US-12626808-B2 - Processing device for processing a dental indication

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Abstract

A processing device ( 100 ) for processing a dental indication ( 103 ), including an electronic status detection device ( 105 ) for detecting status data of the processing device ( 100 ) and/or the dental indication ( 103 ); and an electronic generation device ( 107 ) for generating a code ( 109 ) comprising the status data.

Inventors

Rudolf Jussel
Theresa Sujata Maria Senti

Assignees

IVOCLAR VIVADENT AG

Dates

Publication Date: 20260512
Application Date: 20220622
Priority Date: 20210701

Claims (11)

1 . A processing device ( 100 ) for processing a dental indication ( 103 ), comprising: an electronic status detection device ( 105 ) configured for detecting status data of the processing device ( 100 ) comprising at least one of a milling device, a 3D printer, a firing furnace, a press furnace, a sintering furnace, and a post-exposure device and for detecting status of the dental indication ( 103 ) comprising a crown, a bridge, a full or partial denture, an implant, an abutment, or a telescopic prosthesis; and an electronic generating device ( 107 ) configured for generating a code ( 109 ) comprising the status data; wherein the status data of the dental indication comprises patient data related to the dental indication; wherein the status data of the processing device comprises an identification number of the processing device, a number of operating hours, a calibration status, error messages and warnings, a process parameter, and an installed software version to provide documentation of relevant status data of the dental indication and the processing device; wherein the processing device ( 100 ) comprises a display device ( 111 ) for displaying the code ( 109 ) of the processing device and the dental indication; wherein the display device ( 111 ) is configured to display the code ( 109 ) of the processing device and the dental indication in an optically detectable or scannable manner; and wherein the status data in the code ( 109 ) is summarized in a documentation tool.
2 . The processing device ( 100 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the code comprises a bar code, a QR code, a text code or a machine-readable code.
3 . The processing device ( 100 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the processing device ( 100 ) comprises a data interface ( 113 ) for electronically sending the code ( 109 ).
4 . The processing device ( 100 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the processing device ( 100 ) comprises a detection interface ( 115 ) for optically detecting data of a manufacturing material ( 117 ).
5 . A processing system ( 200 ), comprising a processing device ( 100 ) according to claim 1 ; and a software application to receive the code ( 109 ).
6 . A computer program product comprising program code which is stored on a machine-readable medium, the machine-readable medium comprising computer instructions executable by a processor, which computer instructions cause the processor to perform the method according to claim 1 .
7 . A method of processing a dental indication ( 103 ), comprising the steps of: detecting (S 101 ) status data of a processing device ( 100 ) related to the dental indication ( 103 ); and generating (S 102 ) a code ( 109 ) comprising the status data; wherein the dental indication comprises a crown, a bridge, a full or partial denture, an implant, an abutment, or a telescopic prosthesis; wherein the status data of the dental indication comprises patient data; wherein the status data of the processing device comprises an identification number of the processing device, a number of operating hours, a calibration status, error messages and warnings, a process parameter, and an installed software version; wherein the processing device comprises at least one of a milling device, a 3D printer, a firing furnace, a press furnace, a sintering furnace, and a post-exposure device; wherein the processing device ( 100 ) comprises a display device ( 111 ) for displaying the code ( 109 ); wherein the display device ( 111 ) is configured to display the code ( 109 ) in an optically detectable or scannable manner; and wherein the status data in the code ( 109 ) is summarized in a documentation tool.
8 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the code ( 109 ) is displayed visually or sent via a data interface ( 113 ).
9 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the code ( 109 ) is transmitted to a data node.
10 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the code ( 109 ) is stored in an electronic medical record.
11 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein a plausibility check is performed to determine whether a manufacturing material ( 117 ) or machine parameters are suitable for a predetermined dental indication.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims priority to European Patent Application No. 21183074.0 filed on Jul. 1, 2021, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a processing device for processing a dental indication, a processing system including the processing device, and a method for processing a dental indication. BACKGROUND Currently, device information is managed manually when processing dental indications. A dental technician or dentist enters the data manually in the respective documentation tool or enters them on an order slip. This is tedious, time-consuming and error-prone. As a result, information in the processing procedure is often not or only insufficiently documented and passed on. US 20210178639, 20210310903, 20210191370, 20210102527, 20180159937, 20170315516, 20140303755, 20140028441, 20150227943, 20200397534, and U.S. Ser. No. 11/312,350 are directed to devices and methods for monitoring machines and/or dental devices and are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. US 20220148717 and 20210196576 are directed to medical device and reporting systems and are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. SUMMARY It is the technical aim of the present invention to provide a processing device for processing a dental indication, with which relevant status or state data can be passed on and documented in a simple manner. This technical problem is solved by objects according to the independent claims. Technically advantageous embodiments are the subject of the dependent claims, the description and the drawings. According to a first aspect, the technical problem is solved by a processing device for processing a dental indication, comprising an electronic status or state detection device for detecting status or state data of the processing device and/or the dental indication; and an electronic generation device for generating a code comprising the status data. A dental indication is an artificially produced object used in a patient's mouth, such as a crown, a bridge, a full or partial denture, an aligner, a grinding splint, an implant, an abutment, or a telescopic prosthesis. The processing device is used to process or fabricate the dental indication in a technical process. The processing device achieves the technical advantage that the status data can be exchanged in a simple manner via the generated code and can be passed on to other devices. In a technically advantageous embodiment of the processing device, the processing device comprises a display device for displaying the code. The display device is formed, for example, by an electronic matrix display. This achieves, for example, the technical advantage that the code can be read directly on the processing device. In a further technically advantageous embodiment of the processing device, the display device is configured to display the code in an optically detectable or scannable manner. This provides, for example, the technical advantage that the code can be automatically read opto-electronically by another device having a camera or a scanner. In a further technically advantageous embodiment of the processing device, the code is a bar code, a QR code, a text code or a machine-readable code. This achieves, for example, the technical advantage that the status data can be integrated into the code in an efficient and automatically detectable manner. In a further technically advantageous embodiment of the processing device, the processing device comprises a data interface for electronically sending the code. The interface is, for example, a wireless or wired data interface for an electronic network, such as a network card or a WLAN interface. This provides, for example, the technical advantage that the code can be transmitted electronically directly to other devices. In a further technically advantageous embodiment of the processing device, the processing device comprises a detection interface for optically detecting data of a manufacturing material. The detection interface is formed, for example, by an electronic camera for capturing an image and a corresponding scanning program for scanning the captured image. This achieves, for example, the technical advantage that data of used manufacturing materials can be captured in a simple and fast manner and can also be integrated into the code. In a further technically advantageous embodiment of the processing device, the code comprises data on an identification number of the processing device, on a manufacturing material, on a number of operating hours, on a calibration performed, on a due date for the next calibration, on error messages and warnings, on statistics, on the programs or jobs used, on a running process, on a process parameter, on jobs processed during processing, on materials used during processing, on an installed software version and/or on error-free execution of a pr