Patent ID: 9522046
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: A61B,A61C,G06T,Y10S

Claim Text:
1. A system, for planning and performing a surgical procedure, the system comprising: a processing portion for processing the hard tissue of a patient that communicates hard tissue data to the system, the hard tissue data comprising information regarding surface contours and underlying bony structures; hard tissue data is communicated to the system in the form of a three-dimensional (3-D) virtual representation of the hard tissue; a treatment planning module for desired treatment of the patient, wherein the treatment planning module is configured to provide a plurality of possible operation choices; a fabrication module based on the 3-D representation data and/or inputs from the treatment planning module, wherein the fabrication module produces a physical model of the hard tissue of the patient's mouth; and a surgical robot apparatus to allow for health care professional to utilize the system in a surgical procedure.