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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10743940 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 02, 2013

Navigation system and method for dental and cranio-maxillofacial surgery, positioning tool and method of positioning a marker member

Applicant:

Mininavident Ag, Basel, CH;

Inventors:

Hans-Florian Zeilhofer, Basel, CH;

Philipp Jürgens, Weil am Rehin, DE;

Erik Schkommodau, Liestal, CH;

Frank Berlinghoff, Munich, DE;

Assignee:

Mininavident AG, Basel, CH;

Attorney:

Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Sean M Michalski

Assistant Examiner:

Shannel N Wright

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61C 1/08 (2006.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); A61C 1/12 (2006.01); A61C 3/02 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/24 (2006.01); A61B 6/14 (2006.01); A61C 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 1/00045 (2013.01); A61B 1/24 (2013.01); A61B 6/14 (2013.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61C 1/084 (2013.01); A61C 1/12 (2013.01); A61C 3/02 (2013.01); A61C 8/0089 (2013.01); A61C 9/0053 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00946 (2013.01); A61B 2034/107 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2057 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2065 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2072 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0811 (2016.02); A61B 2090/309 (2016.02); A61B 2090/371 (2016.02); A61B 2090/373 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3916 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3937 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3983 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3987 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3995 (2016.02);
Abstract

The invention relates to a navigation system for dental and cranio-maxillofacial surgery, comprising a surgical handpiece (), an imaging unit () which is movably attached to the surgical handpiece (), and a marker member () which is attachable to a cranial bone, a facial bone (), a tooth or teeth of a patient. The marker member () comprises a plurality of marker elements () which are detectable by the imaging unit (). Further, the invention relates to a positioning tool () for use with the navigation system, wherein the positioning tool () is configured for positioning the marker member () on a patient's cranial bone, facial bone (), tooth or teeth and comprises a die element () and the marker member (). The marker member () comprises a deformable material (), the deformable material () is releasably received in the die element () and the plurality of marker elements () are arranged on a surface of the deformable material () which faces the die element (), The invention further relates to a navigation method for dental and craniomaxillofacial surgery using the navigation system and to a method of positioning a marker member () on a patient's cranial bone, facial bone (), tooth or teeth using the positioning tool ().

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