Dentistry – Prosthodontics – Preliminary casting – model – or trial denture
Reexamination Certificate
2006-12-26
2006-12-26
Lucchesi, Nicholas D. (Department: 3763)
Dentistry
Prosthodontics
Preliminary casting, model, or trial denture
C433S214000, C433S223000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07153135
ABSTRACT:
A method is presented for rapidly making and delivering directly to a consumer a full upper and/or lower denture on the basis of contemporaneous digital image information laser scanned from the person's oral cavity after all respective upper and/or lower teeth have been removed, the delivery of the denture occurring substantially contemporaneously with the creation of the contemporaneous digital image information and optionally including and based on archived digital image information laser scanned from the person's oral cavity before all respective upper and/or lower teeth have been removed and digitally stored. According to which this contemporaneous digital image information and archival digital image information of the oral cavity is converted, by means of what is called the rapid prototyping technique and thus with a processing step (20) and a combination of an optional laser scanning step (18) solely for archiving the oral cavity when upper and/or lower teeth are present and a repetition of the laser scanning step (18) at a subsequent time when upper and/or lower teeth have been removed, a pre-selected block of plastic is used in a processing step (26) at a remote rapid modeling facility for receiving and processing digital information to form the block of plastic or like material into a denture of which at least a part is formed to substantially perfectly fit in juxtaposed relationship to the corresponding gums of the consumer. At least, pre-selected outer or non-juxtaposing is selected for manufacture of the denture using an arbitrary archived digital image not derived from the consumer's oral cavity image but selected by the consumer for its style, cosmetic characteristics, for example, color of teeth, size and variety of teeth, and/or perceived suitability.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4324546 (1982-04-01), Heitlinger et al.
patent: 4575805 (1986-03-01), Moermann et al.
patent: 4611288 (1986-09-01), Duret et al.
patent: 4833617 (1989-05-01), Wang
patent: 4837732 (1989-06-01), Brandestiini et al.
patent: 4935635 (1990-06-01), O'Harra
patent: 4964770 (1990-10-01), Steinbichler et al.
patent: 5027281 (1991-06-01), Rekow et al.
patent: 5092022 (1992-03-01), Duret
patent: 5189781 (1993-03-01), Weiss et al.
patent: 5224049 (1993-06-01), Mushabac
patent: 5257184 (1993-10-01), Mushabac
patent: 5413481 (1995-05-01), Goppel et al.
patent: 5448472 (1995-09-01), Mushabac
patent: 5452219 (1995-09-01), Dehoff et al.
patent: 5527182 (1996-06-01), Willoughby
patent: 5557397 (1996-09-01), Hyde et al.
patent: 5605459 (1997-02-01), Kuroda
patent: 5676850 (1997-10-01), Reed et al.
patent: 5718585 (1998-02-01), Dehoff et al.
patent: 5725376 (1998-03-01), Poirer
patent: 5768134 (1998-06-01), Swaelens et al.
patent: 5823778 (1998-10-01), Schmitt et al.
patent: 5908299 (1999-06-01), Dehoff et al.
patent: 5940170 (1999-08-01), Berg et al.
patent: 6261098 (2001-07-01), Persson
patent: 6364661 (2002-04-01), Brattesani
patent: 6767208 (2004-07-01), Kaza
Liedtke New 3-D Computer System Takes the Metal Out of Straightening Teeth The Grand Rapids Press Sep. 24, 2000 A9.
Scope of Services from orthodontics.net Oct. 12, 2000 (date of download; date of publication unknown).
Graham New Topgraphic Map May Explain Martian History Astronomy Sep. 1999 p. 24.
A New Look at the Martian Landscape Science vol. 284, May 28, 1999 p. 1441.
Physical Item: Mars Global Surveyor (MOLA-2) including Laser Altimeter launched Nov. 7, 1996 by NASA and JPL.
Zuber et al The Mars Observer Laser Altimeter Investigation J. Geophys. Res. 97 p. 7781-7797.
Afzal Mars Observer Laser Altimeter: laser transmitter Applied Optics 33 p. 3184-3188.
Prizinsky Desktop Process Drives Technology House (Rapid Prototyping) Crain's Cleveland Business May 26, 1997, v. 18. n.21 p. 38.
Ashley Rapid Prototyping is Coming of Age Mechanical Engineering Jul. 1995 p. 63.
Waterman Rapid Prototyping DE Mar. 1997 p. 30.
Griffith et al Rapid Prototyping Technologies Rapid Prototyping 1998.
Ashley From CAD to Rapid Metal Tools Mechanical Engineering Jul. 1995 p. 75.
Bylinsky Industry's Amazing New Instant Prototypes Fortune Features Jan. 1998.
Hartwig Rapid 3D Modelers Design Engineer Mar. 1997 p. 38.
Marketed Machine: Helisys LOM 1015 Penn State University, PA 1998.
Marketed Machine: Stratsys FDM-2000 Penn State University, PA Jan. 1999.
Lessler Arthur L.
Lipson Gary
Lucchesi Nicholas D.
Muckelroy William L.
LandOfFree
Method for automatically creating a denture using laser... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Method for automatically creating a denture using laser..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Method for automatically creating a denture using laser... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3665759