Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Arch expanding appliance
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Application No.: US15439834Application Date: 2017-02-22
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Publication No.: US09795461B2Publication Date: 2017-10-24
- Inventor: Avi Kopelman , Shiva Sambu , Rene M. Sterental , Eric Kuo , Mauricio de Alencar Casa
- 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 ; A61C7/10 ; A61C7/08 ; A61C7/00

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides method, systems, and devices for expanding arch of teeth. A device for expanding an arch of teeth of a patient can include a removable shell formed of a first material having a number of cavities formed therein. The number of cavities are shaped to receive teeth of a patient. A device for expanding an arch of teeth of a patient can include an arch element extending from the removable shell in a lingual direction and across an arch width of the removable shell. The arch element can be formed of the first material and a second material that is a different material than the first material, can be designed to expand an arch of the teeth of the patient, and can have a width specific to a stage of a treatment plan.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170156821A1 ARCH EXPANDING APPLIANCE Public/Granted day:2017-06-08
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