US 12,303,353 B2
Dental implant with coded upper surface
Ross W Towse, San Marcos, CA (US); and Zachary B. Suttin, Jupiter, FL (US)
Assigned to BIOMET 3I, LLC, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed by BIOMET 3I, LLC, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed on Nov. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/514,657.
Application 18/514,657 is a continuation of application No. 17/351,764, filed on Jun. 18, 2021, granted, now 11,864,975.
Application 17/351,764 is a continuation of application No. 14/248,667, filed on Apr. 9, 2014, granted, now 11,065,090, issued on Jul. 20, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/810,106, filed on Apr. 9, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2024/0108443 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61C 8/00 (2006.01); A61C 13/00 (2006.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01)
CPC A61C 8/009 (2013.01) [A61C 8/0022 (2013.01); A61C 8/006 (2013.01); A61C 13/0004 (2013.01); A61C 9/0053 (2013.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system of using scan data of a dental implant pre-positioned in bone within a mouth of a patient to develop a virtual model for use in a virtual design process, comprising:
a computer comprising a messaging input and output;
a data input configured to receive scan data of the mouth of the patient including a surface of the dental implant, the scan data including information corresponding to scanning of a scannable code on the surface of the dental implant, wherein the scannable code provides information regarding an anti-rotational feature of the dental implant;
a computer in communication with the messaging input that is configured to develop a virtual model of at least a portion of the mouth of the patient and uses the information corresponding to scanning of a scannable code to locate a position of a central axis of a virtual implant within the virtual model and an angular orientation of the anti-rotational feature in the virtual model.