Display root boundaries and the corridor at the chair.
The first validation question is whether both root surfaces can be resolved reliably in real time.
ROME HARDWARE · INTRAORAL ULTRASOUND GUIDANCE · IN STEALTH
Eco
Italian for echo
An ultrasound-guidance concept for TAD placement.Eco is intended to display adjacent root surfaces and the interradicular corridor before and during orthodontic mini-screw placement.
Concept film · muted autoplay · development direction, not available hardware
THE PROGRAM
An ultrasound-guidance concept for TAD placement.
Eco is a high-frequency intraoral ultrasound concept. The program is testing whether a miniature probe can show both adjacent roots and the corridor between them at TAD-placement depth. Feasibility and clinical validation are not complete.
SEE ECO IN MOTION
Eco is intended to display adjacent roots and the TAD corridor in real time.
The concept uses intraoral ultrasound to guide the clinician without another radiographic scan.
THE PRODUCT JOB
Use ultrasound instead of another radiographic scan.
The concept applies ultrasound to a shallow buccal target during placement.
The clinician chooses the site and trajectory.
Eco is intended to provide guidance only. It would not place a TAD autonomously.
PROPOSED MECHANISM
Use ultrasound to display the interradicular corridor.
A proposed 15–25 MHz intraoral array uses root surfaces and cortical bone as strong ultrasound reflectors. Spatial compounding is intended to reduce specular dropout, while the software turns the signal into a live go/no-go corridor rather than asking the clinician to read raw grayscale alone.
- 15–25 MHz target
- AI-overlaid safe corridor
- Strong root and cortical reflectors
- V2 tool-tracking direction
- No autonomous placement
CURRENT STATUS
Concept program. Validation is not complete.
This device is not available for clinical use. The engineering, clinical, regulatory, manufacturing, and naming work listed below remains incomplete.
- 01Resolve both root surfaces
- 02Measure the gap repeatedly to ≤0.5 mm
- 03Validate across representative live sites
- 04Ergonomic probe and coupling design
- 05Regulatory and clinical validation
FOUR HARDWARE PROGRAMS