公开(公告)号：US12201494B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-21

申请号：US18453884

申请日：2023-08-22

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Avi Kopelman

IPC: A61C19/045 ,  A61B1/00 ,  A61B1/24 ,  A61B90/00 ,  A61B90/90 ,  A61C7/00 ,  A61C9/00 ,  A61C13/00 ,  A61C19/04 ,  G16H20/40

Abstract: A device including a coded pattern for use in dental procedures is provided. Related methods and systems are also provided.

公开(公告)号：US12156714B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-03

申请号：US17535478

申请日：2021-11-24

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Jun Sato ,  Allen Boronkay ,  Yaser Shanjani ,  Reza Shirazi Aghjari ,  Avi Kopelman ,  Andrew Jang ,  Jihua Cheng ,  Eric Kuo ,  Vladimir Shelbakh ,  Bastien Pesenti

IPC: G06T7/73 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/10 ,  A61C9/00 ,  A61C13/00 ,  G06T7/00 ,  G06T15/08

Abstract: Methods and systems for imaging removable dental appliances. Image data taken while a removable dental appliance was worn on a patient's teeth may be used to identify one or more locations of undesirable contact between the removable dental appliance and the patient's teeth and/or one or more attachments on the patient's teeth. The one or more locations of undesirable contact can correlate with undesirable tooth movement compared to expected tooth movement according to a treatment plan. A three-dimensional (3D) model of the removable dental appliance and the patient's teeth may be displayed on a user interface, with the identified one or more locations of undesirable contact highlighted in the 3D model. An alert of the identified one or more locations of undesirable contact may be emitted via the user interface.

公开(公告)号：US12076200B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-03

申请号：US17095659

申请日：2020-11-11

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Ofer Saphier ,  Avi Kopelman

IPC: A61C13/00 ,  G06T7/50 ,  G06T7/55 ,  G06T19/20

CPC classification number: A61C13/0004 ,  G06T7/50 ,  G06T7/55 ,  G06T19/20 ,  G06T2219/028 ,  G06T2219/2004 ,  G06T2219/2008

Abstract: A method of generating a virtual 3D model of a dental arch is provided. The method includes receiving intraoral scans of a dental arch, determining a first depth of a first intraoral 3D surface in a first intraoral scan, and determining a second depth of a second intraoral 3D surface in the first intraoral scan, and wherein there is a fixed distance between the first intraoral 3D surface and the second intraoral 3D surface in the first intraoral scan. The method further includes stitching together the intraoral scans and generating a virtual 3D model of the dental arch from the intraoral scans, wherein the fixed distance between the first intraoral 3D surface and the second intraoral 3D surface is included in the virtual 3D model.

公开(公告)号：US12070367B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-27

申请号：US18141292

申请日：2023-04-28

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Avi Kopelman ,  Michael Sabina

IPC: A61C5/77 ,  A61B1/00 ,  A61B1/24 ,  A61C9/00 ,  G06T1/00 ,  G06T7/13 ,  G06T15/20 ,  G06T17/00

CPC classification number: A61C5/77 ,  A61B1/0002 ,  A61B1/00045 ,  A61B1/24 ,  A61C9/0053 ,  G06T1/0007 ,  G06T7/13 ,  G06T15/205 ,  G06T17/00 ,  A61B1/000095 ,  G06T2207/30036

Abstract: A processor receives first intraoral scan data comprising a first depiction of a dental site; generates a virtual three-dimensional (3D) model of the dental site using the first intraoral scan data; and processes at least one of the first intraoral scan data or data from the virtual 3D model to identify an unclear feature. The processor outputs instructions to generate second intraoral scan data of the dental site depicting the portion of the dental site that is unclear; receives the second intraoral scan data; and updates the virtual 3D model of the dental site using the second intraoral scan data, wherein the portion of the dental site that was unclear in the virtual 3D model is replaced with information from the second intraoral scan data.

公开(公告)号：US20240180668A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-06

申请号：US18393571

申请日：2023-12-21

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Avi Kopelman ,  René M. Sterental ,  Igor Kvasov ,  Mikhail Dyachenko ,  Roman A. Roschin ,  Leonid Vyacheslavovich Grechishnikov

IPC: A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/14 ,  A61C9/00 ,  G06T7/00

CPC classification number: A61C7/002 ,  G06T7/0012 ,  A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/146 ,  A61C9/0053 ,  G06T2207/30036

Abstract: A system, method and/or computer readable medium may perform operations including receiving scan data of an actual condition of a patient's dental arch at a stage of an orthodontic treatment plan; making a comparison of the actual condition of the patient's dental arch as depicted in the scan data to a planned condition of the patient's dental arch for the stage of the orthodontic treatment plan; determining, based on a result of the comparison, that a planned final position for one or more teeth of the patient's dental arch will be difficult to achieve; determining a new final position for the one or more teeth of the patient's dental arch; and updating the orthodontic treatment plan to replace the planned final position for the one or more teeth of the patient's dental arch with the new final position for the one or more teeth of the patient's dental arch.

