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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Avi Kopelman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Adi Levin, Nes Tziona, IL;
Ran Katz, Or Yehuda, IL;
Eric Kuo, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/593 (2017.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/54 (2013.01); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61C 9/0053 (2013.01); G06T 7/593 (2017.01); A61B 2090/3937 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3991 (2016.02); G06T 2207/10012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30036 (2013.01);
Abstract
An adhesive object for placement in a patients mouth includes a body with an upper surface and a lower surface, the body having a shape. A lower surface of the body includes an adhesive. An upper surface of the body includes a feature that may be detectable by an intraoral scanner, wherein at least one of the shape of the body or the feature on the upper surface provides a geometrical reference point for image registration of images generated by the intraoral scanner.