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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2008
Applicant:
Michael Craig Marshall, Savage, MN (US);
Inventor:
Michael Craig Marshall, Savage, MN (US);
Assignee:
Geodigm Corporation, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Locating desired placement locations of brackets for a patient's teeth includes obtaining an array of data points from a cast of the teeth and generating a virtual model from the array of scanned data points. Individual teeth from the virtual model can be manually severed or 'cut' and manually dragged from a start position to a finished position to determine a treatment plan. The orthodontist virtually marks the position on the virtual model where a physical bracket is desired. Brackets can then be automatically placed onto a cast of the teeth at corresponding positions.