公开(公告)号：US11995839B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-28

申请号：US17011930

申请日：2020-09-03

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Assaf Weiss ,  Maxim Volgin ,  Pavel Agniashvili ,  Chad Clayton Brown ,  Alexander Raskhodchikov ,  Avi Kopelman ,  Michael Sabina ,  Moti Ben-Dov ,  Shai Farkash ,  Igor Makiewsky ,  Maayan Moshe ,  Ofer Saphier

IPC: G06T7/12 ,  A61C13/00 ,  A61C13/34 ,  G06N3/047 ,  G06N3/08 ,  G06T7/00 ,  G16H30/40

CPC classification number: G06T7/12 ,  A61C13/0004 ,  A61C13/0019 ,  A61C13/34 ,  G06N3/047 ,  G06N3/08 ,  G06T7/0012 ,  G16H30/40 ,  G06T2207/20081 ,  G06T2207/20084 ,  G06T2207/30036

Abstract: Methods and systems are described that mark and/or correct margin lines and/or other features of dental sites. In one example a three-dimensional model of a dental site is generated from intraoral scan data of the dental site, the three-dimensional model comprising a representation of a preparation tooth. An image of the preparation tooth is received or generated. Data from the image is processed using a trained machine learning model that has been trained to identify margin lines of preparation teeth, wherein the trained machine learning model outputs a probability map comprising, for each pixel in the image, a probability that the pixel depicts a margin line. The three-dimensional model of the dental site is then updated by marking the margin line on the representation of the preparation tooth based on the probability map.

公开(公告)号：US11678953B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-20

申请号：US16810726

申请日：2020-03-05

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Avi Kopelman ,  Michael Sabina

IPC: A61C5/77 ,  A61B1/24 ,  A61B1/00 ,  A61C9/00 ,  G06T17/00 ,  G06T1/00 ,  G06T7/13 ,  G06T15/20

CPC classification number: A61C5/77 ,  A61B1/0002 ,  A61B1/00045 ,  A61B1/24 ,  A61C9/0053 ,  G06T1/0007 ,  G06T7/13 ,  G06T15/205 ,  G06T17/00 ,  A61B1/000095 ,  G06T2207/30036

Abstract: A method includes receiving first intraoral scan data comprising a first depiction of a dental site comprising a preparation tooth; generating a virtual three-dimensional (3D) model of the dental site using the first intraoral scan data; processing at least one of the first intraoral scan data or data from the virtual 3D model to identify a margin line of the preparation tooth, wherein at least a portion of the margin line is unclear; outputting instructions to generate second intraoral scan data of the dental site depicting the portion of the margin line that is unclear; receiving the second intraoral scan data; and updating the virtual 3D model of the dental site using the second intraoral scan data, wherein the portion of the margin line that was unclear in the virtual 3D model is replaced with information from the second intraoral scan data.

公开(公告)号：USRE49541E1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-06

申请号：US16994449

申请日：2020-08-14

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Avi Kopelman ,  Eldad Taub

IPC: A61C11/00 ,  A61C5/77 ,  G16H20/40 ,  A61C9/00 ,  A61C13/00

CPC classification number: A61C5/77 ,  A61C9/0046 ,  A61C13/0004 ,  G16H20/40

Abstract: A computer-based prosthodontic method is provided, for enabling a dental practitioner to define a finish line of a dental prosthesis of at least one tooth to be fitted over a tooth preparation. The method comprises the following steps: providing a three-dimensional (3D) digital data relating to the patient's dentition, the 3D data includes data representative of the surface topology of the preparation and its surroundings; generating first finish line data representative of at least a portion of the finish line and superimposing an image of the finish line on an image of the dentition; obtaining second finish line data determined on the basis of input received from a dental practitioner; and using the second finish line data to update the first finish line data and superimposing the updated data on the dentition image.

公开(公告)号：US11654004B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-23

申请号：US17681626

申请日：2022-02-25

Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Inventor： Avi Kopelman

IPC: A61C13/00 ,  A61C8/00 ,  A61C9/00 ,  A61C13/34

CPC classification number: A61C13/0004 ,  A61C8/00 ,  A61C8/0001 ,  A61C9/00 ,  A61C9/0053 ,  A61C13/0022 ,  A61C13/34 ,  A61C9/002

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.

公开(公告)号：US11648087B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-16

申请号：US17135886

申请日：2020-12-28

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Avi Kopelman

IPC: A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/08 ,  A61C13/00 ,  B33Y50/02

CPC classification number: A61C7/002 ,  A61C7/08 ,  A61C13/0004 ,  B33Y50/02

Abstract: Embodiments relate to adding customized cut line information to a shell that is to be formed over mold of a dental arch. In one embodiment, a processing device generates or receives a digital three-dimensional model of a mold for a dental arch of a patient. The processing device determines a cut line for a shell that is to be formed over the mold for the dental arch of the patient. The processing device then supplements the digital three-dimensional model by adding an auxiliary structure to the digital three-dimensional model, wherein the auxiliary structure comprises at least one of an elevation or a depression that extends along the cut line in the digital three-dimensional model, wherein the auxiliary structure will cause the shell formed over the mold to have an impression of the auxiliary structure that identifies the cut line.