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公开(公告)号:US20230095713A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-30
申请号:US18062489
申请日:2022-12-06
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Chunhua Li , Jennifer Chen , John Morton , Jon Moss , Clark Kaufhardt , Heng Cao
Abstract: Appliances for orthodontic treatment are provided. In some embodiments, an orthodontic appliance includes a shell having a plurality of teeth-receiving cavities shaped to reposition a patient’s teeth from a first arrangement toward a second arrangement. The shell can have a first elasticity. The appliance can include an attachment-receiving well formed in the shell. The attachment-receiving well can be configured to engage an attachment coupled to a tooth of the patient. The appliance can further include at least one tactile object coupled to the attachment-receiving well. The at least one tactile object can include an elongate body that extends toward the attachment when the shell is worn on the patient’s teeth. The at least one tactile object can have a second elasticity greater than the first elasticity.
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公开(公告)号:US11497584B2
公开(公告)日:2022-11-15
申请号:US16576707
申请日:2019-09-19
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Vadim Matov , Fuming Wu , Jihua Cheng , Jennifer Chen , Chunhua Li , Bastien Pesenti , Igor Kvasov
Abstract: Orthodontic systems and related methods are disclosed for designing and providing improved or more effective tooth moving systems for eliciting a desired tooth movement and/or repositioning teeth into a desired arrangement. Methods and orthodontic systems include the generation of an overcorrection in the tooth-receiving cavities of an appliance worn in the dentition. The overcorrection may provide an improved and more accurately applied force or moment applied to a tooth. The overcorrected force or moment can move a tooth closer to a desired position than if not overcorrected as sufficient force can still applied to the tooth as it gets closer to the desired position. The overcorrected force or moment may also better target the root of the tooth where the biological response to tooth movement occurs. The overcorrection may be calculated in various ways as described herein.
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公开(公告)号:US20210045846A1
公开(公告)日:2021-02-18
申请号:US17085583
申请日:2020-10-30
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Chunhua LI , Jennifer Chen , John Morton , Jon Moss , Clark Kaufhardt , Heng Cao
Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus's for improving orthodontic treatments. In an embodiment, an orthodontic system including a tactile object is provided for modulating an engagement between a tooth attachment and an orthodontic appliance.
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公开(公告)号:US09597164B2
公开(公告)日:2017-03-21
申请号:US14206836
申请日:2014-03-12
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Chunhua Li , Jennifer Chen , John Morton , Jon Moss , Clark Kaufhardt , Heng Cao
IPC: A61C7/08
CPC classification number: A61C7/08 , A61C7/14 , B33Y80/00 , Y10T29/49568
Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus's for improving orthodontic treatments. In an embodiment, an orthodontic system including a tactile object is provided for modulating an engagement between a tooth attachment and an orthodontic appliance.
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公开(公告)号:US10463452B2
公开(公告)日:2019-11-05
申请号:US15684775
申请日:2017-08-23
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Vadim Matov , Fuming Wu , Jihua Cheng , Jennifer Chen , Chunhua Li , Bastien Pesenti , Igor Kvasov
Abstract: Orthodontic systems and related methods are disclosed for designing and providing improved or more effective tooth moving systems for eliciting a desired tooth movement and/or repositioning teeth into a desired arrangement. Methods and orthodontic systems include the generation of an overcorrection in the tooth-receiving cavities of an appliance worn in the dentition. The overcorrection may provide an improved and more accurately applied force or moment applied to a tooth. The overcorrected force or moment can move a tooth closer to a desired position than if not overcorrected as sufficient force can still applied to the tooth as it gets closer to the desired position. The overcorrected force or moment may also better target the root of the tooth where the biological response to tooth movement occurs. The overcorrection may be calculated in various ways as described herein.
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公开(公告)号:US20170143452A1
公开(公告)日:2017-05-25
申请号:US15423418
申请日:2017-02-02
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Chunhua Li , Jennifer Chen , John Morton , Jon Moss , Clark Kaufhardt , Heng Cao
Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus's for improving orthodontic treatments. In an embodiment, an orthodontic system including a tactile object is provided for modulating an engagement between a tooth attachment and an orthodontic appliance.
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公开(公告)号:US12121412B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-22
申请号:US17085583
申请日:2020-10-30
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Chunhua Li , Jennifer Chen , John Morton , Jon Moss , Clark Kaufhardt , Heng Cao
CPC classification number: A61C7/08 , A61C7/14 , B33Y80/00 , Y10T29/49568
Abstract: Systems for orthodontic treatments are provided. In some embodiments, a system includes an attachment configured to be coupled to a tooth of a patient, the attachment having a first elasticity. The system can also include an orthodontic appliance having a shell with a plurality of teeth-receiving cavities shaped to reposition the patient's teeth from a first arrangement toward a second arrangement. The shell can have a second elasticity less than the first elasticity. The orthodontic appliance can include an attachment-receiving well formed in the shell. When the orthodontic appliance is worn on the patient's teeth, the attachment-receiving well can engage the attachment to effect a movement of at least one tooth of the patient.
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公开(公告)号:US11547533B2
公开(公告)日:2023-01-10
申请号:US16951624
申请日:2020-11-18
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Chunhua Li , Jennifer Chen , John Morton , Jon Moss , Clark Kaufhardt , Heng Cao
Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus's for improving orthodontic treatments. In an embodiment, an orthodontic system including a tactile object is provided for modulating an engagement between a tooth attachment and an orthodontic appliance.
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公开(公告)号:US10820967B2
公开(公告)日:2020-11-03
申请号:US15423418
申请日:2017-02-02
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Chunhua Li , Jennifer Chen , John Morton , Jon Moss , Clark Kaufhardt , Heng Cao
Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus's for improving orthodontic treatments. In an embodiment, an orthodontic system including a tactile object is provided for modulating an engagement between a tooth attachment and an orthodontic appliance.
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公开(公告)号:US20180055600A1
公开(公告)日:2018-03-01
申请号:US15684775
申请日:2017-08-23
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Vadim Matov , Fuming Wu , Jihua Cheng , Jennifer Chen , Chunhua Li , Bastien Pesenti , Igor Kvasov
Abstract: Orthodontic systems and related methods are disclosed for designing and providing improved or more effective tooth moving systems for eliciting a desired tooth movement and/or repositioning teeth into a desired arrangement. Methods and orthodontic systems include the generation of an overcorrection in the tooth-receiving cavities of an appliance worn in the dentition. The overcorrection may provide an improved and more accurately applied force or moment applied to a tooth. The overcorrected force or moment can move a tooth closer to a desired position than if not overcorrected as sufficient force can still applied to the tooth as it gets closer to the desired position. The overcorrected force or moment may also better target the root of the tooth where the biological response to tooth movement occurs. The overcorrection may be calculated in various ways as described herein.
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