US 12,133,784 B2
System and method for mounting attachments onto shell-shaped dental appliances
Xiyang Xu, Shanghai (CN); Lei Huang, Shanghai (CN); and Xiaohui Liang, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Wuxi EA Medical Instruments Technology Limited, Wuxi (CN)
Appl. No. 17/298,933
Filed by WUXI EA MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, Wuxi (CN)
PCT Filed Oct. 17, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/111679
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 1, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/134387, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201811606285.8 (CN), filed on Dec. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0008167 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. A61C 7/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 7/08 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a control device;
a first manipulator;
a second manipulator;
a guide rail;
an identification recognizing device;
a feeding module;
a slider; and
an adhesive dispenser;
wherein a first end of the guide rail is connected to the feeding module;
wherein a second end of the guide rail comprises a through hole;
wherein the slider is slidably mounted on the guide rail; and
wherein the control device is configured to:
control the slider to push an attachment from the first end of the guide rail, when positioned thereon, to the through hole such that the attachment falls from the through hole and is captured and held by the second manipulator;
control the second manipulator to move away from the through hole;
control the identification recognizing device to scan a shell-shaped dental appliance to obtain its identification;
obtain attachment mounting information of the shell-shaped dental appliance from a database based on the identification,
wherein the attachment mounting information comprises a mounting position of the attachment on the shell-shaped dental appliance and a direction of the attachment on the shell-shaped dental appliance;
control the adhesive dispenser to dispense adhesive on the attachment held by the second manipulator;
use the attachment mounting information to control the first manipulator to align and engage the attachment and the shell-shaped dental appliance with each other, thereby to mount the attachment onto the shell-shaped dental appliance,
 wherein the attachment remains stationary when the attachment and the shell-shaped dental appliance are aligned and engaged with each other.