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- Patent Title: Systems and methods for precision wing placement
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Application No.: US17248749Application Date: 2021-02-05
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Publication No.: US12076207B2Publication Date: 2024-09-03
- Inventor: Ping Liu , Luyao Cai
- 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: FISHERBROYLES, LLP
- Main IPC: A61C7/08
- IPC: A61C7/08 ; A61C7/00 ; A61C7/36 ; G06F18/22

Abstract:
The disclosed computer-implemented method for selecting locations of mandibular relocation features (MRFs) on oral appliances may include determining candidate locations for placing an MRF on a first oral appliance for a first stage of mandibular relocation (MR) treatment and determining candidate locations for placing an MRF on a second oral appliance for a second stage. The method may include selecting from the candidate locations for the first stage and the second stage based on decreasing a distance between the selected pair of candidate locations. The method may further include processing multiple MRFs in parallel. The method may also include increasing a number of initial candidate locations. Locations for intermediate stages may be selected based on interpolating between the first and second stages or based on decreasing a distance between the selected pair if the interpolation fails. The intermediate stages may be processed using a binary search or a linear search.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210236243A1 CONTINUE SEARCH AFTER FIRST SUCCESS TO MINIMIZE JUMPING OF PRECISION WINGS PLACEMENT Public/Granted day:2021-08-05
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