Patent ID: 11864973
Assignee: OXILIO LTD
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A method of manufacturing an orthodontic appliance with an object incorporated in a surface thereof, the method executable by a processor of an electronic device, the method comprising:
acquiring, by the processor, a preliminary appliance 3D digital model, the preliminary appliance 3D digital model including a representation of the surface of the orthodontic appliance to which the object will be incorporated;
acquiring, by the processor, an object 3D digital model representative of the object to be incorporated in the surface of the orthodontic appliance, the object 3D digital model comprising a plurality of vertices;
obtaining, by the processor, a desired coupling location of the object on the surface of the orthodontic appliance;
positioning, by the processor, at least a portion of a base of the object 3D digital model onto a surface of the preliminary appliance 3D digital model based on the obtained coupling location;
causing, by the processor, an initial predetermined degree of penetration of at least one vertex representative of the base into the surface of the preliminary appliance 3D digital model at the coupling location, thereby merging the object 3D digital model with the preliminary appliance 3D digital model;
extruding the object 3D digital model into the surface of the preliminary object 3D digital model whilst retaining the base of the object 3D digital model at the initial predetermined degree of penetration;
determining, by the processor, the preliminary appliance 3D digital model and the object 3D digital merged therewith as being an appliance 3D digital model of the orthodontic appliance with the object incorporated in the surface thereof; and
storing, by the processor, the appliance 3D digital model in an internal memory of the electronic device.