Patent ID: 11969305
Assignee: IBUR, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 16:
17. A method, comprising:
obtaining a digital preoperative dental model of a patient;
designing a guide appliance set on the digital preoperative dental model according to a surgical plan for the patient;
storing the design of the guide appliance set in a computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) compatible file format; and
manufacturing at least a portion of the designed guide appliance set via a CAM method using the stored design of the guide appliance set;
wherein designing the guide appliance set includes:
designing a base frame configured to engage an oral structure of the patient without obstructing a planned surgical site region of an alveolar ridge of the patient, the planned surgical site region of the alveolar ridge includes a plurality of planned dental implant sites;
designing an uppermost surface of the base frame to, at least in an area adjacent to the planned surgical site region, terminate below the alveolar ridge when the base frame is engaged with the oral structure;
designing at least one attachment that is releasably attachable to the base frame, the at least one attachment designed to facilitate performance of at least a portion of a dental surgery; and
designing the at least one attachment to be fully received in a mouth of the patient when attached to the base frame;

wherein at least one of:
the base frame is designed to facilitate vertically reducing the planned surgical site region of the alveolar ridge while the base frame is positioned on the oral structure; and
the at least one attachment is designed as a bone adjustment jig configured to facilitate vertically reducing the planned surgical site region of the alveolar ridge while the base frame is positioned on the oral structure and the bone adjustment jig is attached to the base frame.