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公开(公告)号:US20180005371A1
公开(公告)日:2018-01-04
申请号:US15199437
申请日:2016-06-30
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Michael Sabina , Leon Rasovsky
CPC classification number: G06T7/0012 , A61B6/14 , A61C7/002 , A61C9/0046 , A61C9/0053 , A61C13/0004 , G06K9/6202 , G06T7/11 , G06T7/30 , G06T17/00 , G06T2207/30036
Abstract: During an intraoral scan session, a processing device receives a plurality of intraoral images of a dental site. The processing device determines that a historical template of the dental site is existent and registers a first intraoral image of the plurality of intraoral images to the historical template at a first region of the dental site depicted in the historical template. The processing device may register one or more remaining intraoral images of the plurality of intraoral images to the historical template at a second region of the dental site depicted in the historical template. The first region may be separated from the second region.
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公开(公告)号:US09844421B2
公开(公告)日:2017-12-19
申请号:US14686369
申请日:2015-04-14
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Jon F. Moss , Rene M. Sterental
Abstract: Embodiments include dental appliances, dental appliance systems, and methods of making and using such appliances. In one embodiment, a dental appliance includes a number of tooth apertures for the placement of teeth therein and a tab representing a position of a tooth that has not fully erupted and oriented to be received over the position of the tooth that has not fully erupted.
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公开(公告)号:US09839494B2
公开(公告)日:2017-12-12
申请号:US15053712
申请日:2016-02-25
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Srinivas Kaza , Bob Grove
IPC: G06K9/00 , G06K9/36 , G06K9/32 , A61C11/00 , A61C9/00 , A61C7/00 , A61C7/08 , G06F19/12 , G06F19/00
CPC classification number: A61C7/002 , A61B34/10 , A61C7/08 , A61C9/00 , A61C9/0006 , A61C9/0046 , A61C9/0053 , G06F19/00 , G06F19/12 , G16H50/50
Abstract: Method and system for managing multiple impressions of a patient's jaw for an orthodontic treatment is provided. The method includes scanning at least a first impression and a second impression of same jaw for the orthodontic treatment; determining if the first jaw impression and the second jaw impression have distortion in different areas; selecting the first jaw impression or the second jaw impression as a base impression; and replacing a distorted tooth data from the base impression with data for the same tooth from a non-base impression. The method also includes scanning at least a first jaw impression for the orthodontic treatment; scanning a bite impression for the orthodontic treatment; matching the scanned first jaw impression with the scanned bite impression; comparing bite information with a tooth occlusal surface; and determining if reconstruction is to be performed on the tooth occlusal surface.
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公开(公告)号:US20170312052A1
公开(公告)日:2017-11-02
申请号:US15650548
申请日:2017-07-14
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Jon MOSS , Rok SRIBAR
Abstract: A dental template for positioning an object on teeth of a patient and method for fabricating the same. The method includes creating a digital model of the patient's teeth, creating a simplified template model based on the digital model, and fabricating the dental template based on the simplified template model. The template model is simplified by removing certain features of the patient's tooth anatomy. The dental template can be located on a patient's teeth using four or fewer positioning teeth.
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公开(公告)号:US20170307875A1
公开(公告)日:2017-10-26
申请号:US15649342
申请日:2017-07-13
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Rami Boltanksi
IPC: G02B26/10 , G02B26/08 , G02B7/08 , G02B7/02 , A61C9/00 , A61B1/00 , A61B1/24 , A61B1/04 , A61B1/002 , H02K41/035
CPC classification number: G02B26/10 , A61B1/00172 , A61B1/00188 , A61B1/002 , A61B1/04 , A61B1/24 , A61C9/0053 , A61C9/0066 , G02B7/023 , G02B7/08 , G02B26/0875 , H02K41/0356
Abstract: A scanner includes a lens assembly comprising a lens having a lens axis and a positioning system to adjust a focal plane of the lens assembly. The positioning system includes an outer element, an inner element that houses the lens assembly, and a linear-motion bearing that couples the inner element to the outer element. The linear-motion bearing includes a first element coupling and a second element coupling. The linear-motion bearing provides a single degree of translational movement of the inner element along the lens axis.
