SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOVING GINGIVA FROM COMPUTER TOOTH MODELS

Patent №

US 7,040,896

Granted

2006-05-09

Filed 2002

Owner

ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Lab

AI components

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planning

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

10087153

A computer-implemented method separates gingiva from a model of a tooth by defining a cutting surface along the gingiva; and applying the cutting surface to the tooth to separate the gingiva from the tooth.

PlanningA61C 7/002A61C 5/77A61C 9/00A61C 9/0046A61C 2007/004B33Y 80/00G16H 20/40

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Ownership

ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

assignment · 131260358

Assignors

PAVLOVSKAIA, ELENA, SARVA, VENKATA S., CHEANG, CARMEN

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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