Oral data collecting device for diagnosis or prognosis
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Publication Number
US-11324447-B2
Publication Date
2022-05-10
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Abstract
An apparatus that monitors information associated with an oral cavity is provided, the apparatus comprising: a three-dimensional oral appliance; a data collection device having at least one sensor and/or hydrogel like material configured to sense the information associated with the oral cavity; an interface device cooperatively coupled to the data collection device, the interface device configured to transfer the information from the sensor device to a receiving device external to the oral cavity or the entire device is analyzed.
Core Innovation
The invention provides a computer implemented method and a computer system for producing an oral appliance containing a discrete region for placing a sensor to collect biological information about a patient's oral cavity. The method generates first digital data representing at least a portion of teeth and/or soft tissue areas from an imaging device having a base image of the oral cavity, and generates second digital data from the base image by performing an additive layer of at least a portion of the teeth and/or soft tissues areas to determine the discrete region of the oral cavity to place the sensor.
The first digital data and second digital data are combined to form third digital data from which the oral appliance can be produced into 3D printing data. The discrete region corresponds to the second digital data and is added onto or subtracted from the first digital data such that the third digital data includes the discrete region.
The discrete region extends longitudinally and continuously for the placement of the sensor, such that the sensor extends along the discrete region as a sensor web to contact the soft tissue areas of the oral cavity. The computer system initiates a manufacturing sequence to manufacture the oral appliance from the third digital data.
Claims Coverage
The independent claims define two aspects of the same concept: a computer implemented method and a computer system for generating sensor placement region data and producing 3D printing data for the oral appliance. Across the independent claims, three inventive features are central: digital data generation from a base image, combination into third digital data, and a longitudinal continuous discrete region for sensor web contact.
Digital data generation from oral cavity base image
A computer implemented method generating first digital data representing at least a portion of teeth and/or soft tissue areas of the oral cavity from an imaging device having a base image, and generating second digital data from the base image by performing an additive layer to determine the discrete region of the oral cavity to place the sensor.
Third digital data combining for 3D printing production
Combining the first digital data and the second digital data to form third digital data from which the oral appliance can be produced into 3D printing data.
Longitudinal continuous discrete region as a sensor web
Defining the discrete region so the second digital data is added onto or subtracted from the first digital data to form third digital data including the discrete region extending longitudinally and continuously for the placement of the sensor, wherein the sensor extends along the discrete region as a sensor web to contact the soft tissue areas of the oral cavity.
Logic encoded computer system for base-image layering and combination
A computer system comprising logic encoded in the computer for generating first digital data, generating second digital data by performing an additive layer to determine the discrete region, and combining the first digital data and the second digital data to form third digital data from which the oral appliance can be produced.
The independent claim coverage centers on computer-implemented generation and combination of digital data derived from an oral cavity base image, using additive layer processing to determine and incorporate a discrete sensor-placement region into third digital data for 3D printing production. The discrete region is required to extend longitudinally and continuously so that the sensor functions as a sensor web contacting soft tissue areas of the oral cavity.
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