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Digital splint

US9931177B2 · kind B2 · utility

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21References

10Claims

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Assignee

Nobel Biocare Services AG · CH

Inventors

Veerle Wouters · Kessel-Lo, BE
Wouter Mollemans · Ekeren, BE
Filip Schutyser · Sint-Niklaas, BE
Pascal Kunz · Zürich, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 26, 2013
Grant date	Apr 3, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 30, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/00526
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of producing a dental splint comprising the steps of: obtaining a set of 3D surface data, the 3D surface data representing a surface of a patient's oral situation, and generating a support structure model in dependence on the 3D surface data, and producing the dental splint in dependence on the support structure model, wherein a 3D distance map image of the 3D surface data is used to generate the support structure model.

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