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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2020
Applicant:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Avi Kopelman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Eldad Taub, Reut, IL;
Assignee:
ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G16H 30/40 (2018.01); A61C 5/77 (2017.01); G16H 50/50 (2018.01); A61C 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 30/00 (2020.01); A61C 13/34 (2006.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G16H 30/40 (2018.01); A61C 5/77 (2017.02); A61C 9/004 (2013.01); A61C 13/0004 (2013.01); A61C 13/34 (2013.01); G06F 30/00 (2020.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); G16H 50/50 (2018.01); Y02P 90/02 (2015.11); Y10T 29/49567 (2015.01);
Abstract
A 3D virtual model of an intra oral cavity in which at least a part of a finish line of a preparation is obscured is manipulated in virtual space by means of a computer or the like to create, recreate or reconstruct finish line data and other geometrical corresponding to the obscured part. Trimmed virtual models, and trimmed physical models, can then be created utilizing data thus created. The virtual models and/or the physical models may be used in the design and manufacture of copings or of prostheses.