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Dental mouthpiece

ActiveUS12167948B2OthrodonticsTeeth fillingDental proceduresDental Staff
A dental mouthpiece is provided that may be attached to a high-suction dental adapter for the purpose of assisting the dental staff during dental procedures through chair-side, hands-free suction, and isolation. Such a mouthpiece may comprise a main body portion, a cheek retractor portion, and a suction connector portion. In an embodiment, the main body portion, cheek retractor portion, and suction connector portion may be molded in one piece, preferably by injection molding. The main body portion has an anterior wall inside the curve and a posterior wall outside the curve, and an at least one connector connecting the anterior wall and the posterior wall. The main body portion has an anterior intervening wall and the posterior intervening wall in between the anterior and posterior walls. The anterior intervening wall and the posterior intervening walls have alternating crests and troughs.
Owner:SOLMETEX LLC

Hydraulic system for surgical applications

A surgical device includes a plurality of cameras integrated therein. The view of each of the plurality of cameras can be integrated together to provide a composite image. A surgical tool that includes an integrated camera may be used in conjunction with the surgical device. The image produced by the camera integrated with the surgical tool may be associated with the composite image generated by the plurality of cameras integrated in the surgical device. The position and orientation of the cameras and / or the surgical tool can be tracked, and the surgical tool can be rendered as transparent on the composite image. A surgical device may be powered by a hydraulic system, thereby reducing electromagnetic interference with tracking devices.
Owner:CAMPLEX INC

AI enhanced real-time occlusion detection system based on intraoral image

The invention relates to the field of oral medical diagnosis, and discloses an intraoral image-based AI enhanced real-time occlusion detection system, which comprises a multi-source intraoral image acquisition module for acquiring dynamic oral image data through a high-definition oral endoscope and recording a three-dimensional structure of a tooth surface by combining a laser scanning device, meanwhile, force distribution of an occlusion contact point is collected through a pressure sensor array; the multi-source intraoral image acquisition module comprises a timestamp synchronization unit and is used for performing multi-source synchronization on an oral image frame sequence and occlusal force distribution data by utilizing a unified timestamp; through the multi-source in-port image acquisition module, synchronous acquisition of dynamic images, three-dimensional structure data and bite force distribution is realized, and time sequence consistency of the data is ensured through timestamp marking. Compared with a traditional single data source collection mode, the multi-source collection can comprehensively record dynamic characteristics in the occlusion process, rich and accurate input is provided for subsequent AI analysis, and data missing or collection deviation is avoided.
Owner:FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

Dental Mouthpiece

ActiveJP7617081B2OthrodonticsTeeth filling
The dental mouthpiece has a curved shape and includes a main body portion located at the center of the curve and having a first end and a second end, a suction connector portion connected to the first end, and a lip hook portion connected to the second end. The main body portion includes a front wall on the inside of the curve and a rear wall on the outside of the curve. The front and rear walls define an interior space. At least one connector connects the front wall to the rear wall. At least one front intermediate wall extends from the front wall partially toward the rear wall. At least one rear intermediate wall extends from the rear wall partially toward the front wall. The at least one front intermediate wall and the at least one rear intermediate wall each have alternating peaks and valleys.
Owner:DRYSHIELD LLC

Ai image diagnosis device and dental oct image diagnosis device

An AI image diagnosis apparatus into which three-dimensional tooth image data captured by a dental OCT device is inputted and which analyzes the inputted three-dimensional tooth image data, comprising: a model executor that sequentially inputs two-dimensional tomographic image data constituting the diagnostic target three-dimensional tooth image data into a trained model, to thereby obtain, as an execution processing result of the trained model, lesion information data, which is data related to a part identified as a characteristic part such as a lesion in the inputted tomographic image data, for each piece of tomographic image data in the three-dimensional tooth image data, and detect lesions from the inputted three-dimensional tooth image data using the obtained lesion information data, wherein the trained model is constructed by training of three-dimensional tooth image data of multiple examinees captured by a dental OCT device in the past.
Owner:YOSHIDA DENTAL MFG

