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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Bruce W. Hultgren, Victoria, MN (US);
Inventor:
Bruce W. Hultgren, Victoria, MN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/56 (2006.01); A61C 7/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/08 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); A61C 5/00 (2017.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01); A61C 13/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/36 (2006.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/566 (2013.01); A61C 7/002 (2013.01); A61C 7/08 (2013.01); A61C 5/007 (2013.01); A61C 7/36 (2013.01); A61C 13/0004 (2013.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.08); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); G05B 2219/45167 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 17/50 (2013.01); G06T 17/00 (2013.01); G06T 2210/41 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2004 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49567 (2015.01);
Abstract
A technique for fabricating a surgical splint for use in correcting a dental condition of a patient. The technique involves obtaining a three-dimensional digital model of lower and upper arch dentitions of the patient having the dental condition. Relative positions of the lower and upper arch dentitions are adjusted with respect to each other in the three-dimensional digital model using a computing device. An electronic model of a splint is generated based on the adjusted relative positions of the lower and upper arch dentitions. A splint is then generated in a physical form from the electronic model of the splint.