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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2018
Applicant:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Erez Lampert, Rehovot, IL;
Isaia Glaser-Inbari, Givatayim, IL;
Assignee:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/24 (2006.01); G01B 11/25 (2006.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/24 (2013.01); A61C 9/0066 (2013.01); G01B 11/25 (2013.01);
Abstract
An intraoral scanning device comprises a hand-held housing and a confocal imaging device disposed in the hand-held housing. The confocal imaging device has a predetermined astigmatic aberration disposed in a light path thereof to asymmetrically focus light in a predetermined manner, wherein the light is associated with an image of a portion of an object captured by the confocal imaging device.