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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2021
Applicant:

Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael Sabina, Campbell, CA (US);

Avi Kopelman, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Eric Kuo, San Jose, CA (US);

Gilad Elbaz, Tel Aviv, IL;

Assaf Weiss, Yavne, IL;

Doron Malka, Tel Aviv, IL;

Ofer Saphier, Rehovot, IL;

Eliahou Franklin Nizard, Jerusalem, IL;

Ido Tishel, Kfar Bilu, IL;

Shai Ayal, Shoham, IL;

Maayan Moshe, Ra'anana, IL;

Assignee:

Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/24 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/14 (2006.01); A61C 7/00 (2006.01); A61C 13/00 (2006.01); A61C 13/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 9/0053 (2013.01); A61B 1/000094 (2022.02); A61B 1/000096 (2022.02); A61B 1/00172 (2013.01); A61B 1/00186 (2013.01); A61B 1/00194 (2022.02); A61B 1/0638 (2013.01); A61B 1/0646 (2013.01); A61B 1/24 (2013.01); A61B 5/0086 (2013.01); A61B 5/0088 (2013.01); A61B 6/145 (2013.01); A61C 7/002 (2013.01); A61C 13/0004 (2013.01); G06T 19/00 (2013.01); A61B 5/0062 (2013.01); A61B 5/0066 (2013.01); A61B 5/4547 (2013.01); A61C 13/0019 (2013.01); A61C 13/34 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30036 (2013.01); G06T 2210/41 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for taking, using and displaying three-dimensional (3D) volumetric models of a patient's dental arch. A 3D volumetric model may include surface (e.g., color) information as well as information on internal structure, such as near-infrared (near-IR) transparency values for internal structures including enamel and dentin.


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