US 12,357,433 B2
Intraoral scanning apparatus
Gilad Elbaz, Tel Aviv (IL); Erez Lampert, Rehovot (IL); Yossef Atiya, Modlin-Maccabim-Reut (IL); Avi Kopelman, Palo Alto, CA (US); Ofer Saphier, Rehovot (IL); Maayan Moshe, R'anana (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 Oct. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/920,821.
Application 18/920,821 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 2025/0041030 A1, Feb. 6, 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)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An intraoral scanning system comprising:
a hand-held intraoral scanner having at least one camera image sensor and one or more light sources, wherein the one or more light sources are configured to emit light at a first spectral range and a second spectral range, wherein the second spectral range is within near-infrared (near-IR) range of wavelengths; and
one or more processors operably connected to the hand-held intraoral scanner, the one or more processors configured to:
capture and store surface scan data from the at least one camera image sensor while the hand-held intraoral scanner is emitting light in the first spectral range corresponding to visible light or light causing fluorescence;
capture and store penetrative scan data from the at least one camera image sensor while the hand-held intraoral scanner is emitting light in the second spectral range comprising near-IR;
generate one or more images based on the surface scan data and the penetrative scan data;
display a three-dimensional surface model based on the surface scan data; and
display the generated one or more images.