Patent ID: 11864975
Assignee: BIOMET 3I, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A method of using scan data of a dental implant pre-positioned in bone within a mouth of a patient to develop a virtual model for use in a virtual design process, comprising:
receiving scan data of the mouth of the patient including an upper surface of the dental implant, the scan data including information corresponding to scanning of a scannable code on the upper surface of the dental implant, wherein the scannable code provides information regarding an anti-rotational feature of the dental implant;
developing a virtual model of at least a portion of the mouth of the patient; and
using the information corresponding to scanning of a scannable code to locate a position of a central axis of a virtual implant within the virtual model and an angular orientation of the anti-rotational feature in the virtual model.