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公开(公告)号：US20230414325A1
公开(公告)日：2023-12-28
申请号：US18465154
申请日：2023-09-11
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：US20230190412A1
公开(公告)日：2023-06-22
申请号：US18167775
申请日：2023-02-10
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor： Avi KOPELMAN , Allen BORONKAY , Ryan KIMURA , Yaser SHANJANI
IPC: A61C7/00 , A61C19/06 , A61C7/08 , A61C13/00 , B29C64/386 , G16H20/40 , A61C7/10 , A44C15/00 , B23K26/362 , B44C1/22 , G06Q30/0601
CPC classification number: A61C7/002 , A61C19/066 , A61C7/08 , A61C13/0019 , B29C64/386 , G16H20/40 , A61C7/10 , A44C15/007 , B23K26/362 , B44C1/227 , B44C1/228 , G06Q30/0621 , G06Q30/0643 , A61C13/0013 , A61C2201/007 , B33Y30/00
Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for producing appliances for expansion of the arch of a patient are provided. An arch expanding appliance comprises a force generating portion to apply an arch expansion force and a retention portion to hold the force generating portion on the teeth. The retention portion comprises a flexible portion and a stiff portion. The force generating portion applies a force to move teeth associated with the flexible portion, while the stiff portion resists movement of its associated teeth. The orthodontic appliances can be designed according to the specifications provided herein and manufactured using direct fabrication methods.
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公开(公告)号：US20220071742A1
公开(公告)日：2022-03-10
申请号：US17527954
申请日：2021-11-16
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor： Heng CAO , Vadim MATOV , John Y. MORTON , Jon MOSS , Ryan KIMURA
Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems including orthodontic tooth positioning appliances. An exemplary appliance can include teeth receiving cavities shaped such that, when worn by a patient, repositioning the patient's teeth from a first arrangement toward a subsequent or target arrangement. Appliances can include a cavity having one or more shaped features or protrusions shaped and/or positioned so as to apply a desired force to a patient's tooth received in the cavity and move the tooth along a desired path or direction.
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公开(公告)号：US20230200947A1
公开(公告)日：2023-06-29
申请号：US18175497
申请日：2023-02-27
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor： Yaser SHANJANI , Jeremy RILEY , Ryan KIMURA , Jun SATO , Norman SU , Jihua CHENG , Fuming WU
IPC: A61C7/10 , A61C7/08 , A61C7/02 , A61C9/00 , B33Y50/02 , B33Y80/00 , B33Y10/00 , B29C64/393 , A61C7/00
CPC classification number: A61C7/10 , A61C7/08 , A61C7/023 , A61C9/00 , B33Y50/02 , B33Y80/00 , B33Y10/00 , B29C64/393 , A61C7/002
Abstract: Palatal expander apparatuses for expanding a patient's palate (“palatal expanders”) and methods of using and making them. These palatal expanders may be configured to have a variable surface smoothness on one side (e.g., the lingual-facing surface) compared to the opposite side (e.g., the palatal-facing surface). These palatal expanders may be configured to have a varying thickness in the palatal region. These palatal expanders may be adapted for ease in removal by the patient or caregiver (e.g., including a hinged region and/or detachment region, and/or including a thinner buccal side then occlusal side, etc.).
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公开(公告)号：US20230190416A1
公开(公告)日：2023-06-22
申请号：US18169195
申请日：2023-02-14
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor： Peter WEBBER , Ryan KIMURA , Chunhua LI , Srinivas KAZA
CPC classification number: A61C7/146 , A61C7/002 , A61C7/08 , B29C64/40 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y50/02 , B33Y80/00 , A61C13/0013
Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, computing device readable medium, devices, and systems having a dental attachment placement structure. One dental attachment placement apparatus includes a body having an attachment placement surface that is to be placed on an attachment affixing surface of a tooth and wherein the attachment placement surface includes a portion that is shaped to allow placement of an attachment at a particular position on the affixing surface of the tooth and a portion of the body having a contour that is shaped to correspond with a contour of an alignment surface of a tooth and when the contour of the body and the corresponding contour is aligned, the attachment is located at the particular position and can be secured to the affixing surface of the tooth.
