Health-care e-commerce systems and methods

• US 20060064329A1
• Filed: 11/10/2005
• Published: 03/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Align Technology Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Align Technology Incorporated
• Inventors: Cooney, Beth Ann, Wolf, Keith, Benton, Phillips Alexander, Abolfathi, Amir, Udechuku, Ikechukwu Chibuzo
• Granted Patent: US 7,904,307 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: B33Y 50/00 Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: B33Y 80/00 Products made by additive manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/50 for simulation or modelling of medical disorders

Abstract

A virtual health-care electronic commerce community includes a network to communicate information relating to the community; one or more patients coupled to the network; one or more treating professionals coupled to the network; and a server coupled to the network, the server storing data for each patient and performing patient data visualization in response to a user request.

Claims

1. A virtual health-care electronic commerce community, comprising:

a network to communicate information comprising one or more manipulable three-dimensional computer models of a patient'"'"'s teeth;

one or more treating professionals coupled to the network such that at least one treating professional receives and manipulates at least one of the computer model(s) of the patient'"'"'s teeth; and

a server coupled to the network, the server storing data for multiple patients, including three-dimensional computer models of patients'"'"' teeth, and providing patient data visualization in response to a request from one of the treating professionals.

2. The community of claim 1, wherein the patient data visualization comprises at least one of a right buccal view, a left buccal view, a posterior view, an anterior view, a mandibular occlusal view, a maxillary occlusal view, an overjet view, a left distal molar view, a left lingual view, a lingual incisor view, a right lingual view, a right distal molar view, an upper jaw view, and a lower jaw view.