Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for providing orthodontic aligners and other dental appliances
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Application No.: US17220807Application Date: 2021-04-01
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Publication No.: US11304779B2Publication Date: 2022-04-19
- Inventor: Anatoliy Parpara , Ivan Kharpalev , Stephan Albert Alexandre Dumothier , Andrey Cherkas , Alexey Kalinichenko , Jack Shaw , Israel Velazquez
- 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: Lowenstein Sandler LLP
- Main IPC: A61C7/00
- IPC: A61C7/00 ; B33Y50/02 ; B29C64/393 ; A61C7/08 ; B33Y80/00 ; B29C33/38 ; B29C51/46 ; B29C51/26 ; B29L31/00 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y30/00

Abstract:
A method for manufacturing an orthodontic aligner includes printing a mold associated with a dental arch of a patient based on a digital model of the mold, forming the orthodontic aligner over the mold, and trimming the orthodontic aligner. The method further includes assessing a quality of the orthodontic aligner by receiving a digital representation of the orthodontic aligner, the digital representation having been generated based on imaging of the orthodontic aligner, analyzing the digital representation of the orthodontic aligner to identify a quality-related property of the orthodontic aligner, determining, based on the quality-related property, that the orthodontic aligner comprises a manufacturing flaw, and classifying the orthodontic aligner as requiring further inspection by a technician based on determining that the orthodontic aligner comprises the manufacturing flaw.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220000583A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ORTHODONTIC ALIGNERS AND OTHER DENTAL APPLIANCES Public/Granted day:2022-01-06
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