US 12,433,539 B2
Dental sensor system for mounting a dental sensor
Robert Wolfgang Krybus, Malans (CH); and Florian Moosmann, Zwischenwasser (AT)
Assigned to Ivoclar Vivadent AG, Schaan (LI)
Filed by Ivoclar Vivadent AG, Schaan (LI)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/588,441.
Claims priority of application No. 21155035 (EP), filed on Feb. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0240857 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/6838 (2013.01) [A61B 5/682 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dental sensor system (100), comprisesing:
a first tooth fastener (101-1) comprising a first cap for placement on a first tooth (103-1);
a second tooth fastener (101-2) comprising a second cap for placement on a second tooth (103-2), wherein the first cap and the second cap are separate from one another;
a sensor rail (105) between the first and second tooth fasteners (101-1; 101-2) and configured to be positioned along an entire dental arch below occlusal surfaces of the teeth on a lower dental arch or above the occlusal surfaces of the teeth on an upper dental arch along a labial or lingual surface of the teeth;
at least one dental sensor (107) that is displaceable along the sensor rail (105); and
wherein the sensor rail (105) comprises one or two grooves (117-1; 117-2) for guiding the dental sensor (107).