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公开(公告)号:US20170300207A1
公开(公告)日:2017-10-19
申请号:US15638141
申请日:2017-06-29
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc
Inventor: Huafeng WEN , Frank Zhenhuan LIU
CPC classification number: G06F3/0484 , A61C7/00 , A61C7/002 , A61C7/08 , A61C9/002 , A61C2007/004 , B33Y80/00
Abstract: A method for treating a subject's teeth. A target configuration for the subject's teeth is determined. Receiving features are produced on a dental base in response to the target configuration, the receiving features being configured to receive physical tooth models. The physical tooth models are assembled on the dental base to form a physical arch model. A dental aligner is produced using the physical arch model to move the subject's teeth to the target configuration.
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公开(公告)号:US09782238B2
公开(公告)日:2017-10-10
申请号:US15138034
申请日:2016-04-25
Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Inventor: Avi Kopelman
CPC classification number: A61C13/0004 , A61C8/00 , A61C8/0001 , A61C9/00 , A61C9/002 , A61C9/0053 , A61C13/0022 , A61C13/34
Abstract: A method and system are provided for manufacturing a physical dental model. A virtual model is provided representative of at least a portion of the intra-oral cavity including at least one dental implant implanted therein, and the virtual model includes a virtual portion representative of each dental implant. The virtual spatial disposition of each such virtual portion is determined with respect to the virtual model, corresponding to a real spatial disposition of the respective implant with respect to the intra oral cavity. A physical model is then manufactured based on the virtual model, the physical model including a physical analog corresponding to each implant at a respective physical spatial disposition with respect to the physical model corresponding to the respective virtual spatial disposition of the respective virtual portion with respect to the first virtual model as already determined. In some embodiments, a jig is provided configured for maintaining a desired physical spatial disposition between the physical analog and a cavity of the physical dental model at least until the physical analog is affixed in the cavity.
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公开(公告)号:US20170273760A1
公开(公告)日:2017-09-28
申请号:US15470403
申请日:2017-03-27
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: John Morton , James Nishimuta
IPC: A61C7/08 , A61C7/10 , G05B19/042 , A61C7/00 , A61C7/14
Abstract: A system for generating a treatment plan for repositioning a plurality of teeth comprises instructions to receive a digital data set representing the plurality of teeth, and determine a movement trajectory for repositioning, each tooth from an initial position and orientation towards a target position and orientation. The movement trajectory of at least one tooth comprises movement along a plurality of different directions. A movement velocity is determined for repositioning each tooth along the corresponding movement trajectory. The movement velocity is determined independently for each tooth, and the movement velocity for the at least one tooth is determined independently for each direction.
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公开(公告)号:US20170252132A1
公开(公告)日:2017-09-07
申请号:US15601512
申请日:2017-05-22
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Yossef Atiya , Tal Verker
CPC classification number: A61C9/0053 , A61B1/24 , A61B5/0068 , A61C9/0066 , G01B11/24 , G02B6/2726 , G02B6/32
Abstract: A probe head for dental confocal imaging, comprises a light-guiding part for guiding a light beam towards a teeth portion, the light-guiding part having an entrance face through which the light beam enters the light-guiding part and an exit face through which the light beam exits the light-guiding part, wherein the light-guiding part is configured, in case of a linearly polarized light beam having two polarization components being perpendicular to each other, to change polarization of the linearly polarized light beam on its path through the light-guiding part in such a way that one of the two polarization components, compared to the other of the two polarization components, is retarded by an odd multiple of a quarter of a wavelength of the light beam along the path from the entrance face to the exit face.
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公开(公告)号:US09675429B2
公开(公告)日:2017-06-13
申请号:US14980580
申请日:2015-12-28
Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Inventor: Erez Lampert , Adi Levin , Tal Verker
CPC classification number: G01B11/2513 , A61C9/0053 , A61C9/006 , G01B11/24 , G01B11/25 , G01B11/2518 , G01B11/303 , G01S17/08 , G02B3/0056 , G02B21/0028 , G02B21/006 , G02B23/2461 , G02B23/26
Abstract: An apparatus is described for measuring surface topography of a three-dimensional structure. In many embodiments, the apparatus is configured to focus each of a plurality of light beams to a respective fixed focal position relative to the apparatus. The apparatus measures a characteristic of each of a plurality of returned light beams that are generated by illuminating the three-dimensional structure with the light beams. The characteristic is measured for a plurality of different positions and/or orientations between the apparatus and the three-dimensional structure. Surface topography of the three-dimensional structure is determined based at least in part on the measured characteristic of the returned light beams for the plurality of different positions and/or orientations between the apparatus and the three-dimensional structure.
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