公开(公告)号：US10781275B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-22

申请号：US16653028

申请日：2019-10-15

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Robert Liska ,  Christian Gorsche ,  Markus Kury ,  Yan Chen ,  Chunhua Li ,  Srinivas Kaza

IPC: A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/10 ,  A61K6/093 ,  C08F120/10 ,  C08F120/30 ,  C08F132/04 ,  G03F7/00 ,  C08F2/48 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y70/00

Abstract: Provided herein are photopolymerizable monomers, optionally for use as reactive diluents in a high temperature lithography-based photopolymerization process, a method of producing polymers using said photopolymerizable monomers, the polymers thus produced, and orthodontic appliances comprising the polymers.

公开(公告)号：US20200146778A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-14

申请号：US16745980

申请日：2020-01-17

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Ken Wu ,  Eric E. Kuo ,  Mitra Derakhshan ,  Crystal Tjhia ,  Eric Yau ,  Allen R. Boronkay ,  Chunhua Li ,  Gleb Krivovyaz

IPC: A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/36 ,  A61C7/00

Abstract: The present disclosure provides method, computing device readable medium, and devices for dental appliances with repositioning jaw elements. An example of a method can include identifying a misaligned jaw of a patient from a virtual image of the patient's jaw, providing a treatment plan for the patient including a virtual model of a dental appliance having a first shell and a second shell configured to reposition at least one tooth of the patient, and adjusting the position of the repositioning jaw elements on the first shell and the second shell to comply with a number of constraints. The virtual model of the dental appliance including repositioning jaw elements on the first shell and the second shell configured to move a position of the misaligned jaw of the patient.

公开(公告)号：US10470847B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-12

申请号：US15625872

申请日：2017-06-16

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Yaser Shanjani ,  Bruce Cam ,  Jun Sato ,  John Y. Morton ,  Victor Chen ,  Chunhua Li ,  Allen R. Boronkay ,  Srinivas Kaza

IPC: A61C7/00 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/0488 ,  A61B5/08 ,  A61C7/08 ,  H04B5/00 ,  H04Q9/00

Abstract: Detection of placement of dental aligners in patient mouth on teeth for indication of wearing compliance. Described herein are apparatuses and methods for detecting wearing, including compliance, and for reliably transferring data, by wired or wireless direct or indirect communication of electronic compliance information to a smartphone. Also described herein are dental appliances that can detect physiological parameters related to respiration and sleep. Also described herein are aligner cases that enable NFC communication with electronic compliance indicator (ECI) devices and Bluetooth communication with smartphones.

公开(公告)号：US20190282338A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-19

申请号：US16425845

申请日：2019-05-29

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Rohit Tanugula ,  John Morton ,  Chunhua Li ,  Bastien Pesenti ,  Jihua Cheng ,  Jeeyoung Choi

IPC: A61C7/36 ,  G06F17/50 ,  A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/08

Abstract: A series of appliances including a first shell and a second shell can be designed to incrementally implement a treatment plan. The first and second shells can have cavities designed to receive teeth of a jaw. A first number of bite adjustment structures can be formed of a same material as the first shell, extending therefrom and designed to interface with teeth of a second jaw. The first number of bite adjustment structures can have a first shape and location specific to a first stage of the treatment plan. A second number of bite adjustment structures can be formed of a same material as the second shell, extending therefrom and designed to interface with teeth of the second jaw. The second number of bite adjustment structures can have a second shape and location, different than the first shape and location, specific to a second stage of the treatment plan.

公开(公告)号：US10383705B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-20

申请号：US15625850

申请日：2017-06-16

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Yaser Shanjani ,  Bruce Cam ,  Allen R. Boronkay ,  Jun Sato ,  John Y. Morton ,  Chunhua Li ,  Srinivas Kaza

IPC: A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/00 ,  A61C19/04

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for monitoring the performance of an orthodontic appliance for repositioning a patient's teeth. An orthodontic appliance may include a plurality of teeth receiving cavities shaped to reposition the patient's teeth from an initial arrangement towards a target arrangement, and one or more sensors configured to determine tooth movement (based on position and/or orientation) and/or forces applied to the teeth. The sensor may be distributed between attachments and aligners that mate with the attachments.

