Product Launch: Clon 3D Progress I.O.D.I.S

Gary Fichtner (left) watches on as Luca Scienza (seated) demonstrates the Clon 3D Intra-Oral Digital Impression System

At the Barnes Group & Friends Meeting at the Knickerbocker Hotel, Gary Fichtner, CDT, previewed the Clon 3D Intra-Oral Digital Impression System to 20 lab owners from the United States and Canada. The device plugs directly into a supplied dedicated laptop via a 2-meter USB cable and can scan an entire arch in around 90 seconds, generating a standard STL file for import into any open-architecture CAD/CAM system. The business model will allow labs to become distributors for the system to get it into the hands of the dentist clients. The lab owners were anxious to take the device out for a spin themselves, but will have to wait until it ships in June.