CUSTOM ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE FORMING METHOD AND APPARATUS
    11.
    发明申请
    CUSTOM ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE FORMING METHOD AND APPARATUS 审中-公开
    自定义矫正器具形成方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20120123577A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-05-17

    申请号:US13329613

    申请日:2011-12-19

    IPC分类号: G06F17/50 G06F17/00

    摘要: A method by which an orthodontic appliance is automatically designed and manufactured from digital lower jaw and tooth shape data of a patient provides for the scanning of the mouth of a patient to produce a three-dimensional digitized model of the shapes of the patient's teeth and their positions in the patient's mouth. The appliance is automatically designed according to the final design, which also can be interactively modified and approved by the orthodontist, with the computer recalculating the effects on the treatment as a result of the doctor's changes. Brackets are fabricated as an integrated set, either by cutting slots therein or by building the brackets in layers. Three-dimensional custom jigs are automatically made to exactly position the brackets on a patient's teeth.

    摘要翻译: 由病人的数字下颌和牙齿形状数据自动设计和制造矫正器具的方法,用于扫描患者的口腔,以产生患者牙齿形状的三维数字化模型及其 病人口中的位置。 该设备根据最终设计进行自动设计,也可以由正牙医生进行交互修改和批准,计算机会重新计算由于医生改变而对治疗的影响。 支架是通过在其中切割槽或通过在层中构建托架来制造的。 自动将三维定制夹具精确定位在病人牙齿上。

    Stopper rod
    12.
    发明申请
    Stopper rod 有权
    止动杆

    公开(公告)号:US20090277932A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-11-12

    申请号:US11918742

    申请日:2006-03-13

    申请人: Mark A. Payne

    发明人: Mark A. Payne

    IPC分类号: B22D41/18

    CPC分类号: B22D41/18

    摘要: A stopper rod comprises a body (11) having a central passageway (12) with part of a carrier rod (13) fixed in the passageway and a further part outside of the passageway for attachment to a lifting device. An enlarged part of the passageway defines a sealing surface (14) and an insert (16) around the carrier rod is partly received in the enlarged part. Retention means (17, 18) are carried on the carrier rod and expandable means are disposed around the carrier rod between the insert (16) and the retention means (17, 18). The expandable means include an expandable graphitic composition formed by removing a proportion of interstitial water from an expandable graphite formulation. The insert has a co-efficient of thermal expansion no greater than that of the carrier rod, whilst expansion of the expandable means is greater than that of the carrier rod.

    摘要翻译: 塞杆包括具有中心通道(12)的主体(11),所述中心通道(12)具有固定在通道中的承载杆(13)的一部分,以及用于附接到提升装置的通道外部的另一部分。 通道的扩大部分限定了密封表面(14),并且围绕承载杆的插入件(16)部分地被容纳在扩大部分中。 保持装置(17,18)承载在承载杆上,并且可膨胀装置围绕承载杆布置在插入件(16)和保持装置(17,18)之间。 可膨胀装置包括通过从可膨胀石墨制剂中去除一定比例的间隙水而形成的可膨胀石墨组合物。 插入件具有不大于承载杆的热膨胀系数,而可膨胀装置的膨胀大​​于承载杆的膨胀。

    Custom orthodontic appliance forming method and apparatus
    13.
    发明授权
    Custom orthodontic appliance forming method and apparatus 失效
    定制矫正器具的形成方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US6015289A

    公开(公告)日:2000-01-18

    申请号:US960908

    申请日:1997-10-30

    摘要: A system and method by which an orthodontic appliance is automatically designed and manufactured from digital lower jaw and tooth shape data of a patient provides for preferably scanning a model of the patient's mouth to produce two or three dimensional images and digitizing contours and selected points. A computer is programmed to construct archforms and calculate finish positions of the teeth, then to design an appliance, preferably including archwires and brackets, to move the teeth to the calculated positions. The lower teeth are positioned at their roots on an arch defined by the lower jaw bone, and the arch is modified to best fit the tooth tips on a smooth curve. Upper archforms are constructed for the upper teeth. Then, machine code is generated and appliances are automatically produced that will straighten the teeth of the patient. Custom placement jigs are also automatically designed and fabricated and are provided with the custom appliance to position the appliance on the patient's teeth.

    摘要翻译: 由患者的数字下颌和牙齿形状数据自动设计和制造矫正器具的系统和方法优选地扫描患者口腔的模型以产生两维或三维图像并且数字化轮廓和选定点。 计算机被编程以构建拱形并计算牙齿的完成位置,然后设计优选地包括弓丝和支架的器具,以将牙齿移动到计算的位置。 下牙齿定位在由下颚骨限定的弓上的根部处,并且修改拱以使齿尖最佳地配合在平滑的曲线上。 上部拱形构造为上牙。 然后,生成机器代码,并且自动生成将矫直患者牙齿的器具。 定制放置夹具还自动设计和制造,并配有定制设备以将设备定位在患者牙齿上。

    Orthodontic appliance providing for mesial rotation of molars
    14.
    发明授权
    Orthodontic appliance providing for mesial rotation of molars 失效
    矫正器具提供磨牙的中间旋转

