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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 9/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2018.01); A61C 5/77 (2017.01); G01B 11/24 (2006.01); A61B 5/107 (2006.01); A61C 13/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G16H 50/50 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 9/0066 (2013.01); A61B 5/1077 (2013.01); A61B 5/4547 (2013.01); A61B 5/743 (2013.01); A61C 5/77 (2017.02); A61C 7/002 (2013.01); A61C 9/006 (2013.01); A61C 9/008 (2013.01); A61C 13/0004 (2013.01); G01B 11/24 (2013.01); G06F 19/00 (2013.01); G16H 50/50 (2018.01);
Abstract
According to the invention, a method and system are provided for scanning, and for facilitating scanning of, an intraoral cavity. The target parts of the intraoral cavity that it is desired to have scanned are identified, and the spatial s relationships between a scanning device and the target parts of the intraoral cavity suitable for enabling said target parts to be scanned by said scanning device, are also identified or otherwise determined. These relationships are then displayed, and the displayed relationships are used as a guide for scanning the intraoral cavity.