US 12,262,869 B2
Intraoral scanner sleeve authentication and identification
Avi Kopelman, Palo Alto, CA (US); Michael Sabina, Campbell, CA (US); Nir Makmel, Tel Aviv (IL); Adi Levin, Nes Tziona (IL); Arad Zulti, Modi'in (IL); and Arthur Hsieh, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/351,479.
Application 18/351,479 is a continuation of application No. 17/972,567, filed on Oct. 24, 2022, granted, now 11,737,657.
Application 17/972,567 is a continuation of application No. 16/841,632, filed on Apr. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,478,132, issued on Oct. 25, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/955,662, filed on Dec. 31, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/830,336, filed on Apr. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0023789 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/24 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/00142 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00103 (2013.01); A61B 1/00172 (2013.01); A61B 1/24 (2013.01); A61B 5/0088 (2013.01); A61C 9/0053 (2013.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sleeve for an intraoral scanner, the sleeve comprising:
a sleeve body configured to fit onto the intraoral scanner, the sleeve body including a window formed of an optically transparent material, wherein the window is configured to align with a field of view of the intraoral scanner when the sleeve body is attached to the intraoral scanner; and
a removable window cover attached to the window and being removable from the window for transmission of light from the intraoral scanner, the window cover including an identifier that is scannable by the intraoral scanner when the window cover is attached to the window and that identifies one or more characteristics of the sleeve.