公开(公告)号：US12263620B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-01

申请号：US17990581

申请日：2022-11-18

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： James Nishimuta ,  Enrique Soltero Borrego ,  Enrique Jonathan Guzman Olivas ,  Jun Sato ,  Kevin Daniel Rodriguez Trujillo ,  Jose Kiyotaka Blanco Romo ,  Erick Enriquez de Anda ,  Lance Robert Pickens ,  Wesly Wong ,  Gabriela Perez Vallejo ,  Carlos Alberto Garcia Carmona ,  Omar Barraza Alvarez ,  Miguel Angel Hurtado Soltero

IPC: B29C33/38 ,  B29C51/10 ,  B29C51/26 ,  B29C51/30 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y50/00 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  A61C7/08 ,  B29L31/00

Abstract: Implementations describe systems and methods for manufacturing and performing quality assessment of dental appliances. In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a dental appliance comprises receiving, at a holder, a feature of the dental appliance, the feature comprising a first surface having a first shape, wherein the holder holds the feature of the dental appliance at a reference position. The method further includes automatically placing an object against the feature at the reference position using a robot arm, wherein the object comprises a second surface having a second shape that mates with the first shape. The method further includes applying pressure to press the object against the feature of the dental appliance and bonding the object to the feature of the dental appliance while applying the pressure.

公开(公告)号：US20240341921A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-17

申请号：US18633200

申请日：2024-04-11

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： James Nishimuta ,  Jun Sato ,  Rohit Tanugula ,  Enrique Jonathan Guzman Olivas ,  Jose Kiyotaka Blanco Romo ,  Kevin Daniel Rodriguez Trujillo

IPC: A61C7/08

CPC classification number: A61C7/08

Abstract: A dental appliance occlusal element includes a lower surface comprising one or more features configured to interface with a pick-and-place robot to cause the dental appliance occlusal element to be inserted into a hollow feature of a dental appliance. The dental appliance occlusal element further includes an upper surface configured to be disposed adjacent a distal inner surface of the hollow feature. The dental appliance occlusal element further includes one or more side surfaces configured to be disposed against one or more side inner surfaces of the hollow feature.

公开(公告)号：US20230158716A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-25

申请号：US17990581

申请日：2022-11-18

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： James Nishimuta ,  Enrique Soltero Borrego ,  Enrique Jonathan Guzman Olivas ,  Jun Sato ,  Kevin Daniel Rodriguez Trujillo ,  Jose Kiyotaka Blanco Romo ,  Erick Enriquez de Anda ,  Lance Robert Pickens ,  Wesly Wong ,  Gabriela Perez Vallejo ,  Carlos Alberto Garcia Carmona ,  Omar Barraza Alvarez ,  Miguel Angel Hurtado Soltero

IPC: B29C33/38 ,  B29C51/10 ,  B29C51/30 ,  B29C51/26 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y50/00 ,  B33Y80/00

CPC classification number: B29C33/3842 ,  B29C51/10 ,  B29C51/30 ,  B29C51/268 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y50/00 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  A61C7/08

Abstract: Implementations describe systems and methods for manufacturing and performing quality assessment of dental appliances. In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a dental appliance comprises receiving, at a holder, a feature of the dental appliance, the feature comprising a first surface having a first shape, wherein the holder holds the feature of the dental appliance at a reference position. The method further includes automatically placing an object against the feature at the reference position using a robot arm, wherein the object comprises a second surface having a second shape that mates with the first shape. The method further includes applying pressure to press the object against the feature of the dental appliance and bonding the object to the feature of the dental appliance while applying the pressure.