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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2022
Applicant:
Align Technology, Inc, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Yossef Y. Atiya, Modiin-Maccabim-Reut, IL;
Maayan Moshe, Ramat Hasharon, IL;
Ofer Saphier, Rechovot, IL;
Shai Ayal, Shoham, IL;
Raphael Levy, Jerusalem, IL;
Tal Verker, Ofra, IL;
Assignee:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 9/006 (2013.01); A61B 1/0625 (2022.02); A61B 5/0088 (2013.01);
Abstract
An intraoral scanner includes a probe with a sensing face, patterned light sources that are coupled to the probe, un-patterned light sources coupled to the probe, near infrared (NIR) light sources couple to the probe, cameras coupled to the probe, and a processing device coupled to the probe. The processing device is configured to control an operation of the patterned light sources, the un-patterned light sources, and the NIR light sources.