METHOD CONCERNING THE TRANSPORT OF DENTAL PROSTHESES

• US 20080154743A1
• Filed: 12/12/2007
• Published: 06/26/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Institut Straumann AG (Straumann Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Institut Straumann AG (Straumann Holding AG)
• Inventors: Weber, Gerhard, Holzner, Stephan
• Application Number:
  US11/954,339
• Publication Number:
  US 20080154743A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 13/0004 Computer-assisted sizing or machining of dental prostheses
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0635 Processing of requisition or of purchase orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/50 for simulation or modelling of medical disorders
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49567 Dental appliance making

Abstract

The invention relates to a method, a machine-readable data carrier as well as a computer for commonly transmitting or receiving or dispatching data for dental prostheses and for product orders as well as dental prostheses or products.

Claims

1. Method with the steps of:

creating a first data record (12) required for the manufacture of a dental prosthesis (19), with a computer (5);

transmitting the first data record (12) to a manufacturing center (14) for dental prostheses (19) by means of remote data transmission (15) by the computer (5),

characterized by

the steps of;

creating a second data record (13) concerning the dispatch of products (22), such as accessories for a dentistry laboratory or a dental surgery, such as, for example, accessories for fitting dental prostheses, with the computer, and

dispatching the second data record (13) to the manufacturing center (14), preferably together with the first data record (12), or to a location (26) other than the manufacturing center (14) via remote data transmission (15).

2. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that in the step of creating the first data record (12) information for the creation of the second data record (13) are gathered and/or generated, such as information on required or possible substances for the use of the dental prosthesis (19) belonging to the first data record (12).

3. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that in the step of creating the second data record (13) data of the first data record (12) are consulted.

4. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the two data records (12, 13) are created with one and the same software (8, 9).

5. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that in the creation of the second data record (13), an electronic product catalogue is used, this product catalogue being accessed, for example, via remote data transmission, and this product catalogue being stored at the manufacturing center for dental prostheses or at another location.

12. Machine-readable data carrier with instructions that can be carried out by a computer (5, 16), so that a method according to claim 1 is carried out.

13. Machine-readable data carrier according to claim 12, characterized in that instructions for a first module (8) for acquiring data for the manufacture of a dental prosthesis, and instructions for a second module (9) for acquiring data concerning the dispatch of products, such as dental accessories, such as accessories for fixing dental prostheses, are provided.

14. Computer and/or system designed for carrying out one of the methods according to claim 1.

6. Method with the steps of:

receiving a first data record (12) of a user (11) required for the manufacture of dental prostheses (19), and

forwarding the data record (12) or at least a part thereof or a data record acquired therefrom to a dental prosthesis manufacturing system (17);

receiving a second data record (13) of a user, the second data record (13) concerning the dispatch of products (22), such as accessories for a dentistry laboratory or a dental surgery, such as, for example, accessories for fixing dental prostheses, and

forwarding the second data record (13) or at least a part thereof or a data record acquired therefrom to a product storage system (22) and/or a product dispatch system (22).

7. Method according to claim 6, characterized in that the forwarding to the product storage system (22) and/or the product dispatch system (22) is effected by means of remote data transmission (27) or with local data transmission means, such as a local network.

8. Method with the steps of:

receiving;

a first data record (12) of a user (11) required for the manufacture of dental prostheses (19), and

a second data record (13) of the same user concerning the dispatch of one or several products (22), such as dental accessories, in a dental prosthesis manufacturing center (14)

manufacturing the dental prosthesis (19), and

dispatching (23) the dental prosthesis (19) together with the one or several products (22).

9. Method according to claim 8, characterized in that information concerning the dispatch of products (22), such as dental accessories, are transmitted according to the second data record (13) via remote data transmission (27) to another location (26), such as that of a dental accessories supplier, and corresponding dental accessories (22) are dispatched (28) from the other location (26) to the dental prosthesis manufacturing center (14).

10. Method with the steps of:

manufacturing a dental prosthesis (19);

providing one or several products (22), such as accessories for a dentistry laboratory, for example accessories for fixing dental prostheses, and

packing the dental prosthesis (19) and the one or several products (22) into a common parcel (24).

11. Method according to claim 10, characterized by the dispatch of the parcel (30).