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公开(公告)号：US20230062670A1
公开(公告)日：2023-03-02
申请号：US17823835
申请日：2022-08-31
Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Inventor： Yuxiang WANG , Jeremy RILEY , Ryan KIMURA , Jun SATO , Luyao CAI , Kevin WEIA , Manlio Fabio VALDIVIESO CASIQUE , Andrei SOLDATOV
Abstract: A method for generating and fabricating a dental device having a body. The body may have a first plurality of tooth receiving cavities shaped to receive teeth of a first side of an arch. The body may also have a second plurality of tooth receiving cavities shaped to receive teeth of a second side of an arch. A palatal portion may extend between the first plurality of tooth receiving cavities and the second plurality of tooth receiving cavities. The palatal portion may be shaped to apply an expansion force to the teeth of the first side of the arch and the teeth of the second side of the arch. The palatal portion may include a plurality of bands that extend between the first plurality of tooth receiving cavities and the second plurality of tooth receiving cavities, each respective band may have a respective different thickness.
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公开(公告)号：US20250049538A1
公开(公告)日：2025-02-13
申请号：US18933785
申请日：2024-10-31
Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Inventor： Heng CAO , Vadim MATOV , John Y. MORTON , Jon MOSS , Ryan KIMURA
Abstract: A method may include generating a model of an orthodontic appliance having a shell having teeth receiving cavities shaped to receive and reposition the patient's teeth. At least one of the cavities may be shaped to apply a resilient repositioning force to move at least one of the patient's teeth from a current arrangement toward a target arrangement. The method may include forming a ridge on the at least one of the cavities having a width and a length greater than the width. The ridge may be configured to apply at least a portion of the resilient repositioning force to the at least one of the patient's teeth. The method may also include modeling the orthodontic appliance with the ridge on the patient's teeth and modifying a portion of the shell to compensate for modeled contact of the portion of the shell with the at least one patient's tooth.
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公开(公告)号：US20240398512A1
公开(公告)日：2024-12-05
申请号：US18801482
申请日：2024-08-12
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor： Avi KOPELMAN , Ryan KIMURA , Yaser SHANJANI , Jeremy RILEY , Jun SATO , Bob GROVE , Reza SHIRAZI AGHJARI
Abstract: Methods for designing a palatal expander. Methods may include forming a digital model of a palatal region and tooth engagement regions. Methods may include forming attachment regions on buccal sides of the tooth engagement regions, the attachment regions shaped and sized to engage with attachments bonded to a patient's teeth. Methods may also include forming at least one breach region corresponding to a thinned region of the palatal expander that extends anteriorly to posteriorly in the palatal region or an occlusal portion of one or both of the tooth engagement regions. The breach region may be configured to breach or bend when a pulling force is applied to one or both of the tooth engagement regions such that the attachment regions are detached from respective attachments.
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公开(公告)号：US20230346520A1
公开(公告)日：2023-11-02
申请号：US18350626
申请日：2023-07-11
Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Inventor： Mitra DERAKHSHAN , Crystal TJHIA , Rohit TANUGULA , Yaser SHANJANI , Ryan KIMURA , Bruce CAM , Eric YAU , Yuxiang WANG , Ken WU , Peter WEBBER , Jun SATO , John Y. MORTON
CPC classification number: A61C7/36 , A61C7/002 , A61C7/08 , A61C7/10 , B29C64/386
Abstract: A system for correcting class III malocclusions is disclosed. The system may include a maxilla appliance having tooth receiving cavities shaped to receive teeth of the maxilla and a first coupling for receiving an elastic. The system may also include a mandibular appliance having tooth receiving cavities shaped to receive teeth of the mandible. In some embodiments, the system includes a class III corrective appliance having a first mount shaped to engage with the mandibular arch of the patient and having a second coupling shaped to receive the elastic.
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公开(公告)号：US20230172692A1
公开(公告)日：2023-06-08
申请号：US18160980
申请日：2023-01-27
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor： Avi KOPELMAN , Ryan KIMURA , Yaser SHANJANI , Jeremy RILEY , Jun SATO , Bob GROVE , Reza SHIRAZI AGHJARI
Abstract: Releasable and removable palatal expander apparatuses for expanding a patient's palate (“palatal expanders”) and methods of using and making them. These releasable palatal expanders are adapted for ease in removal by the patient or caregiver, and may include a breach region configured to predictably bend or break when a pulling force is applied. The palatal expander apparatuses described herein may include one or more locks for locking the palatal expander onto the patient's teeth. The lock(s) may be unlocked to release the palatal expander from the teeth. A lock may include a control for manually unlocking the lock. Unlocking the locks may allow the palatal expander to automatically disengage from the patient's teeth.
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