Dental mouthpiece

ActiveEP3965637B1OthrodonticsTeeth filling
A dental mouthpiece is provided that may be attached to a high-suction dental adapter for the purpose of assisting the dental staff during dental procedures through chair-side, hands-free suction, and isolation. Such a mouthpiece may comprise a main body portion, a cheek retractor portion, and a suction connector portion. In an embodiment, the main body portion, cheek retractor portion, and suction connector portion may be molded in one piece, preferably by injection molding. The main body portion has an anterior wall inside the curve and a posterior wall outside the curve, and an at least one connector connecting the anterior wall and the posterior wall. The main body portion has an anterior intervening wall and the posterior intervening wall in between the anterior and posterior walls. The anterior intervening wall and the posterior intervening walls have alternating crests and troughs.
Owner:SOLMETEX LLC

Systems and methods for streaming video from a scanning session

The present disclosure relates to a dental scanning system for acquiring scan data of a physical three-dimensional dental object during a scanning session. The dental scanning system includes a scanning device and a first processing device for generating a 3D model. The dental scanning system may further include one or more second processing devices for rendering and / or displaying the 3D model. The dental scanning system is preferably suitable for continuously acquiring, processing, and transmitting images such that a video is streamed during the scanning session. The disclosure further relates to methods related to e.g. transmitting digital images in real-time during a scanning session to one or more external processing devices, and methods for generating a digital three-dimensional (3D) model of a dental object and displaying said 3D model remotely in real-time.
Owner:3SHAPE AS

Intraoral 3D scanning system using uniform structured light projection

An intraoral scanning system comprises an elongate handheld wand with a probe at a distal end, a structured light projector configured to project a uniform structured light pattern onto an object, a plurality of cameras configured to capture points of the uniform structured light pattern projected onto the object by the structured light projector, and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to determine a correspondence between projected points in the uniform structured light pattern generated by the structured light projector and captured points of the uniform structured light pattern captured by the plurality of cameras viewing the uniform structured light pattern projected onto the object, and to use triangulation and the determined correspondence to determine three-dimensional points in space associated with the captured points of the uniform structured light pattern captured by the plurality of cameras.
Owner:ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC

Illumination auxiliary equipment for examination in department of stomatology

The invention is applicable to the technical field of oral examination, and provides a lighting auxiliary device for stomatology department examination, which comprises a vertical rod, and further comprises a horizontal rotating cross rod which is rotatably connected to the upper end of the vertical rod in the horizontal direction, and a vertical rotating rod which rotates vertically is hinged to the tail end of the horizontal rotating cross rod; a rotating rod is rotationally connected to the tail end of the vertical rotating rod in the horizontal direction; a rotating block rotating vertically is hinged to the tail end of the rotating rod, a mounting sleeve is rotationally connected to the tail end of the rotating block, a concave frame is arranged on the mounting sleeve, a lighting lamp box is rotationally connected into the concave frame, and a lighting lamp is mounted on the lighting lamp box; a first rotation limiting assembly and a pressure buffering assembly are arranged on the horizontal rotating cross rod, and the first rotation limiting assembly is used for fixing the vertical rotating rod in the horizontal state. The illuminating lamp box is arranged in a suspended mode, so that when the horizontal position of the illuminating lamp box is adjusted, objects below the illuminating lamp box cannot affect horizontal movement of the illuminating lamp box, and the illuminating lamp box is convenient to use during stomatological examination.
Owner:ZAOZHUANG STOMATOLOGICAL HOSPITAL

Oral cavity data monitoring and early warning method and system based on deep learning

The invention discloses an oral cavity data monitoring and early warning method and system based on deep learning, and the method comprises the steps: solving a problem that the focus recognition is inaccurate because the image collection process of an oral cavity endoscope of a patient is affected by various environment and equipment parameters; according to the method, synchronous binding of collected images and equipment parameters and intelligent image preprocessing are proposed, historical time sequence images and variation trend features are combined, lesion space and time features are extracted through combination of a lightweight convolutional neural network and a long-short term memory network, feature weighted reasoning is realized by using a context awareness attention fusion network, and the focus space and time features are extracted. According to the method, the model parameters and the risk threshold value can be dynamically adjusted, the focus recognition accuracy and the early warning individuation are improved, and clinical grading treatment and intelligent health management are effectively assisted.
Owner:SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIV STOMATOLOGICAL HOSPITAL (GUANGDONG STOMATOLOGICAL HOSPITAL GUANGDONG DENTAL DISEASE PREVENTION & TREATMENT GUIDANCE CENT) +1

