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Patent No.:

US 7826646 B1

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Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2003
Applicants:

Elena Pavlovskaia, San Francisco, CA (US);

Venkata S. Sarva, Fremont, CA (US);

Carmen Cheang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Elena Pavlovskaia, San Francisco, CA (US);

Venkata S. Sarva, Fremont, CA (US);

Carmen Cheang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Align Technology, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 3/00 (2006.01); A61C 11/00 (2006.01); A61C 5/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A computer-implemented method separates gingiva from a model of a tooth by defining a cutting surface along the gingiva; and applying the cutting surface to the tooth to separate the gingiva from the tooth.


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Pavlovskaia, Elena. (2010). Systems and methods for removing gingiva from computer tooth models (U.S. Patent No. 7826646). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7826646

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