Claims
- 1. A virtual health-care electronic commerce community, comprising:
a network to communicate information relating to the community; one or more patients coupled to the network; one or more treating professionals coupled to the network; and a server coupled to the network, the server storing data for each patient and facilitating secured data sharing by the community.
- 2. The community of claim 1, wherein the treating professional views one or more of the following patient data visualization over the network: a right buccal view; a left buccal view; a posterior view; an anterior view; a mandibular occlusal view; a maxillary occlusal view; an overjet view; a left distal molar view; a left lingual view; a lingual incisor view; a right lingual view; a right distal molar view; an upper jaw view; and a lower jaw view.
- 3. The community of claim 1, wherein the treating professionals include dentists or orthodontists.
- 4. The community of claim 1, further comprising one or more partners coupled to the network.
- 5. The community of claim 4, wherein the partners include a financing partner.
- 6. The community of claim 4, wherein the partners include a supplier.
- 7. The community of claim 4, wherein the partners include a delivery company.
- 8. The community of claim 1, wherein the treating professionals perform office management operations using the server.
- 9. The community of claim 8, wherein the office management operations include one or more of the following: patient scheduling, patient accounting, and claim processing.
- 10. The community of claim 1, wherein the treating professionals share a patient's information with a second authorized treating professional for consultation.
- 11. A computer-implemented method for performing dental-related electronic commerce, comprising:
transmitting teeth data associated a patient from a dental server to a treating professional computer over the Internet upon an authorized request; displaying a three-dimensional computer model of the teeth at the treating professional computer using a browser; allowing a treating professional to manipulate the three-dimensional computer model of the teeth using the browser; transmitting the computer model from the treating professional computer to the server; and generating an appliance to treat the patient based on the computer model of the teeth.
- 12. The method of claim 11, further comprising providing financing options for the patient using one or more financing partners.
- 13. The method of claim 11, further comprising offering an on-line shop geared to the patient's dental requirements.
- 14. The method of claim 11, further comprising providing office management utilities for the treating professional.
- 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the office management utilities include one or more of the following: patient scheduling, patient accounting, and claim processing.
- 16. The method of claim 11, wherein allowing a treating professional to manipulate the three-dimensional computer model of the teeth using the browser further comprises displaying a plurality of dental views.
- 17. The method of claim 16, wherein the dental views include one or more of the following: a right buccal view; a left buccal view; a posterior view; an anterior view; a mandibular occlusal view; a maxillary occlusal view; an overjet view; a left distal molar view; a left lingual view; a lingual incisor view; a right lingual view; a right distal molar view; an upper jaw view; and a lower jaw view.
- 18. The method of claim 11, wherein allowing a treating professional to manipulate the three-dimensional computer model of the teeth using the browser further comprises clicking on a tooth to adjust its position.
- 19. The method of claim 18, further comprising displaying x, y and z axis to allow the treating professional to adjust the position of the tooth.
- 20. The method of claim 11, further comprising providing supplemental services to the patient, including teeth whitening services.
- 21. A server to support a health-care electronic commerce community with one or more patients and one or more service providers, comprising:
a processor adapted to communicate with a network; a data storage device coupled to the processor and adapted to store data for each patient; and software to communicate 3D patient data in response to a client request.
- 22. The server of claim 21, further comprising a browser adapted to receive the client request and transmitting the request to the server.
- 23. The server of claim 22, wherein the browser further comprises a viewer plug-in to visualize patient data in 3D.
- 24. The server of claim 21, wherein the providers service one or more of the following health-care applications: dentistry applications, cosmetic augmentation, hair-care enhancements, liposuction, plastic or reconstructive surgery.
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/534,461, filed Mar. 24, 2000, the content of which is hereby incorporated-by-reference.
Continuation in Parts (1)
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Parent |
09534461 |
Mar 2000 |
US |
Child |
10205026 |
Jul 2002 |
US |