    公开(公告)号:US5464349A

    公开(公告)日:1995-11-07

    申请号:US286000

    申请日:1994-08-04

    IPC分类号: A61C7/00 A61C7/28 A61C3/00

    CPC分类号: A61C7/282 A61C7/002

    摘要: An orthodontic bracket, preferably in the form of a buccal tube, is provided for connecting an orthodontic archwire to each mandibular first molar of a patient. The bracket has an archwire groove oriented to maintain the archwire at a positive rotation angle relative to the point on the surface of the molar at which the bracket is connected. The rotation angle is preferably approximately 2.degree. for Caucasian patients and approximately 4.degree. for Asian patients. The groove, while inclined to a positive (distal) rotation angle of greater than zero, may additionally be inclined mesially relative to the wire to account for smaller cross-sectional dimensions of the wire relative to the groove. In making a custom orthodontic appliance, a computer designs such buccal tubes with the grooves rotated to an angle optimally calculated for the patient. In the custom method, based on digitized tooth shape date for the patient, the embrasure of the upper first molars are placed perpendicular to an archform to occupy the least space on the arch, and the mesial buccal cusp and disto lingual cusp of each lower first molar is placed on a line coinciding with a line through the mesial marginal ridge and disto lingual groove of the upper first molar.

    摘要翻译: 提供优选为口腔形式的正畸托架,用于将正畸弓丝连接到患者的每个下颌第一磨牙。 托架具有定向的弓丝槽,以将弓丝相对于支架连接在该摩擦表面上的点保持在正旋转角度。 白种人的旋转角度优选为2度左右,亚洲患者的旋转角度约为4度。 槽倾斜到大于零的正(远)旋转角度时,可以额外地相对于导线向内倾斜,以解决导线相对于凹槽的较小横截面尺寸。 在制造定制矫正器具时,计算机设计这样的口腔管,其中凹槽旋转到针对患者最佳计算的角度。 在定制方法中,基于患者的数字化牙齿形状日期,上部第一磨牙的胚胎垂直于拱形放置以占据拱顶上的最小空间,并且每个较低的第一臼齿的中间颊部尖端和不同的舌尖 臼齿放置在与通过中间边缘脊线的线重合的线上,而不是上部第一磨牙的舌槽。

    Coordinated orthodontic archwires and method of making same
    15.
    发明授权
    Coordinated orthodontic archwires and method of making same 失效
    协调正畸弓丝及其制作方法

    公开(公告)号:US5456600A

    公开(公告)日:1995-10-10

    申请号:US285961

    申请日:1994-08-04

    摘要: Coordinated orthodontic archwires are provided based on a method of designing custom orthodontic appliances based in individual patient anatomy and, based on a plurality of such custom designs, designing and manufacturing a standardized appliance for patients of average dental anatomy. From such method, a relationship is established for coordinating one archwire to another of any given design. The coordinated archwires so provided include an upper archwire that is an expansion of a lower archwire, and in addition, when the shapes of the archwires are superimposed, are spaced apart more in the vicinity of the cuspids and first bicuspids than in the vicinity of the incisors and, preferably, also the second bicuspids. The spacing difference is at least 0.005 inches, particularly for an appliance with low profile brackets, and is up to 0.025 or 0.035 inches for an appliance with the more conventional brackets. The spacings are determined as a function of the length of the wire from the midline of the wire.

    摘要翻译: 基于在个体患者解剖结构中设计定制矫正器具的方法提供了协调的正畸弓丝,并且基于多种这样的定制设计,为平均牙科解剖学患者设计和制造标准化的器具。 根据这种方法,建立了将一条弓丝与任何给定设计中的另一根相配合的关系。 如此提供的协调的弓线包括作为下弓丝的膨胀的上弓丝,此外,当叠线的弓形的形状在牙尖和第一二尖瓣附近比在邻近 门牙,优选地也是第二个双尖牙。 间距差为至少0.005英寸,特别是对于具有低轮廓支架的器具,对于具有更常规支架的器具,间距差为0.025或0.035英寸。 这些间距根据电线从电线中线确定的长度。

    Custom orthodontic appliance forming method and apparatus
    17.
    发明授权
    Custom orthodontic appliance forming method and apparatus 有权
    定制矫正器具的形成方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08992215B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-03-31

    申请号:US10868311

    申请日:2004-06-15

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

    摘要: An orthodontic appliance is automatically designed and manufactured from digital lower jaw and tooth shape data of a patient. A computer calculates the post-treatment positions of the teeth and produces three-dimensional images of the teeth, individually and in their calculated positions. The appliance is automatically designed according to the final design, which also can be interactively modified and approved by the orthodontist, with the computer recalculating the effects on the treatment as a result of the doctor's changes. Brackets are fabricated as an integrated set, either by cutting slots therein or by building the brackets in layers by, for example, stereo lithography. Three-dimensional custom jigs are automatically made to exactly position the brackets on a patient's teeth.

