Patent ID: 11969242
Assignee: DROR ORTHO DESIGN LTD. (AERODENTIS)
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 14:
15. A mouthpiece for applying to a set of teeth of one of an upper jaw and a lower jaw of a patient, the mouthpiece comprising:
a force exerting member for moving at least one tooth of the set of teeth of the one of the upper jaw and the lower jaw of the patient,
a tooth movement sensor member for obtaining tooth data, the tooth movement sensor being one of:
a force sensor attached to or partially embedded in the interior surface of a facial, lingual, or base wall, or a combination thereof of the mouthpiece, such that the force sensor is adapted to contact a side of the at least one tooth, which is opposite a side of the tooth adapted to be in contact with the force exerting member, and
an optical sensor, and

a tooth movement monitor for calculating an amount of tooth movement and/or a tooth position from the tooth data obtained with the tooth movement sensor member.