Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Energy-delivering orthodontic aligner systems
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Application No.: US16691141Application Date: 2019-11-21
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Publication No.: US12144704B2Publication Date: 2024-11-19
- Inventor: Bruce Cam , Yaser Shanjani , Jun Sato
- 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: Shay Glenn LLP
- Main IPC: A61C7/08
- IPC: A61C7/08 ; A61F7/00 ; A61F7/12 ; A61N1/05 ; A61N1/40 ; A61N5/06

Abstract:
Aligner systems and methods including a sequence of aligners having energy-delivering elements. For example, first and second aligners of the sequence of aligners may include first and second polymer shells that have shapes for applying respective first and second local forces to first and second regions of a dental arch to move one or more first teeth and one or more second teeth, respectively. The first and second aligners may also include corresponding first and second heating elements that are arranged to heat first and second target regions of the dental arch associated with moving the one or more first teeth and one or more second teeth, respectively. Heat energy from the first and second heating elements may improve an outcome of respective first and second stages of a treatment plan.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200155276A1 ENERGY-DELIVERING ORTHODONTIC ALIGNERS Public/Granted day:2020-05-21
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