Patent ID: 9532859
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: A61C

Claim:
1. Electronic register device for recording movements of the lower jaw of a person relative to the upper jaw of the person, the register device comprising: a bite fork adapted to record a position of the upper jaw relative to at least one reference point on the head of the person, wherein the bite fork is further adapted to record an impression of the dentition of the upper jaw, a lower-jaw attachment for recording movements of the lower jaw relative to the upper jaw; and a reference body, wherein the reference body is adapted to be connected in a fixed position to the bite fork, wherein the bite fork and the reference body connected to it in a fixed position are designed such that both the impression and the reference body are arranged to be recorded by a scanning procedure, the reference body including at least one scan element that protrudes from the reference body, and wherein the reference body has a plurality of first form-fit elements, and the bite fork has a plurality of second form-fit elements, such that the first form-fit elements are adapted to be brought into a form-fit engagement with the second form-fit elements.