with the aperture and an additional transparent element in the additional aperture. A gap separates the additional transparent element from the transparent element when the protective sleeve is coupled to the housing. The housing and the protective sleeve are configured such that heat generated by the heating unit is transferred from the heating unit to the additional transparent element despite the gap that separates the additional transparent element from the transparent element.

公开(公告)号：US11759277B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-19

申请号：US16942616

申请日：2020-07-29

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Ariel Shalev ,  Eran Green ,  Zakhar Ginzburg ,  Matthew Durban ,  Roee Gorfinkel ,  Ofer Saphier ,  Tal Verker ,  Nir Makmel ,  Eran Ishay ,  Raphael Levy

IPC: A61B6/14 ,  A61B46/17 ,  A61B46/00

CPC classification number: A61B46/17 ,  A61B6/145 ,  A61B46/40

Abstract: Removable barrier devices (e.g., sleeves) for covering medical scanning devices to reduce the chance of cross-contamination between patients and/or to protect the scanning devices from physical damage. The barrier device can include a cover that has an integrated window for passing optical signals between the scanning device and an external environment. The cover can include a sleeve that covers a handle portion of the scanning device to prevent contamination of the handle from a user's hand or glove. The cover and sleeve may both be formed of the same flexible material, or the cover may be rigid to maintain the window in a fixed position and the sleeve may be flexible to allow a user to activate a button or touchpad on the handle. An interface region between the cover and sleeve may provide a hermetic seal. The window may include a nanostructured antireflective material to limit internal reflections.

公开(公告)号：US11737657B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-29

申请号：US17972567

申请日：2022-10-24

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Avi Kopelman ,  Michael Sabina ,  Nir Makmel ,  Adi Levin ,  Arad Zulti ,  Arthur Hsieh

IPC: G16H40/67 ,  A61B1/24 ,  A61B1/00 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61C9/00

CPC classification number: A61B1/00142 ,  A61B1/00103 ,  A61B1/00172 ,  A61B1/24 ,  A61B5/0088 ,  A61C9/0053 ,  G16H40/67

Abstract: Apparatuses, including sleeves, intraoral scanning systems to use these sleeves, and methods of using the sleeve, that authenticate the sleeve for use with an intraoral scanning system. Authentication may include verifying that the sleeve is new (unused) and/or verifying that the sleeve is appropriate and/or intended for use with the intraoral scanning system. Once authenticated, operation parameters of the intraoral scanning system can be automatically set based on information from a scanned identifier on the sleeve.

公开(公告)号：US20220331075A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-20

申请号：US17719704

申请日：2022-04-13

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Leon Rasovsky ,  Avi Kopelman ,  Nir Makmel

IPC: A61C13/00 ,  A61C7/00 ,  A61C11/00

Abstract: A dental articulator includes a first arm hingedly joined to a second arm about a pivot axis, where each one of the first arm and the second arm are configured to mount a dental model comprising at least one measurement element, and an inspection tool capable of checking the at least one measurable element against allowable tolerances. Each arm includes a mounting bracket having a distal portion adapted to mount the respective dental model and having a proximal portion. Each arm further has a base member having a distal portion adapted to hingedly join the first arm and the second arm about the pivot axis. The inspection tool comprises a first measurement device and a second measurement device. The first measurement device is coupled to the first arm or second arm and the second measurement device is coupled to the first arm or second arm.

公开(公告)号：US20220015618A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-20

申请号：US17488210

申请日：2021-09-28

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Nir Makmel

IPC: A61B1/12 ,  A61B1/00 ,  H05B3/84

Abstract: An intraoral scanner comprises an optical element for transmission of optical signals and a primary housing that houses the optical element, the primary housing comprising a head configured for insertion into a patient oral cavity, the head of the primary housing defining an aperture for transmission of the optical signals, wherein the primary housing comprises a longitudinal axis, and wherein a vector normal to a plane defined by the aperture is at a right angle or an acute angle to the longitudinal axis. The intraoral scanner further comprises a defogging element coupled to the primary housing, the defogging element comprising a transparent substrate aligned with the aperture, at least one side of the transparent substrate facing an external environment, and a transparent conductive layer on a surface of the transparent substrate, wherein responsive to application of electrical power to the transparent conductive layer, the transparent conductive layer generates heat.

公开(公告)号：US20210186335A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-24

申请号：US17191579

申请日：2021-03-03

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Yossef Atiya ,  Tal Verker ,  Nir Makmel

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  G02B13/16 ,  G02B6/26 ,  F21V8/00 ,  G01B11/24 ,  G01B11/245 ,  A61C9/00 ,  G02B5/04 ,  G02B23/24

Abstract: An apparatus for dental imaging comprises a light source for generating light, an optics system for focusing the light, and a probe head. The light source, the optics system and the probe head are arranged such that the light passes through the optics system, passes through the probe head, and exits the probe head. The optics system is configured such that, upon entering the probe head, an outermost chief ray of the light with respect to an optical axis of the optics system is divergent to the optical axis and an outermost marginal ray of the light with respect to the optical axis is parallel or divergent to the optical axis.