Intraoral scanner with reconfigurable buttons

An intraoral scanner comprises one or more reconfigurable buttons, a display configured to display at least one of one or more icons or one or more texts associated with the one or more reconfigurable buttons, one or more cameras configured to capture intraoral scan data of at least a part of a dental arch, and a communication module configured to transmit the intraoral scan data to a first computing device.
Owner:ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC

Dental diagnostics hub

PendingUS20250072757A1Impression capsTherapiesGraphical user interfaceTooth Disorders
A method includes receiving intraoral scan data of an intraoral cavity of a patient; processing the intraoral scan data to determine, for each dental condition of a plurality of dental conditions, whether the dental condition is detected for the patient and a severity of the dental condition; and presenting indications of the plurality of dental conditions together in a graphical user interface (GUI), wherein the indications show, for each dental condition of the plurality of dental conditions, whether the dental condition was detected for the patient and the severity of the dental condition.
Owner:ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC

Dental photography device

Image acquisition device comprising: - a support (12); - a dental retractor (14) fixed to the support and defining a retractor opening (24); and - means for fixing an image acquisition device to the support in a position in which the acquisition device is oriented to receive an image of the retractor opening.
Owner:DENTAL MONITORING

Intraoral scanner

An intraoral scanner includes a case having an opening part at one end thereof, a light source part at the other end of the case and configured to emit light, a first optical system including a first reflector to reflect the light emitted from the light source part and a second reflector disposed apart from the first reflector to reflect the light reflected by the first reflector toward the opening part, a second optical system in the opening part to reflect the light reflected from the first optical system toward a subject and reflect light reflected from the subject toward the second reflector, a third optical system adjacent to a back surface in the opposite direction of a reflective surface of the second reflector to reflect the light reflected from the second optical system, and an image sensor part to detect the light reflected from the third optical system.
Owner:ARCREAL INC

Intraoral scanner

A method for intraoral scanning, including introducing an intraoral scanner (IOS) head into an oral cavity, acquiring an image of a field of view (FOV), processing the acquired FOV image and adjusting at least one image acquisition parameter based on said processing, and an intraoral scanner (IOS) including an IOS head including at least one imager imaging a field of view (FOV), at least on light emitter that illuminates said FOV and circuitry that controls said imager and / or said light emitter.
Owner:DENTLYTEC G P L LTD

Child oral cavity detection method and system based on image recognition

The invention provides a child oral cavity detection method and system based on image recognition, and relates to the field of medical detection. The child oral cavity detection system based on image recognition comprises an image acquisition module used for shooting parts of teeth and gingiva in the oral cavity of a child; the image preprocessing unit is used for denoising the acquired image and enhancing preprocessing operation so as to improve the accuracy of subsequent image recognition; the image recognition module is used for analyzing the preprocessed image by adopting a deep learning algorithm; the data analysis and diagnosis unit is used for carrying out comprehensive analysis according to the image recognition result in combination with oral health historical data of the children and giving diagnosis suggestions; the user interaction interface allows doctors or parents to check detection results, historical records and diagnosis suggestions and provides system setting and operation interfaces. Through the automatic image acquisition and recognition process, the time required by manual examination of a doctor is greatly shortened, and the overall detection efficiency is improved.
Owner:JIANGXI CHILDRENS HOSPITAL

Examination / visualization / collection system with light enhancement

A user-wearable examination / visualization / collection system with light enhancement comprising a carrier suitable for the retention of a lighting assembly and a viewing and collection system is presented wherein images or video of objects may be collected under natural (e.g., white) light and / or non-visible light (e.g., IR, UV) conditions, processed and presented to a user on a local display. Further disclosed are lighting assemblies that provide for the light necessary to collect images different lighting conditions and optical filtering that allows for a limitation of the light viewable and collected.
Owner:DESIGNS FOR VISION INC

