Patent ID: 11883254
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. A method of preparing a customized guidance package equipped appliance for a patient using a computing device, the method comprising:
positioning, in a virtual articulator, a virtual maxillary arch and a virtual mandibular arch of the patient in an index position, the index position providing a threshold clearance between the virtual arches;
applying, in the virtual articulator, a virtual maxillary guidance component to the virtual maxillary arch and a virtual mandibular guidance component to the virtual mandibular arch based on the index position to form a virtual guidance package equipped appliance, such that the virtual maxillary guidance component and the virtual mandibular guidance component are configured to sit at rest with respect to each other when the virtual arches are in the index position; and
outputting for transmission, to a receiving device, guidance package equipped appliance production data based on the virtual guidance package equipped appliance.