Dental Implant Scanning Rod Positioning via Sequential Assembly

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing scanning methods for dental implant restoration fail to effectively obtain complete feature information when adjacent implants are too close to each other, preventing simultaneous placement of two scanning rods and leading to inaccurate implant positioning.

Innovation Solution

A scanning method involving batch scanning in two different assembling statuses to obtain first and second scanning data, using position information acquisition based on registered images or updated images to determine assembly site positions, ensuring accurate implant positioning even when scanning rods are too close.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If two scanning rods are placed simultaneously to scan adjacent implants, then scanning efficiency is improved, but when implants are too close, the scanning rods cannot be placed simultaneously causing incomplete feature information acquisition

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvescanning efficiencyVSAvoidcompleteness of feature information
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The scanning process is divided into multiple separate scanning operations instead of requiring simultaneous placement of two scanning rods. Each scanning rod scans one implant at a time, segmenting the originally simultaneous operation into sequential steps, thus resolving the spatial conflict while maintaining complete feature information acquisition.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The first scanning rod scans the first implant to obtain feature information before the second scanning rod scans the second implant. This preliminary action allows the system to collect complete data from each implant sequentially, ensuring no feature information is lost despite the inability to place both rods simultaneously.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If scanning is performed sequentially to ensure complete feature information, then data completeness is improved, but scanning time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompleteness of feature informationVSAvoidscanning time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The scanning process maintains continuous useful action by immediately transitioning from the first scanning operation to the second scanning operation without idle time. The system continuously acquires feature information from each implant in sequence, minimizing non-productive time while ensuring complete data collection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #20Continuity of useful action

3Device complexity

If traditional scanning methods are used, then the process is simple, but accurate implant positioning cannot be determined when scanning rods cannot be placed simultaneously

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvescanning process simplicityVSAvoidimplant positioning accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The processing device acts as an intermediary that receives feature information from sequentially scanned implants and computes the relative position between them. This intermediary processing step enables accurate implant positioning determination without requiring complex simultaneous multi-rod placement, maintaining relative simplicity while achieving precise positioning.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20250375270A1Scanning Method and System of Scanning Rod, and Storage Medium
Publication Date: 2025.12.11 SHINING 3D TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure provides a scanning method and system of a scanning rod, and a storage medium. The method includes: scanning a scanned scene in a first scanning rod assembling status to obtain first scanning data; scanning the scanned scene in a second scanning rod assembling status to obtain second scanning data; and obtaining position information of assembly sites in the scanned scene based on the first scanning data and the second scanning data. By using a batch scanning manner in the present disclosure, the scanning rods are installed at a third assembly site and a first assembly site for scanning to obtain the first scanning data; the scanning rods are installed at the third assembly site and a second assembly site for scanning to obtain the second scanning data.