Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Orthodontic repositioning appliances having improved geometry, methods and systems
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Application No.: US14490404Application Date: 2014-09-18
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Publication No.: US10085823B2Publication Date: 2018-10-02
- Inventor: Heng Cao , Vadim Matov , John Y. Morton , Jon Moss , Ryan Kimura
- Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Main IPC: A61C3/00
- IPC: A61C3/00 ; A61C7/08 ; A61C7/00

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150004554A1 ORTHODONTIC REPOSITIONING APPLIANCES HAVING IMPROVED GEOMETRY, METHODS AND SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2015-01-01
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