IP Library Granted Patent US 12,502,258
Granted Patent B2
US 12,502,258 · App. 17/182,723 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Robotic device for dental surgery

Inventors: Zachary B. Suttin (Jupiter, FL); Stephen S. Porter (West Palm Beach, FL)
Assignee: BIOMET 3I, LLC
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Patent No.
US 12,502,258
App. No.
17/182,723
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A robotic system includes a base, a grounding arm, a working arm, and one or more sensors. The grounding arm extends from the base and is configured to be coupled to a fixed structure within the mouth of the patient for establishing an origin for the robotic system. The working arm extends from the base and is configured to be coupled with one or more tools for use during an installation of a dental implant in the mouth. The one or more sensors are for monitoring positions of the grounding arm and/or the working arm and to generate positional data that is used to create a post-operative virtual three-dimensional model of at least a portion of the mouth of the patient.

Claims (33)

1 . At least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising a plurality of instructions that, responsive to being executed with processor circuitry of a computer-controlled device, cause the processor to:

receive pre-operative scan data of a portion of a patient's mouth;

create a pre-operative virtual model of at least a portion of the patient's mouth using the pre-operative scan data, wherein the pre-operative virtual model comprises a virtual grounding member:

receive positional data of an origin and a working arm, the origin established by a grounding arm of a robotic system and the working arm configured to be coupled with one or more tools for use during installation of a dental implant, wherein the origin is established by coupling the grounding arm to a grounding member in the patient's mouth, wherein the virtual grounding member represents the grounding member in the pre-operative virtual model;

determine a location of at least a portion of the working arm relative to the origin; and

create a post-operative virtual model of at least a portion of the patient's mouth created from the positional data, the post-operative virtual model including at least a portion of a virtual model of the dental implant that corresponds to a location and orientation of the dental implant in the patient's mouth, the post-operative virtual model being created without receiving post-operative scan data.

2 . The at least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the pre-operative virtual model further includes a denture therein.

3 . The at least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein creating the post-operative virtual model includes modifying the pre-operative virtual model to include at least the portion of the virtual model of the dental implant.

4 . The at least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 1 , further including:

receiving a pre-planned installation procedure, wherein one or more processors are configured to at least partially control movement of the working arm to semi-manually install the dental implant in the patient's mouth according to the pre-planned installation procedure, wherein the working arm is coupled to a dental-implant-driving tool during the installation.

5 . The at least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 4 , further including:

determining an invisible barrier wall to be established around a pre-determined location for the dental implant to be installed in the patient's mouth; and

during the semi-manually install, automatically enforcing the invisible barrier wall by providing an indication to a user that the working arm of the robotic system is to be moved outside of the determined invisible barrier wall.

6 . The at least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 5 , further including:

displaying a virtual representation of invisible barrier wall relative to a pre-operative virtual model created from pre-operative scan data of a portion of the patient's mouth.

7 . The at least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 1 , further including: receiving a pre-planned installation procedure, wherein one or more processors are configured to control movement of the working arm to automatically install the dental implant in the patient's mouth according to the pre-planned installation procedure.

8 . A system, comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

one or more processors communicatively coupled to the memory and configured by the instructions to perform operations comprising:

receiving pre-operative scan data of a portion of a patient's mouth;

creating a pre-operative virtual model of at least a portion of the pre-operative scan data, wherein the pre-operative virtual model comprises a virtual grounding member;

receiving positional data of an origin and a working arm, the origin established by a grounding arm of a robotic system and the working arm configured to be coupled with one or more tools for use during installation of a dental implant, wherein the origin is established by coupling the grounding arm to a grounding member in the patient's mouth, wherein the virtual grounding member represents the grounding member in the pre-operative virtual model;

determining a location of at least a portion of the working arm relative to the origin; and

creating a post-operative virtual model of at least a portion of the patient's mouth created from the positional data, the post-operative virtual model including at least a portion of a virtual model of the dental implant that corresponds to a location and orientation of the dental implant in the patient's mouth, the post-operative virtual model being created without receiving post-operative scan data.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the pre-operative virtual model further includes a denture therein.

10 . The system of claim 8 , wherein creating the post-operative virtual model includes modifying the pre-operative virtual model to include at least the portion of the virtual model of the dental implant.

11 . The system of claim 8 , the one or more processors configured by the instructions to perform operations further comprising:

receiving a pre-planned installation procedure, wherein one or more processors are configured to at least partially control movement of the working arm to semi-manually install the dental implant in the patient's mouth according to the pre-planned installation procedure, wherein the working arm is coupled to a dental-implant-driving tool during the installation.

12 . The system of claim 11 , the one or more processors configured by the instructions to perform operations further comprising:

determining an invisible barrier wall to be established around a pre-determined location for the dental implant to be installed in the patient's mouth; and

during the semi-manually install, automatically enforcing the invisible barrier wall by providing an indication to a user that the working arm of the robotic system is to be moved outside of the determined invisible barrier wall.

13 . The system of claim 12 , the one or more processors configured by the instructions to perform operations further comprising:

displaying a virtual representation of invisible barrier wall relative to a pre-operative virtual model created from pre-operative scan data of a portion of the patient's mouth.

Assignments (3)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2025
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: BIOMET 3I, LLC; ZIMMER DENTAL INC.
Reel/Frame 073142/0312 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2025
From: BIOMET 3I, LLC; ZIMMER DENTAL INC.; IMPLANT CONCIERGE, LLC
To: GOLUB CAPITAL LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 073142/0384 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2022
From: BIOMET 3I, LLC; EBI, LLC; ZIMMER BIOMET SPINE, INC.; ZIMMER DENTAL INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 059293/0213 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 14932156 · Nov 4, 2015
Provisional Application 62170038 · Jun 2, 2015
Provisional Application 62089580 · Dec 9, 2014
Related Publication 20210177554A1 · Jun 17, 2021
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