Patent · US Active

Adhesive objects for improving image registration of intraoral images

US10111714B2 · kind B2 · utility

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24References

21Claims

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Assignee

Align Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Avi Kopelman · Palo Alto, US
Adi Levin · Nes Ziona, IL
Ran Katz · Givatayim, IL
Eric Kuo · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 27, 2014
Grant date	Oct 30, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 1, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30036
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An adhesive object for placement in a patients mouth includes a body with an upper surface and a lower surface, the body having a shape. A lower surface of the body includes an adhesive. An upper surface of the body includes a feature that may be detectable by an intraoral scanner, wherein at least one of the shape of the body or the feature on the upper surface provides a geometrical reference point for image registration of images generated by the intraoral scanner.

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