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US 8,814,564 B2Granted
Dental articulator
AssigneeCadent Ltd.
InventorsRami Boltanski, Nir Makmel, Avi Kopelman
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Abstract
A dental articulator is provided in which at least one of the two arms thereof has a base member that is articulated with respect to a bracket element onto which a dental model may be mounted, allowing independent movement of the dental model with respect to the pivot axis hingedly linking the arms.
Claims20
A method of using a dental articulator, the method comprising:
- providing a dental articulator comprising:
- a first arm hingedly joined to a second arm about a pivot axis, each one of the first arm and the second arm being configured for mounting a dental model, wherein at least one of the first arm and the second arm comprises:
- a bracket member having a distal portion adapted for mounting the respective dental model and having a proximal portion,
- a base member having a distal portion and a proximal portion adapted for hingedly joining the first arm and the second arm, respectively, about the pivot axis, and
- a coupling arrangement configured for affixing the proximal portion of the bracket member to the distal portion of the base member so as to allow the bracket member to rotate with respect to the base member about at least two rotational axes;
- and
- operating the dental articulator.
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A method of using a dental articulator, the method comprising:
- providing a dental articulator comprising:
- a first arm hingedly joined to a second arm about a pivot axis, each said arm comprising a bracket member having a proximal portion and a distal portion adapted for mounting a respective dental model;
- a first base member of the first arm and a second base member of the second arm, each base member having a distal portion coupling to a proximal portion of a respective bracket member and a proximal portion adapted for hingedly joining said first arm and said second arm, respectively, about said pivot axis;
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- a mount configured for kinematically coupling a proximal portion of the bracket member to the distal portion of the first base member or second base member and so as to allow the kinematically coupled respective bracket member to rotate with respect to the respective base member about a rotational axis;
- and
- operating the dental articulator.
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A method of using a dental articulator, the method comprising:
- providing a dental articulator comprising:
- a pair of first and second arms substantially identical or symmetrical in structure, each arm comprising:
- a bracket member defining a longitudinal arm axis and having a proximal portion and a distal dental portion structured for mounting a dental model;
- a base member defining a vertical arm axis and comprising a distal bracket member coupling portion and a proximal hinge end;
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- a bracket/base mount assembly comprising a bracket mount part coupled to the bracket member proximal portion, a base mount part coupled to the base member distal portion, and one or more mount elements affixing the proximal portion of the bracket member to the distal portion of the base member so as to allow the bracket member to rotate with respect to the base member about at least two rotational axes;
- and
- a hinge joining the first arm to the second arm about the hinge ends of the respective base members so as to couple the first and second arms about a pivot axis;
- operating the dental articulator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.