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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2018
Dentigrafix Llc, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Gary L. Carlson, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
James Patrick Moorman, Bloomington, MN (US);
DentiGrafix LLC, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
A clutch apparatus includes a mandibular clutch device and a maxillary clutch device. The mandibular clutch device includes a mandibular clutch configured to be affixed to mandibular teeth, a mandibular face bow connected to the mandibular clutch, and first and second collimated light sources connected to the mandibular face bow. The maxillary clutch device includes a maxillary clutch configured to be affixed to maxillary teeth, a maxillary face bow connected to the maxillary clutch, and first and second position-sensitive diodes (PSDs) connected to the maxillary face bow. Each of the mandibular and maxillary face bow is selectively adjustable to position the first and second light sources and the first and second PSDs in a plurality of positions. In an example, the mandibular and maxillary face bow are selectively adjustable to position the first and second light sources and the first and second PSDs proximate right and left bicuspid regions or proximate the actual physiologic axis of rotation of the mandible.