Accurate mark-free positioning system and method applied to oral cavity

The invention discloses a precise mark-free positioning system applied to an oral cavity. A camera array composed of a plurality of cameras which are annularly or specifically arranged is arranged on a mobile phone; an infrared imaging assembly for solving the problem of cooling water interference in the operation is designed on at least one camera; the processor is configured to integrate the acquired data including preoperative CBCT (cone beam computed tomography), oral scanning data and digital data of occlusal relationship to construct a complete preoperative oral three-dimensional model; establishing a spatial relationship between a visual system formed by registration of the turbine handpiece and the camera array and a preoperative oral cavity three-dimensional model, and obtaining adaptive relative poses among the parts; after the body position of a patient is fixed during an operation, a complete oral environment point cloud is formed for each frame of input data currently collected by the visual system, and the complete oral environment point cloud is fitted with a patient oral model obtained through oral scanning and CT scanning in advance, so that the oral position of the patient is positioned in real time.
Owner:SHANGHAI NINTH PEOPLES HOSPITAL SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Dental plaque detection device, dental plaque detection method, and program

PCT designated stage expiredWO2024253058A1Image enhancementImage analysisNatural toothImaging processing
This dental plaque detection device comprises: an acquisition unit (101) for acquiring a first RGB image from reflected light and fluorescence from teeth, dental plaque, and tartar in an oral cavity irradiated with irradiation light of a predetermined wavelength; and a detection unit (102) for generating a second RGB image by performing image processing including first image processing on the first RGB image, and detecting the amount contained, per unit area, of a fluorescent substance contained in tartar and dental plaque attached to the teeth, on the basis of the second RGB image. The first image processing is processing for: extracting a natural tooth region to which dental plaque and tartar are not attached from the first RGB image; and adjusting the gain of at least two color components from among the red, green, and blue components of the first RGB image such that a first red pixel average value of a plurality of red pixel values of a plurality of first pixels constituting the natural tooth region, a first green pixel average value of a plurality of green pixel values of the plurality of first pixels, and a first blue pixel average value of a plurality of blue pixel values of the plurality of first pixels are made equal to each other.
Owner:PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO LTD

Oral cavity opening device clinically applicable to department of stomatology

The invention relates to the technical field of medical instruments, in particular to an oral cavity opening device clinically applicable to the stomatology department, and aims to solve the technical problems that an existing oral cavity opening device is simple in structure and single in function, the opening size cannot be freely adjusted, and meanwhile during examination, the opening size cannot be freely adjusted. In the prior art, medical staff need to observe pathological changes in the oral cavity of a patient with naked eyes, efficiency is low, and the risk of cross infection is brought to the medical staff. According to the technical scheme, the device comprises a fixing support, two positioning blocks are fixedly installed in an inner cavity of the fixing support, and a limiting rod is rotationally connected between the opposite sides of the two positioning blocks through a bearing. The oral cavity expanding device has the advantages that by arranging the expanding unit, the opening and closing degree of the oral cavity of a patient can be adjusted, by arranging the positioning unit, the expanding unit can be positioned, the use stability of the expanding unit is improved, by arranging the camera shooting mechanism, the oral cavity of the patient can be shot, and cross infection caused by visual inspection of medical staff is avoided.
Owner:GUIZHOU PROVINCIAL PEOPLES HOSPITAL

Special clinical stomatoscope for department of stomatology

The invention provides a special clinical stomatoscope for the stomatology department, and belongs to the field of medical instruments. Comprising a holding rod, a mirror frame is arranged at the top end of the holding rod, a mouth mirror body is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the mirror frame, a direction adjusting assembly used for adjusting the direction of the mouth mirror body is arranged on the holding rod, and an angle adjusting assembly used for adjusting the angle of the mouth mirror body is arranged on the holding rod. When the stomatoscope body is rotated to an angle at which the oral cavity of the patient can be observed conveniently, the handle is loosened, the first spring rebounds, the sliding block drives the connecting plate, and the stomatoscope body is rotated to an angle at which the oral cavity of the patient can be observed conveniently; a connecting plate drives a bolt to be inserted into a slot to limit a first rack plate, and an angle adjusting assembly is matched, so that the oral cavity of the patient can be examined in multiple directions, and the oral cavity health condition of the patient can be known more comprehensively.
Owner:THE SIXTH MEDICAL CENT OF THE CHINESE PEOPLES LIBERATION ARMY GENERAL HOSPITAL

