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：US20240122678A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-18

申请号：US18465736

申请日：2023-09-12

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Bruce CAM ,  Peter WEBBER ,  Yuxiang WANG ,  Jun SATO ,  Jeeyoung CHOI

IPC: A61C7/10 ,  A61C5/00 ,  A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/28

CPC classification number: A61C7/10 ,  A61C5/007 ,  A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/282 ,  A61C7/002

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for generating a treatment plan for arch expansion where a polymeric shell appliance is utilized to generate one or more activation forces that facilitate tooth movement. The polymeric shell appliances may comprise one or more tooth receiving cavities, in which each of the plurality of tooth receiving cavities is shaped and arranged to provide a counter moment of each of the plurality of teeth.

公开(公告)号：US20230190416A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-22

申请号：US18169195

申请日：2023-02-14

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Peter WEBBER ,  Ryan KIMURA ,  Chunhua LI ,  Srinivas KAZA

IPC: A61C7/14 ,  A61C7/00 ,  B29C64/40 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y50/02 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  A61C7/08

CPC classification number: A61C7/146 ,  A61C7/002 ,  A61C7/08 ,  B29C64/40 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y50/02 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  A61C13/0013

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, computing device readable medium, devices, and systems having a dental attachment placement structure. One dental attachment placement apparatus includes a body having an attachment placement surface that is to be placed on an attachment affixing surface of a tooth and wherein the attachment placement surface includes a portion that is shaped to allow placement of an attachment at a particular position on the affixing surface of the tooth and a portion of the body having a contour that is shaped to correspond with a contour of an alignment surface of a tooth and when the contour of the body and the corresponding contour is aligned, the attachment is located at the particular position and can be secured to the affixing surface of the tooth.

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.

公开(公告)号：US20240148475A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-09

申请号：US18415636

申请日：2024-01-17

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Peter WEBBER ,  Siobhan O'LEARY ,  Jun SATO

IPC: A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/14 ,  A61C7/16

CPC classification number: A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/145 ,  A61C7/16

Abstract: Aligner attachment placement devices for placing one or more aligner attachments on teeth. The placement devices can include registration anchors, retention supports, an aligner attachment, and an attachment frame that at least partially surrounds a perimeter of the aligner attachment. The registration anchors can have occlusal contact surfaces that are shaped to register with occlusal surfaces of one or more teeth. The retention supports can have lingual contact surfaces that are shaped to register with lingual surfaces of one or more teeth. The aligner attachments can be shaped to interact with one or more aligners to impart forces on one or more of the teeth. The placement device can include multiple aligner attachments. The attachment frame can include one or more struts that frangibly connect the aligner attachment(s) to the attachment frame.

公开(公告)号：US20230355354A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-09

申请号：US18354625

申请日：2023-07-18

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Peter WEBBER

IPC: A61C7/12 ,  A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/08

CPC classification number: A61C7/12 ,  A61C7/002 ,  A61C7/08

Abstract: A series of appliances including a first shell and a second shell can be designed to incrementally implement a treatment plan. The first and second shells can have cavities designed to receive teeth of a jaw. The first shell can be designed to interface with a first surface of a plurality of surfaces of an attachment structure to provide a first engagement force specific to a first stage of the treatment plan. The second shell can be designed to interface with a second surface of the plurality of surfaces of the attachment structure attached to the at least one tooth of the first jaw to provide a second engagement force specific to a second stage of the treatment plan.

公开(公告)号：US20230149142A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-18

申请号：US18154782

申请日：2023-01-13

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Peter WEBBER

IPC: A61C13/15 ,  A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/14

CPC classification number: A61C19/003 ,  A61C7/002 ,  A61C7/146

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, computing device readable medium, devices, and systems having a dental attachment formation structure. One dental attachment formation apparatus includes a body having a first surface shaped to conform to the contours of an exterior surface of a tooth and including a portion of the first surface shaped to accommodate an attachment that is to be attached to the exterior surface of the tooth and a light source attachment structure for attachment of a light source to the body.

公开(公告)号：US20230089755A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-23

申请号：US18059224

申请日：2022-11-28

Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Inventor： Jennifer CHAVEZ ,  Peter WEBBER ,  Zhou (Jonelle) YU ,  Tzishing Jesse LIM ,  Luyao CAI ,  Eric YAU

IPC: A61C13/00 ,  A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/08

Abstract: A support is coupled to an appliance to decrease warpage. The support may comprise a plurality of extensions coupled to the appliance to decrease warpage. The extensions can be coupled to the appliance at one or more of many locations, such as on an occlusal surface, a wall, an edge or an interior of the appliance. In some embodiments, the extensions are coupled to walls of the appliance such as a buccal wall and a lingual wall, and the extensions can be coupled to the walls of the appliance near edges of the walls, such as a gingivally facing edges of the walls that are oriented toward the gingiva when the appliance is worn.

公开(公告)号：US20220104920A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-07

申请号：US17449799

申请日：2021-10-01

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Yuxiang WANG ,  Reza SHIRAZI AGHJARI ,  Luyao CAI ,  Rohit TANUGULA ,  Jun SATO ,  Vadim MATOV ,  Bastien PESENTI ,  Manlio VALDIVIESO ,  Peter WEBBER ,  Mikhail Nikolaevich RYCHAGOV

IPC: A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/08 ,  G16H30/40

Abstract: Computer-implemented methods and systems for designing oral appliances. These methods and systems may include receiving patient data and a treatment plan (including a proposed one or more dental appliances), and determining, using the patient data and the treatment plan, an improved appliance design for treating the patient. These methods and systems may include evaluating the appliance design based on simulation and finalizing the appliance design based on the evaluation.

公开(公告)号：US20220071743A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-10

申请号：US17525669

申请日：2021-11-12

Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Inventor： Mitra DERAKHSHAN ,  Crystal TJHIA ,  Rohit TANUGULA ,  Yaser SHANJANI ,  Ryan KIMURA ,  Bruce CAM ,  Eric YAU ,  Yuxiang WANG ,  Ken WU ,  Peter WEBBER ,  Jun SATO ,  John Y. MORTON

IPC: A61C7/36 ,  A61C7/10 ,  A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/08

Abstract: A system for correcting class III malocclusions is disclosed. The system may include a maxilla appliance having tooth receiving cavities shaped to receive teeth of the maxilla and a first coupling for receiving an elastic. The system may also include a mandibular appliance having tooth receiving cavities shaped to receive teeth of the mandible. In some embodiments, the system includes a class III corrective appliance having a first mount shaped to engage with the mandibular arch of the patient and having a second coupling shaped to receive the elastic.