Digital Partial Prosthesis Production System
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
The production of partial prostheses is time-consuming and error-prone due to the complexity of materials and work steps involved in conventional methods, which require multiple models and manual handling, leading to inefficiencies and transfer errors.
Innovation Solution
A digital production system that includes a user interface for designing a prosthesis framework with coupling elements, a production device for automatic production of the framework, base, and teeth using additive and/or subtractive processes, and a positioning system with positive-locking elements for precise assembly, allowing for model-free and efficient production.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If conventional production methods with multiple models and manual handling are used, then customization and precision fitting are achieved, but production time increases and error rates increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses digital 3D scanning to create accurate virtual copies of the patient's oral anatomy and uses CAD software to design the prosthesis framework digitally, eliminating the need for multiple physical models while maintaining precision
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical modeling and fitting processes with computer-aided design and manufacturing systems, including automated framework production that reduces both time and human error
2Ease of manufacture
If multiple models and manual work steps are used, then comprehensive design control is maintained, but device complexity and error probability increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple separate design and production steps into an integrated digital workflow where scanning, design, and manufacturing are coordinated through software, reducing process complexity while maintaining design control
Solution Approach 2:
The software system automatically performs framework design and production based on scanned data, reducing manual intervention and complexity while maintaining comprehensive design control through digital parameters
3Adaptability or versatility
If conventional wax modeling and transfer procedures are used, then material flexibility is achieved, but production accuracy decreases due to transfer errors
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a digital copy of the prosthesis framework through CAD design based on 3D scans, eliminating physical model transfer and its associated errors while maintaining design flexibility through software modification
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from physical material properties (wax) to digital parameters in CAD software, allowing flexible modification of framework geometry without physical model transfer and associated accuracy losses
Data Source
AI summary
A production system (100) for producing partial prostheses (101), with a user interface (103) for digitally designing a prosthesis framework (105) with coupling elements (119) to the residual tooth hard tissue, a prosthesis base (107) and prosthesis teeth (109).