US 12,329,358 B2
Intraoral scanner sleeve
Roee Gorfinkel, Yavne (IL); Eran Ishay, Tel Aviv (IL); Benny Gordon, Hod HaSharon (IL); Avi Kopelman, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Nir Makmel, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on May 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/747,894.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/189,915, filed on May 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0369910 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/00142 (2013.01) [A61B 1/24 (2013.01)] 34 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sleeve for an intraoral scanner, the sleeve comprising:
an elongate and hollow body having a distal end and a proximal end, wherein the distal end is tapered and closed and the proximal end is open to receive an intraoral scanner;
a window opening on a lateral side of the distal end;
a transparent cover over the window opening; and
a ramp formed integrally within the elongate and hollow body, the ramp including a plurality of ribs extending in a proximal to distal direction and having a distal facing ramp angle and a proximal facing ramp angle greater than the distal facing ramp angle, and wherein the ramp is positioned within the hollow body proximal to the window opening, and configured to guide a distal end of the intraoral scanner away from the window opening as the intraoral scanner is inserted into the sleeve.