Patent ID: 11897201
Assignee: BIOMET 3I, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  A  G | IPC A  B  G

Claim 19:
20. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed by at least one processor, configure the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving scan data from a patients mouth, the scan data including at least a healing abutment attached to an implant installed in the patient's mouth at an installation site, the healing abutment including at least one informational marker for identifying physical characteristics of the healing abutment;
creating a three-dimensional model of the installation site including a virtual healing abutment corresponding to the healing abutment in the patient's mouth;
determining information from the at least one informational marker about the healing abutment;
forming, based on the information, a modified three-dimensional model to be used to develop a custom dental prosthesis, wherein the modified three-dimensional model has the virtual healing abutment replaced with one of: (i) an implant analog receptacle, (ii) a three-dimensional model of a portion of an implant analog, and (iii) a three-dimensional model of a portion of a dental restoration.