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公开(公告)号:US11571279B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-07
申请号:US16584788
申请日:2019-09-26
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Yuxiang Wang , Rohit Tanugula , Reza Shirazi Aghjari , Chunhua Li , Jun Sato , Luyao Cai , Kangning Su
IPC: A61C7/00 , G06F17/18 , G06N20/00 , A61C7/08 , G06F30/23 , G16H50/50 , G01N33/44 , B33Y80/00 , A61C9/00 , A61C13/34 , B29C33/38 , B29C51/30 , G06F30/27 , B29C73/00 , G06F30/20 , G06F119/18 , G06F113/22 , G06F111/10 , B33Y50/00 , B29L31/00
Abstract: Embodiments relate to an aligner breakage solution that tests probability of aligner breakage at weak points. A method includes gathering a digital model representing an aligner for a dental arch of a patient, receiving material property information for a material to be used to manufacture the aligner, and analyzing one or more regions of the aligner. Analyzing a region of the aligner comprises simulating application of a load around the region, determining at least one of a stress, a strain or a strain energy density at the region, evaluating a strength of the aligner at the region, and determining whether the region satisfies a damage criterion based on the strength of the aligner at the region.
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公开(公告)号:US11559374B2
公开(公告)日:2023-01-24
申请号:US16223019
申请日:2018-12-17
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Jennifer C. Chen , Li-Hung Su , Chunhua Li
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.
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公开(公告)号:US11045283B2
公开(公告)日:2021-06-29
申请号:US16003841
申请日:2018-06-08
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Jeremy Riley , Eric Kuo , Chunhua Li
Abstract: A series of a palatal expanders increasing width can be used to gradually expand a patient's palate. Each palatal expander may have a palatal region flanked by teeth regions. The palatal region can have a plurality of anchor-receiving features (e.g., anchor interfaces) that allow the palatal expander to be attached to temporary anchorage device anchors that have been implanted into the patient's maxilla.
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公开(公告)号:US10973613B2
公开(公告)日:2021-04-13
申请号:US15476655
申请日:2017-03-31
Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Inventor: Chunhua Li , Yan Chen , Heinz Pudleiner , Klaus Meyer , Joerg Nickel , Craig Pehlert
IPC: A61C7/08 , B32B27/28 , B32B25/08 , B32B27/08 , B32B27/30 , B32B27/34 , B32B27/36 , B32B27/40 , B32B7/02 , B29C51/14 , B29K67/00 , B29K75/00 , B32B25/20 , B32B27/32 , B29L31/00
Abstract: A dental appliance for positioning a patient's teeth includes a removable orthodontic tooth positioning appliance having teeth receiving cavities shaped to directly receive at least some of the patient's teeth and apply a resilient positioning force to the patient's teeth. The appliance includes a hard polymer layer having a hard polymer layer elastic modulus disposed between a first soft polymer layer having a first soft polymer layer elastic modulus and a second soft polymer layer having a second soft polymer layer elastic modulus. The hard polymer layer elastic modulus is greater than each of the first soft polymer layer elastic modulus and the second soft polymer layer elastic modulus. At least one of the first soft polymer layer and the second soft polymer layer has a flexural modulus of greater than about 35,000 psi.
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公开(公告)号:US10781274B2
公开(公告)日:2020-09-22
申请号:US16403435
申请日:2019-05-03
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 , C08F120/30 , G03F7/00 , C08F120/10 , C08F132/04 , 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.
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公开(公告)号:US20200046463A1
公开(公告)日:2020-02-13
申请号:US16659442
申请日:2019-10-21
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Ryan Kimura , John Morton , Richard Shaw , Chunhua Li
Abstract: The present disclosure provides method, systems, and devices for adjusting an arch of teeth. An appliance includes a removable shell formed of a first material having a number of cavities formed therein, wherein the number of cavities are shaped to receive teeth of a patient, and an arch element extending from the removable shell in a lingual direction and across at least a portion of the arch width of the removable shell, wherein the arch element is designed to expand an arch of the teeth of the patient, wherein the arch element has a width specific to a stage of a treatment plan.
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公开(公告)号:US10537405B2
公开(公告)日:2020-01-21
申请号:US15676819
申请日:2017-08-14
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Jeeyoung Choi , Chunhua Li , John Morton , Bastien Pesenti , Vadim Matov , Alexander Beliaev , Petr Ushanov , Roman A. Roschin
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.
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公开(公告)号:US20190282337A1
公开(公告)日:2019-09-19
申请号:US16425829
申请日:2019-05-29
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Rohit Tanugula , John Morton , Chunhua Li , Bastien Pesenti , Jihua Cheng , Jeeyoung Choi
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.
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公开(公告)号:US10154889B2
公开(公告)日:2018-12-18
申请号:US14863059
申请日:2015-09-23
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Jennifer C. Chen , Li-Hung Su , Chunhua Li
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.
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公开(公告)号:US20180318043A1
公开(公告)日:2018-11-08
申请号:US15990383
申请日:2018-05-25
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Chunhua Li , Yan Chen
IPC: A61C7/08 , B29C45/00 , B29L31/00 , B29K101/10
CPC classification number: A61C7/08 , B29C45/0001 , B29K2101/10 , B29L2031/7532
Abstract: The present disclosure includes dental appliances and methods of making and using such appliances. One method for forming a dental appliance includes forming a liquid thermoset polymer material into a semi-solid first shape, thermoforming the semi-solid first shape of thermoset polymer material onto a dentition mold, and curing the thermoset polymer on the dentition mold with a curative trigger to complete a molecular cross-linking reaction.
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