Method and system for identifying areas of interest

An intraoral scanner generates 2D images of a dental site and 3D intraoral scans of the dental site. The computing device receives the 2D images of the dental site and the 3D intraoral scans of the dental site from the intraoral scanner, generates a 3D model of the dental site based on the 3D intraoral scans of the dental site, and processes at least one of a) one or more of the 2D images of the dental site, b) one or more of the 3D intraoral scans of the dental site, or c) data from the 3D model of the dental site to identify one or more intraoral areas of interest (AOIs) at the dental site. The computing device determines a dental condition associated with the one or more intraoral AOIs, and determines a manner for scanning the one or more intraoral AOIs.
Owner:ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC

Image processing apparatus and method, program, and storage medium

To provide an image processing apparatus that can more correctly determine a row of teeth having permanent teeth and milk teeth mixed therein.SOLUTION: An image processing apparatus comprises: an acquisition unit that acquires an image of the inside of the oral cavity; an estimation unit that estimates a row of teeth from an image acquired by the acquisition unit by using a learning model that has learned the relationship between the image of the inside of the oral cavity and the row of teeth; and a correction unit that makes a correction on a result of the estimated row of teeth on the basis of a rule related to the order of losing the milk teeth and getting the permanent teeth.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4
Owner:CANON KK

Intelligent oral cavity supporting saliva aspirator

ActiveCN222110223Uadjustable distanceFreely adjust the mouth opening and closing rangeSurgerySomatoscopeThreaded rodPhysics
The utility model relates to the technical field of medical instruments, in particular to an oral cavity supporting intelligent saliva aspirator which comprises a first supporting frame, one end of the first supporting frame is fixedly connected with a fixing assembly, one side of the first supporting frame is fixedly connected with a first saliva aspirating assembly, and the upper surface of the first supporting frame is fixedly connected with an adjusting assembly. One end of the first saliva suction assembly is fixedly connected with a control assembly, one end of the control assembly is fixedly connected with a second saliva suction assembly, and the other end of the control assembly is fixedly connected with a connecting assembly. Through the arrangement of the second supporting frame, the supporting column, the threaded rod and the threaded sleeve shell, during use, the threaded sleeve shell is held and rotated to drive the threaded rod to rotate and ascend and descend in the threaded sleeve shell and the supporting column, so that the distance between the first supporting frame and the second supporting frame is adjusted; therefore, the effects of adapting to more people with different mouth sizes and freely adjusting the opening and closing amplitude of the oral cavity according to treatment requirements are achieved.
Owner:SHENZHEN PEOPLES HOSPITAL

Dental handpiece

The dental handpiece has a handle and a housing with a first light-emitting diode and a first optical sensor. The housing also has a second light-emitting diode, a second optical sensor, shielding windows for each optical and apertures for supplying compressed air to each shielding window. A diffuser is located in each aperture, the diffuser being adapted to generate an air jet forming an air curtain. The dental handpiece can provide a reliable protection of the optical sensors by the air curtain and a high-quality three-dimensional image of an oral cavity during manipulation.
Owner:MIKHALSKIY ALEXANDER

Oral scanner system

An oral scanner system having an oral scanner, the oral scanner having a handle, a head, a camera, a spacer attachment being detachably attached to the head, and a processor being arranged to receive at least one signal from the camera to determine, based on an analysis of the at least one signal, an attachment state of the spacer attachment.
Owner:BRAUN GMBH

Intra-oral appliance

An intra-oral appliance, an internal member and an external member is provided. The internal member can include a tongue crib, a poseable first arm connected at a first end to the back end of the tongue crib, and a poseable second arm connected at a first end to the back end of the tongue crib. The poseable first arm and the poseable second allow the tongue crib to be moved into a position and held in the position. The external member can include a first lip retractor, a second lip retractor, a first retractor flange, a second retractor flange and connectors attachable to the first arm and the second arm of the internal member.
Owner:XEROSGUARD INC

System and method for user anatomy and physiology imaging

A personal care system comprises an imaging device configured to obtain images of a region of interest of an object and a processor. The processor is configured to obtain a spectral signature of an adjuvant on the region of interest, identify spectral components in the images and segment the adjuvant from the images by comparing the spectral signature to the spectral components of the images.
Owner:KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV