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US 2015/0104754 A1Published application
Healing components for use in taking impressions and methods for making the same
AssigneeBiomet 3i, LLC
InventorsJohn T. Amber, Stephan S. Porter, Theodore M. Powell
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Abstract
The present invention provides a healing abutment for attachment to a dental implant with marking locations thereon. The marking locations either lack or have markers that provide a binary code system for retrieving unique information about the healing abutment and the underlying implant.
Claims51
1-25. (canceled)
A system for creating a custom abutment to be attached to a dental implant installed in a mouth of a patient, the system comprising:
- an attachment member coupled to the dental implant, the attachment member having at least one informational marker that indicates information regarding the dental implant;
- an intraoral scanner for (i) scanning the mouth of the patient having teeth, gingival tissue, the dental implant installed therein, and the attachment member coupled to the dental implant and (ii) generating scan data associated with at least a portion of the teeth, at least a portion of the gingival tissue, and at least a portion of the attachment member;
- a graphical imaging software program to be operated on a computer coupled to the intraoral scanner, the graphical imaging software program configured to use the scan data from the intraoral scanner to develop a virtual custom abutment;
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- a milling machine configured to use dimensional information associated with the virtual custom abutment to mill the custom abutment.
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A system for creating a custom abutment for attachment to a dental implant in a mouth of a patient, comprising:
- an intraoral scanner configured to scan the mouth to create scan data associated with at least teeth, gingival tissue, and an attachment member coupled to the dental implant, the attachment member having at least one informational marker that indicates information regarding the dental implant;
- a computer coupled to the intraoral scanner and for executing software configured to:
- display, on a display device, a three-dimensional model of at least a portion of the mouth based on the scan data, the three-dimensional model of the at least a portion of the mouth including a three-dimensional model of at least a portion of the attachment member;
- modify the three-dimensional model, based on the information indicated from the informational markers, to include a three dimensional model of at least a portion of the dental implant;
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- develop a virtual custom abutment using the modified three-dimensional model;
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- a milling machine coupled to the computer and configured to mill the custom abutment based on dimensional information associated with the developed virtual custom abutment.
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A system for creating a custom prosthesis, comprising:
- an intraoral scanner for (i) scanning a mouth of a patient having teeth, gingival tissue, and a dental implant installed therein, (ii) generating scan data associated with at least a portion of the teeth, at least a portion of the gingival tissue, and an attachment member coupled to the dental implant, the attachment member having at least one informational marker that indicates information regarding the dental implant;
- a computer coupled to the intraoral scanner for receiving the scan data and the information indicated by the at least one information marker, the computer executing a software program for developing a virtual custom prosthesis based on the scan data and the indicated information;
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- a milling machine coupled to the computer and configured to mill the custom prosthesis based on dimensional information associated with the developed virtual custom prosthesis.
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A system for creating a prosthesis for mating with a dental implant in a mouth of a patient, comprising:
- an intraoral scanner configured to scan at least a portion of the mouth thereby generating scan data, the mouth including an attachment member coupled to the dental implant, the attachment member having at least one feature that indicates information regarding the dental implant;
- a computer coupled to the intraoral scanner and for executing a graphical imaging software program configured to:
- (i) receive the scan data;
- (ii) display, on a display device, a three-dimensional model of at least a portion of the mouth based on the received scan data;
- (iii) determine, based on the information indicated from the at least one feature, an orientation of at least a portion of the dental implant;
- (iv) develop a virtual prosthesis using the three-dimensional model and the determined orientation of the at least a portion of the dental implant;
- (v) superimpose the developed virtual prosthesis within the three-dimensional model;
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- (vi) determine final dimensional information for the virtual prosthesis;
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- a milling machine coupled to the computer and configured to fabricate at least a portion of the prosthesis using the determined final dimensional information.
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A system for creating a custom abutment for attachment to a dental implant in a mouth of a patient, comprising:
- an intraoral scanner configured to scan the mouth to create scan data associated with at least teeth, gingival tissue, and an attachment member coupled to the dental implant, the attachment member having at least one informational marker that indicates information regarding the dental implant;
- a graphical imaging software program to be executed by a computer that is coupled to the intraoral scanner, the graphical imaging software program is for using the scan data from the intraoral scanner to:
- display, on a display device, a three-dimensional model of at least a portion of the mouth based on the scan data, the three-dimensional model of the at least a portion of the mouth including a three-dimensional model of at least a portion of the attachment member;
- modify the three-dimensional model, based on the information indicated from the informational markers, to include a three dimensional model of at least a portion of the dental implant;
- and
- develop a virtual custom abutment using the modified three-dimensional model;
- and
- a milling machine configured to use dimensional information associated with the virtual custom abutment to mill the custom abutment.
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A system for creating a custom abutment, comprising:
- an intraoral scanner for (i) scanning a mouth of a patient having teeth, gingival tissue, and a dental implant installed therein, (ii) generating scan data associated with at least a portion of the teeth, at least a portion of the gingival tissue, and an attachment member coupled to the dental implant, the attachment member having at least one informational marker that indicates information regarding the dental implant;
- a graphical imaging software program to be operated on a computer coupled to the intraoral scanner, the graphical imaging software program configured to use the scan data from the intraoral scanner to develop a virtual custom abutment;
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- a milling machine configured to use dimensional information associated with the virtual custom abutment to mill the custom abutment.
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A system for creating a prosthesis for mating with a dental implant in a mouth of a patient, comprising:
- an intraoral scanner configured to scan at least a portion of the mouth thereby generating scan data, the mouth including an attachment member coupled to the dental implant, the attachment member having at least one feature that indicates information regarding the dental implant;
- a graphical imaging software program for:
- (i) displaying, on a display device, a three-dimensional model of at least a portion of the mouth based on the scan data generated by the intraoral scanner;
- (iii) determining, based on the information indicated from the at least one feature, an orientation of at least a portion of the dental implant;
- (iv) developing a virtual prosthesis using the three-dimensional model and the determined orientation of the at least a portion of the dental implant;
- (v) superimposing the developed virtual prosthesis within the three-dimensional model;
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- (vi) determining final dimensional information for the virtual prosthesis;
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- a milling machine configured to fabricate at least a portion of the prosthesis using the final dimensional information determined using the graphical imaging software program.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.