US 12,263,064 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 Aug. 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/810,503.
Application 18/810,503 is a continuation of application No. 18/536,966, filed on Dec. 12, 2023.
Application 18/536,966 is a continuation of application No. 18/295,254, filed on Apr. 3, 2023, granted, now 11,883,259, issued on Jan. 30, 2024.
Application 18/295,254 is a continuation of application No. 17/146,474, filed on Jan. 11, 2021, granted, now 11,628,046, issued on Apr. 18, 2023.
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 16/410,949 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 2025/0000623 A1, Jan. 2, 2025
Int. Cl. A61C 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/24 (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)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An intraoral scanning system comprising:
a hand-held wand having at least one image sensor, a visible light light source and near-infrared (near-IR) light light source; and
one or more processors operably connected to the hand-held wand, the one or more processors configured to:
receive scan data of a patient's dentition taken with the hand-held wand;
generate a three-dimensional (3D) model of the patient's dentition from the scan data;
receive near-IR scan data of the patient's dentition comprising near-infrared (near-IR) images of the patient's dentition taken with the hand-held wand;
identify one or more dental caries from the near-IR scan data;
correlate the one or more dental caries to the 3D model to associate one or more locations of the one or more dental caries with a corresponding location in the 3D model; and
display the 3D model showing the one or more dental caries at the one or more locations in the 3D model.