US Patent Issued to 3SHAPE on Nov. 3 for "2D image arrangement" (Danish, Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. RE51,101, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to 3SHAPE A/S (Copenhagen K, Denmark).

"2D image arrangement" was invented by Nikolaj Deichmann (Copenhagen, Denmark), Tais Clausen (Klagshamn, Sweden), Rune Fisker (Virum, Denmark) and Henrik Ojelund (Lyngby, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method of designing a dental restoration for a patient, wherein the method includes providing one or more 2D images, where at least one 2D image includes at least one facial feature; providing a 3D virtual model of at least part of the patient's oral cavity; arranging at least one of the one or more 2D images relative to the 3D virtual model ...