Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tracking teeth movement correction
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Application No.: US13893661Application Date: 2013-05-14
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Publication No.: US09271809B2Publication Date: 2016-03-01
- Inventor: Viacheslav V. Korytov , Roman A. Roschin
- 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: Brooks, Cameron & Huebsch, PLLC
- Main IPC: A61C3/00
- IPC: A61C3/00 ; A61C7/00 ; A61C7/08 ; A61B6/14

Abstract:
Embodiments are provided for tracking teeth movement correction. One method embodiment includes using a set of positioning appliances shaped to move teeth through a number of successive stages of arrangements of an expected teeth arrangement model where each stage corresponds to a particular positioning appliance, mapping a current teeth position based upon positions of a number of physical markers attached to a number of physical teeth, comparing the positions of the number of physical markers with a corresponding number of virtual markers positioned on a number of virtual teeth of a stage in the expected teeth arrangement model, determining whether midcourse correction is needed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130344452A1 TRACKING TEETH MOVEMENT CORRECTION Public/Granted day:2013-12-26
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