公开(公告)号：US20190231483A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-01

申请号：US16223019

申请日：2018-12-17

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Jennifer C. Chen ,  Li-Hung Su ,  Chunhua Li

IPC: A61C7/08 ,  A61K49/00 ,  A61C19/06 ,  A61C7/00

CPC classification number: A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/00 ,  A61C19/04 ,  A61C19/063 ,  A61C19/066 ,  A61K49/00

Abstract: The present disclosure includes method, system, apparatus, and indicator embodiments. One apparatus includes an appliance for placement over one or more teeth and a release agent receptacle including an outer portion provided on appliance surface, an inner portion provided within the outer portion, and one or more apertures formed in the outer portion.

公开(公告)号：US20190046297A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-14

申请号：US15674662

申请日：2017-08-11

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Avi Kopelman ,  Chunhua Li

IPC: A61C7/14 ,  A61C13/15

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, devices, and systems for the creation of attachments for use with dental appliances and changeable shaped attachments. For instance, an attachment template tray for creating and placing attachments used in moving teeth of a patient can include an attachment template tray body having a first surface shaped to conform to the contours of exterior surfaces of teeth of a patient and including a portion of the first surface that provides a cavity to form the exterior surfaces of an attachment that is to be attached to the exterior surface of one of the teeth and an integrated light source, power source, and actuation mechanism on the body of the attachment template tray, wherein the power source provides power to the light source when the actuation mechanism is actuated.

公开(公告)号：US09744001B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-29

申请号：US14541021

申请日：2014-11-13

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Jeeyoung Choi ,  Chunhua Li ,  John Morton ,  Bastien Pesenti ,  Vadim Matov ,  Alexander Beliaev ,  Petr Ushanov ,  Roman A. Roschin

IPC: A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/00

CPC classification number: A61C7/002 ,  A61C7/08

Abstract: A method includes to receive, via a computing device, data representing a plurality of teeth, identify data indicating which of the plurality of teeth are unerupted or erupting, predict at least one characteristic of a tooth of the unerupted or erupting teeth after they have fully erupted using one or more tooth eruption prediction factors, generate new data representing the unerupted or erupting teeth in multiple states of eruption based upon the predicted at least one characteristic of the fully erupted teeth, and generate a series of incremental tooth arrangements with the new data to define a proposed orthodontic treatment based on the new data representing the unerupted or erupting teeth in multiple states of eruption.

公开(公告)号：US09730769B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-15

申请号：US14558418

申请日：2014-12-02

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Jennifer C. Chen ,  Li-Hung Su ,  Chunhua Li

IPC: A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/00 ,  A61C19/06 ,  A61K49/00 ,  A61C19/04

CPC classification number: A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/00 ,  A61C19/04 ,  A61C19/063 ,  A61C19/066 ,  A61K49/00

Abstract: The present disclosure includes method, system, apparatus, and indicator embodiments. One apparatus includes an appliance for placement over one or more teeth and a release agent receptacle including an outer portion provided on appliance surface, an inner portion provided within the outer portion, and one or more apertures formed in the outer portion.

公开(公告)号：US20170135793A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-18

申请号：US14939252

申请日：2015-11-12

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Peter Webber ,  Yan Chen ,  Jihua Cheng ,  Bastien Pesenti ,  Chunhua Li ,  Jennifer C. Chen

IPC: A61C13/15 ,  A61B1/00 ,  A61B1/24

CPC classification number: A61C19/003 ,  A61B1/0002 ,  A61B1/00039 ,  A61B1/00045 ,  A61B1/24 ,  A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/146 ,  A61C7/16 ,  A61C2202/01 ,  A61N2005/063 ,  A61N2005/0661

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, computing device readable medium, devices, and systems having a dental attachment formation structures. One dental appliance includes a body having a first surface shaped to abut an exterior surface of a tooth and a well portion of the first surface shaped to form an attachment that is to be attached to the exterior surface of the tooth, a release layer formed over a surface of the well to allow the attachment to be removed from the well, and an attachment material that is used to form the attachment positioned within the well.