



The Lava COS wand contains a highly complex optical system comprised of multiple lenses and blue LED cells. The system captures massive amounts of visual images in just seconds. Despite housing all of this technology, the wand weighs just 14 ounces and the wand tip is only 13.2 millimeters wide, maximizing maneuverability inside the mouth.
The Lava COS is introducing an entirely new method of capturing 3D data. Called High Speed Image Processing Algorithms, this 3D-in-Motion technology captures 3D data in a video sequence and models the data in real time. Thus, the Lava COS is able to capture approximately 20 3D data sets per second, or close to 2,400 data sets per arch, for an accurate and high speed scan. Unlike video imaging, point and click uses a sequence of individual "snapshots" to assemble a model. The COS data is sent to a central manufacturing plant where the models are produced using stereolithography.
Precision Ceramics can accept scans directly from your COS equipped clients, and order models for you, as well as export STL files for Lava fabrication. Beyond the 3M ESPE model fees, there is no additional cost to provide this service to our laboratory customers.