公开(公告)号：US20250072835A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-06

申请号：US18820196

申请日：2024-08-29

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Byong-Ho PARK ,  Zijie ZHU ,  Fred TING ,  Wesly WONG ,  Zhichao ZHANG

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/01 ,  A61C7/08

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for monitoring wear status of a dental appliance may include a sensing module that sensing the temperature and one or more additional modalities (e.g., capacitance, impedance, pressure force) around a dental appliance to track when the user is wearing or not wearing the dental appliance. These sensing modules may also determine compliance more accurately with a dental treatment plan.

公开(公告)号：US20240335149A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-10

申请号：US18624107

申请日：2024-04-01

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Byong-Ho PARK ,  Sheyda NAZARIAN ,  Sangshik PARK ,  Zijie ZHU ,  Fred TING ,  Yixin XU ,  Vincent YEH ,  Hunho JO ,  Wesly WONG ,  Zhichao ZHANG ,  Robert NETTLES-MILLER

IPC: A61B5/22 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/08

CPC classification number: A61B5/228 ,  A61B5/0816 ,  A61B5/0826 ,  A61B5/4557 ,  A61B5/682 ,  A61B2562/0219 ,  A61B2562/0271

Abstract: Pressure sensor modules adapted for use with a dental appliance may include one or more pressure sensors encapsulated within a sealed cavity in which one or more walls of the sealed cavity are deformable so as to transduce pressure from outside of the cavity, due to deformation or movement of the dental appliance and/or the environment around the dental appliance, including the environment within a patient's mouth when wearing the dental appliance. Also described herein are method of making and using these apparatuses to identify and/or monitor the dental appliance, a patient condition and/or an orthodontic treatment. Also described herein are methods and apparatuses for identifying and/or characterizing sleep apnea using these pressure sensor modules.

公开(公告)号：US20240206740A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-27

申请号：US18396679

申请日：2023-12-26

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Byong-Ho PARK ,  Zijie ZHU ,  Sangshik PARK ,  Wesly WONG ,  Fred TING ,  Hunho JO ,  Sheyda NAZARIAN ,  Spencer TODD ,  Eric E. KUO ,  Yaser SHANJANI ,  Jun SATO ,  Srinivas KAZA

IPC: A61B5/01 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/11 ,  G16H20/60

CPC classification number: A61B5/01 ,  A61B5/1118 ,  A61B5/4343 ,  A61B5/4812 ,  A61B5/4833 ,  A61B5/682 ,  A61B5/746 ,  G16H20/60 ,  A61B2562/0219 ,  A61B2562/0271

Abstract: Oral sensing apparatuses and methods for recording and tracking physiological parameters (e.g., intraoral temperature) over extended periods of time. These apparatuses can be part of an oral appliance, such as (but not limited to) an aligner, retainer, night guard, palatal expander, attachment, etc., or it can be made as a standalone device that can be directly attached to one or more teeth or an oral appliance. Also described herein are methods of extended monitoring of a subject intraoral temperature for a variety of different clinical and non-clinical applications.

公开(公告)号：US20230363704A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-16

申请号：US18316228

申请日：2023-05-11

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Zijie ZHU ,  Wesly WONG ,  Byong-Ho PARK ,  Fred TING ,  Yaser SHANJANI ,  Zhichao ZHANG ,  Kangning SU ,  Hongling CHEN ,  Jun SATO ,  Srinivas KAZA ,  Maria LVOVA ,  Olga LIKHACHEVA

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/08

CPC classification number: A61B5/4833 ,  A61C7/002 ,  A61C7/08

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for electronic devices associated with monitoring a patient's use of an intraoral dental appliance. The monitoring electronics may communicate with near-field communication (NFC) signals. An NFC booster is disclosed to improve NFC data transfer between the electronic devices that monitor patient usage and communication devices. NFC boosters may be included within dental appliance cases and/or mobile phone cases. Also described are method and apparatuses for mounting the monitoring electronics onto the dental appliance. Also described are compact sensors, e.g., capacitive sensors, that may be included as part of a monitoring electronics unit.

公开(公告)号：US20220370654A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-24

申请号：US17750288

申请日：2022-05-20

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Fred TING ,  Wesly WONG ,  Zijie ZHU ,  Byong-Ho PARK ,  Jun SATO ,  Bruce CAM ,  Yaser SHANJANI ,  Hongling CHEN ,  Zhichao ZHANG

IPC: A61L2/00 ,  A61L2/24

Abstract: Apparatuses for sanitizing and/or sterilizing a dental/orthodontic appliance are described herein. These apparatuses may include an internal chamber in which one or more sanitizing/sterilizing modes, such as UV light (e.g., UVC light), ultrasound, heat, etc. may be applied to an appliance.