公开(公告)号：US20240285376A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-29

申请号：US18649848

申请日：2024-04-29

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Peter WEBBER ,  Siobhan O'LEARY

IPC: A61C7/14 ,  A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/08 ,  A61C13/00 ,  B29C64/386 ,  B29L31/00 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y50/00 ,  B33Y50/02 ,  B33Y80/00

CPC classification number: A61C7/146 ,  A61C7/002 ,  A61C7/08 ,  B29C64/386 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y50/00 ,  B33Y50/02 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  A61C13/0013 ,  B29L2031/7536

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for attaching one or more dental attachments to a dentition. Methods may include placing an attachment placement apparatus on the dentition such that contoured surfaces of the attachment placement apparatus are aligned with correspondingly shaped tooth surfaces of the dentition. A body of the attachment placement apparatus may position the dental attachment(s) against specified location(s) on one or more teeth of the dentition. The dental attachment(s) may be coupled to supports that extend from the body. The supports may include breakable regions configured to be broken to facilitate removal of a corresponding dental attachment from the body. The supports may position the dental attachment(s) within corresponding aperture(s) of the attachment placement apparatus. The dental attachment(s) may be secured at the specified location(s) on the teeth.

公开(公告)号：US20210259812A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-26

申请号：US17249254

申请日：2021-02-25

Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Inventor： Siobhan O'LEARY ,  Peter WEBBER ,  Jun SATO ,  Crystal TJHIA ,  Jessica H. SCHILTZ ,  Jeremy RILEY ,  Ken WU ,  Kangning SU ,  Yuxiang WANG ,  Zhaonan SUN ,  Andrei SOLDATOV

IPC: A61C7/14 ,  A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/00 ,  B33Y80/00

Abstract: A dental attachment placement device comprises a plurality of registration elements shaped for placement on a plurality of teeth and one or more flexible arms for biasing the registration element to a tooth. A first a first flexible arm may extend from a registration element on a lingual side. The first flexible arm may have a connected end and a distal end. The distal end may be configured to extend at least part way over the tooth and apply a lingual force to bias the registration element against the tooth.