US 11,737,657 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 Oct. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/972,567.
Application 17/972,567 is a continuation of application No. 16/841,632, filed on Apr. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,478,132.
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 2023/0040445 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61B 1/24 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (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)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sleeve for an intraoral scanner, the sleeve comprising:
a sleeve body configured to fit onto a wand of the intraoral scanner;
a window through the sleeve body formed of a transparent material, wherein the window is configured to align with a field of view of the intraoral scanner; and
an identifier on the window, wherein the identifier is configured to impinge into the field of view of the intraoral scanner when the sleeve is attached to the intraoral scanner,
further wherein the identifier identifies one or more of: an identity of the sleeve and a use status of the sleeve.