US 11,883,259 B2
Intraoral scanning apparatus
Gilad Elbaz, Tel Aviv (IL); Erez Lampert, Rehovot (IL); Yossef Atiya, Maccabim (IL); Avi Kopelman, Palo Alto, CA (US); Ofer Saphier, Rehovot (IL); Maayan Moshe, Ramat HaSharon (IL); Shai Ayal, Shoham (IL); Michael Sabina, Campbell, CA (US); Eric Kuo, San Jose, CA (US); Assaf Weiss, Yavne (IL); Doron Malka, Tel Aviv (IL); Eliahou Franklin Nizard, Jerusalem (IL); and Ido Tishel, Kfar Bilu (IL)
Assigned to Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/295,254.
Application 18/295,254 is a continuation of application No. 17/146,474, filed on Jan. 11, 2021, granted, now 11,628,046.
Application 17/146,474 is a continuation of application No. 16/814,906, filed on Mar. 10, 2020, granted, now 10,888,400, issued on Jan. 12, 2021.
Application 16/814,906 is a continuation of application No. 16/706,461, filed on Dec. 6, 2019, granted, now 11,357,603, issued on Jun. 14, 2022.
Application 16/706,461 is a continuation of application No. 16/410,949, filed on May 13, 2019, granted, now 10,507,087, issued on Dec. 17, 2019.
Application 16/410,949 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/258,516, filed on Jan. 25, 2019, granted, now 10,390,913, issued on Aug. 27, 2019.
Application 16/258,516 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/662,250, filed on Jul. 27, 2017, granted, now 10,380,212, issued on Aug. 13, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/758,503, filed on Nov. 9, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/622,798, filed on Jan. 26, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/517,467, filed on Jun. 9, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/477,387, filed on Mar. 27, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/367,607, filed on Jul. 27, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0240819 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61C 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/24 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 9/0053 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/00016 (2013.01); A61B 1/00045 (2013.01); A61B 1/00194 (2022.02); A61B 1/046 (2022.02); A61B 1/0638 (2013.01); A61B 1/24 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An intraoral scanning system for scanning a patient's dentition, the system comprising:
a wand having at least one image sensor, a visible light light source and near-infrared (near-IR) light light source;
one or more processors operably connected to the wand, the one or more processors configured to:
receive scan data of a patient's dentition comprising a first set of two-dimensional (2D) images taken with an intraoral scanner capturing surface topology using structured light;
receive a plurality of 2D near-infrared (near-IR) images of the patient's dentition taken with the intraoral scanner while taking the first set of 2D images;
display a three-dimensional (3D) model of at least a portion of the patient's dental arch based on the captured surface topology; and
display one or more 2D near-IR images from the plurality of 2D near-IR images correlating to the displayed 3D model of at least the portion of the patient's dental arch.