System and method of manufacturing a mouth piece
US11472118B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 16, 2018 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 5, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2005/563
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method of manufacturing a mouth piece by 3D printing a 3D printer readable file encoding the mouth piece, the method comprising steps of: obtaining a scan file comprising physical data representing a user's teeth and gum line using 3D scanner means (100); removing outlier data from physical data in the scan file; generating representative geometrical data of the curvature of the user's teeth and gum line from the physical data; generating a virtual base model representing a mouth piece from the physical data and the representative geometrical data, the virtual base model having customisable dimensions (101); removing selected regions from the mouth piece represented by the virtual base model (102); and from the virtual base model, generating the 3D printer readable file encoding the mouth piece for printing on 3D printing means (103). The present invention provides a computer implemented development environment adapted with user interface means providing an operator with the ability to customise the mouth piece as required.
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