    摘要翻译: 矫正器具由患者的数字下颌和牙齿形状数据自动设计和制造。 计算机计算牙齿的后处理位置,并单独产生牙齿的三维图像,并在它们的计算位置。 该设备根据最终设计自动设计,也可以由正牙医生进行交互式修改和批准,计算机会重新计算由于医生改变而对治疗的影响。 托架通过在其中切割槽或者通过例如立体光刻在层中构建托架来制造为一体的集合。 自动将三维定制夹具精确定位在病人牙齿上。

    Stopper rod
    18.
    发明授权
    Stopper rod 有权
    止动杆

    公开(公告)号:US07959853B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-06-14

    申请号:US11918742

    申请日:2006-03-13

    申请人: Mark A. Payne

    发明人: Mark A. Payne

    IPC分类号: B22D41/18

    CPC分类号: B22D41/18

    摘要: Stopper rod having an elongated body of refractory material, a passageway extending longitudinally in the body from an end thereof which is uppermost in use, a carrier rod having a part fixedly received in the passageway and a further part outside of the passageway for attachment to a lifting device for the stopper rod. The passageway has an enlarged part which defines a sealing surface spaced from the end of the body, an insert around the carrier rod having at least a part thereof received in the enlarged part, a retention element on the carrier rod, and an expandable element disposed between the insert and the retention element. The material of the insert has a co-efficient of thermal expansion no greater than that of the carrier rod. Expansion of the expandable element, in use, is greater than that of the carrier rod.

    摘要翻译: 止动杆具有细长的耐火材料体,在主体中从其端部纵向延伸的通道,其在使用中是最上面的,具有固定地容纳在通道中的部分的承载杆和用于附接到通道的通道外的另一部分 提升装置用于塞杆。 通道具有限定与主体端部间隔开的密封表面的扩大部分,围绕承载杆的插入件,其至少一部分容纳在放大部分中,保持元件位于承载杆上,并且可扩张元件设置 在插入件和保持元件之间。 插入物的材料的热膨胀系数不大于载体棒的热膨胀系数。 使用中的可膨胀元件的膨胀大于载体杆的膨胀。

    Orthodontic appliance and group standardized brackets therefor and
methods of making, assembling and using appliance to straighten teeth
    19.
    发明授权
    Orthodontic appliance and group standardized brackets therefor and methods of making, assembling and using appliance to straighten teeth 失效
    正畸器具及其组合标准化支架,以及制造,组装和使用器具矫直牙齿的方法

    公开(公告)号:US5533895A

    公开(公告)日:1996-07-09

    申请号:US285942

    申请日:1994-08-04

    摘要: A computerized method of designing custom orthodontic appliances based on the individual anatomy of the individual patient is used in a further method of statistically processing the appliance design parameters to produce standardized appliances, particularly orthodontic brackets, for patient groups or classes of patients that share certain features of dental anatomy, common treatment problems or similar preferred treatment goals. Standardized brackets are provided in various combinations for patients of racial or other anthropological groups, including bracket combinations and bracket sets for Asian patients and for Caucasian patients. Methods for treating patients and providing group specific appliances to patients are also provided.

    摘要翻译: 基于个体患者的个体解剖结构设计定制正畸矫治器的计算机化方法被用于统计学处理器具设计参数以产生标准化器具(特别是正畸托架)的另一方法,用于患者群体或分类某些特征的患者类别 牙科解剖学,常见治疗问题或类似的首选治疗目标。 为种族或其他人类学群体的患者提供了各种组合的标准化括号,包括亚洲患者和高加索患者的支架组合和支架组。 还提供了治疗患者并向患者提供组织特异性器具的方法。

    Custom orthodontic archwire forming method and apparatus
    20.
    发明授权
    Custom orthodontic archwire forming method and apparatus 失效
    定制正牙弓形成方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US5447432A

    公开(公告)日:1995-09-05

    申请号:US973947

    申请日:1992-11-09

    摘要: A custom orthodontic appliance, preferably including an archwire, is automatically formed into an arcuate shape optimized to the anatomy of the patient to move the teeth to desired finish positions on a desired dental archform. Data, digitized of anatomical shapes, preferably of individual teeth and the lower jaw bone, is processed with data of the desired tooth positions and archform, which are preferably calculated from the digitized anatomical shape data, to design an optimized arcuate appliance. Preferably, an archwire is automatically designed along with optimized custom brackets to minimize bracket profiles and the changes in curvature of the wire, which is preferably in the form of a series of circle segments, embodied in machine control instructions carried by a control signal to a numerically controlled wire feeding and bending machine.

    摘要翻译: 优选地包括弓丝的定制矫正器具被自动形成为针对患者的解剖结构优化的弓形形状,以将牙齿移动到期望的牙弓上的期望的完成位置。 解剖学形状数字化,优选单个牙齿和下颌骨的数据被处理,其数据优选地从数字解剖形状数据计算出来,以设计优化的弓形器具。 优选地,弓丝自动地与优化的定制托架一起被设计,以使托架轮廓和线的曲率变化最小化,其优选地是一系列圆形段的形式,体现在由控制信号承载的机器控制指令中 数控送丝和弯曲机。