US 11,532,079 C1 (13,212th)
Dental imaging device
Philippe Salah, Bagnolet (FR); Laurent Debraux, Paris (FR); Thomas Pellissard, Clichy (FR); and Guillaume Ghyselinck, Cantin (FR)
Filed by DENTAL MONITORING, Paris (FR)
Assigned to Dental Monitoring
Reexamination Request No. 90/019,399, Feb. 2, 2024.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 11,532,079, issued Dec. 20, 2022, Appl. No. 16/921,545, Jul. 6, 2020.
Application 90/019,399 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/953,744, filed on Apr. 16, 2018, granted, now 10,736,715.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Mar. 27, 2026.
Int. Cl. G06T 7/00 (2017.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 7/0012 (2013.01) [A61C 9/0053 (2013.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30036 (2013.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
Claims 2-4 are cancelled.
Claim 1 is determined to be patentable as amended.
Claims 5-13, dependent on an amended claim, are determined to be patentable.
New claims 14-27 are added and determined to be patentable.
1. A method to acquire dental images of a patient with a support defining a chamber that is in communication with an outside of said chamber via a first opening and via a second opening, said method comprising the following steps:
fixing a mobile phone in front of the second opening;
positioning said first opening in front of a mouth of the patient;
acquiring at least one dental image by means of the mobile phone, the support being configured so that when the patient put his/her lips around the first opening, [ the ] patient's teeth are made visible through said first opening [ ; and
comprising a step before acquiring at least one dental image, in which a dental retractor is introduced in the mouth of the patient, in which the dental retractor is formed as an integral part of the support] .
[ 14. A method according to claim 1, wherein an inside of the chamber receives substantially no luminous radiation.]
[ 15. A method according to claim 1, the support being further configured with a rigid portion on which the mobile phone is capable of being fastened and a deformable portion defining a retractor opening.]
[ 16. A method according to claim 15, the support being further configured telescopically so that the distance between the first opening and the second opening is variable.]
[ 17. A method according to claim 16, comprising the mobile phone sliding along at least one sliding direction in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the mobile phone.]
[ 18. A method according to claim 1, the support being further configured to be degradable by composting.]
[ 19. A method according to claim 18, the support being made in a fibrous cellulosic material.]
[ 20. A method according to claim 19, wherein the fibrous cellulosic material comprises cardboard.]
[ 21. A method according to claim 1, wherein the mobile phone comprises a display screen that displays guiding information.]
[ 22. A method according to claim 21, wherein the patient observes a reflection of the display screen on a mirror.]
[ 23. A method according to claim 22, wherein the patient modifies. according to said guiding information, a position of the mobile phone to meet a target acquisition condition.]
[ 24. A method according to claim 15, wherein the mobile phone comprises a light source.]
[ 25. A method according to claim 16, wherein the light source is oriented toward the retractor opening.]
[ 26. A method according to claim 25, wherein the light source illuminates the teeth of the patient through the retractor opening.]
[ 27. The method as claimed in claim 7, in which the lateral wall is substantially opaque.]