公开(公告)号：US20240081954A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-14

申请号：US18465848

申请日：2023-09-12

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Siyi LIU ,  Yuxiang WANG ,  Jun SATO ,  Jeremy RILEY ,  James NISHIMUTA

IPC: A61C7/08

CPC classification number: A61C7/08 ,  A61C13/34

Abstract: Apparatuses (e.g., distalizers) and methods for distalizing a subject's teeth while preventing or reducing undesirable tipping and/or rotation of the teeth. The distalizer apparatuses may include tooth engagement regions shaped to accommodate molars, canines and/or premolar teeth, may include a transpalatal region extending between engagement regions having an anterior edge that is posterior to a premolar region of the first tooth engagement region, and may include an attachment site for an elastic band on the outer buccal surface.

公开(公告)号：US20230363861A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-16

申请号：US18315454

申请日：2023-05-10

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Shipin QIN ,  Yuxiang WANG ,  Zhou YU ,  James NISHIMUTA ,  Jun SATO ,  Siyi LIU

IPC: A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/10

CPC classification number: A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/002 ,  A61C7/10

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for retaining or treating a dental arch to apply a lateral expansion force to a lower jaw while permitting the extrusion of one or more teeth may include the use of a maxillary dental appliance device and/or a mandibular dental appliance device including projection regions extending from the occlusal surfaces of the device to apply a laterally outward expansion force.

公开(公告)号：US20230301752A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-28

申请号：US18189102

申请日：2023-03-23

Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Inventor： Yuxiang WANG ,  Yaser SHANJANI ,  Zhou (Jonelle) YU ,  Crystal TJHIA ,  Kangning SU ,  Manlio Fabio VALDIVIESO CASIQUE ,  Luyao CAI ,  Jun SATO ,  Viswanath MEENAKSHISUNDARAM ,  Siyi LIU ,  Pavel POKOTILOV ,  John DEWS-FLICK ,  Sudharshan ANANDAN

IPC: A61C7/00 ,  A61C9/00

CPC classification number: A61C7/002 ,  A61C9/004

Abstract: A method for use in additively manufacturing an orthodontic aligner may include receiving a digital model of an aligner, processing the digital model of the aligner to modify the digital model based on predicted deviations during fabrication to generate a first updated digital model of the aligner, determining that whether the predicted deviations of a physical aligner additively manufactured based on the first updated digital model of the aligner are acceptable, and outputting the first updated digital model of the aligner for fabrication of the physical aligner by additive manufacture of the physical aligner.

公开(公告)号：US20240108440A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-04

申请号：US18478975

申请日：2023-09-29

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Jeremy RILEY ,  Jun SATO ,  Mitra DERAKHSHAN ,  Chunhua LI ,  Ryan KIMURA ,  Siyi LIU ,  Damin XIA ,  Kangning SU ,  Somesh PERI ,  Yuxiang WANG

IPC: A61C7/10 ,  A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/08

CPC classification number: A61C7/10 ,  A61C7/002 ,  A61C7/08

Abstract: Dental appliances and methods for expanding the lower dental arch. The appliances may be removable mandibular expander devices for efficient arch expansion while being comfortable to wear and easy to use. The appliances may include a lingual portion that is shaped and sized to apply an expansion force to lingual surfaces of one or more teeth. The shape and size of the lingual portion may be configured to distribute the forces among posterior and/or anterior teeth. A series of expander devices may be designed to provide the expansion forces in a stepwise fashion toward a target lower arch configuration according to a treatment plan