Systems and methods for shearing adjustment of a dental aligner cutting tool
AssigneeSDC U.S. SmilePay SPV
InventorsTuan Do, Ian Kitching
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Abstract
A system for adjusting a cutting tool includes a cutting system having a cutting tool configured to cut material thermoformed to a dental model. The cutting system is configured to determine, based on a cut line generated for the cutting tool to cut a dental aligner from the material thermoformed onto the dental model, that the cutting tool is incapable of following the cut line. The cutting system is configured to adjust a position of the cutting tool with respect to the cut line so the cutting tool is capable of following the cut line.
Claims20
A method of adjusting a cutting tool, the method comprising:
- determining, based on a cut line generated for a cutting tool to cut a dental aligner from material thermoformed onto a dental model, that the cutting tool is incapable of following the cut line based on a constraint of the cutting tool;
- and
- adjusting the position of the cutting tool with respect to the cut line so the cutting tool is capable of following the cut line within the constraint of the cutting tool.
A system for adjusting a cutting tool, the system comprising:
- a cutting system comprising a cutting tool, the cutting tool configured to cut material thermoformed to a dental model, the cutting system configured to:
- determine, based on a cut line generated for the cutting tool to cut a dental aligner from material thermoformed onto the dental model, that the cutting tool in a position is incapable of following the cut line based on a constraint of the cutting tool;
- and
- adjust the position of the cutting tool with respect to the cut line so the cutting tool is capable of following the cut line within the constraint of the cutting tool.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- determining, based on a cut line generated for a cutting tool to cut a dental aligner from material thermoformed onto a dental model, that the cutting tool in a position is incapable of following the cut line based on a constraint of the cutting tool;
- and
- adjusting a position of the cutting tool with respect to the cut line so the cutting tool is capable of following the cut line within the constraint of the cutting tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.