公开(公告)号：US10973612B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-13

申请号：US16202369

申请日：2018-11-28

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Peter Webber ,  Jennifer C. Chen ,  Yan Chen ,  Bastien Pesenti ,  Crystal Tjhia

IPC: A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/36 ,  G16H50/50 ,  A61C13/00 ,  A61C7/08

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, computing device readable medium, devices, and systems having a dental appliance binding structure. One method can include to create a treatment plan based on a virtual model of a jaw of a patient, wherein the treatment plan includes use of a dental appliance having a first surface that defines a plurality of cavities shaped to receive a plurality of teeth, modify the virtual model of the jaw in a first configuration to include a virtual binding structure on a second surface, the platform shaped to receive a specialized feature that provides one or more force characteristics, select a particular specialized feature as an attachment to the dental appliance, and adjust the virtual model of the jaw from a first configuration to a second configuration, based at least in part on a modeled force provided by the virtual binding structure and the particular specialized feature.

公开(公告)号：US20210100638A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-08

申请号：US17079872

申请日：2020-10-26

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Rene Sterental ,  Lou Shuman ,  Maia Singer

IPC: A61C7/08 ,  G09B23/28 ,  G16H50/20 ,  G16H50/50

Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods of managing delivery of an orthodontic treatment plan using treatment guidelines, instructions and appointment planning tools customized to the individual patient being treated. A method includes, e.g., generating a treatment plan for a patient, generating a customized set of treatment guidelines, providing the set of customized treatment guidelines to the practitioner; and providing a set of orthodontic appliances to the practitioner.

公开(公告)号：US10970839B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-06

申请号：US16937512

申请日：2020-07-23

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Anatoliy Parpara ,  Ivan Kharpalev ,  Stephan Albert Alexandre Dumothier ,  Andrey Cherkas ,  Alexey Kalinichenko ,  Jack Shaw ,  Israel Velazquez

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  G06T7/00 ,  A61C7/00 ,  A61C13/00 ,  G01N21/956 ,  G06T7/521 ,  G06T17/10

Abstract: A method for analyzing a quality of an orthodontic aligner is described. The method includes receiving, by a processor, a digital representation of a fabricated orthodontic aligner, the digital representation having been generated based on imaging of the fabricated orthodontic aligner. The method further includes analyzing, by the processor, the digital representation of the fabricated orthodontic aligner to identify a quality-related property of the fabricated orthodontic aligner. The method further includes determining, based on the quality-related property, that the fabricated orthodontic aligner comprises a manufacturing flaw. The method further includes classifying, by the processor, the fabricated orthodontic aligner as requiring further inspection by a technician based on determining that the fabricated orthodontic aligner comprises the manufacturing flaw.

公开(公告)号：US10964425B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-30

申请号：US16922630

申请日：2020-07-07

Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Inventor： Avi Kopelman ,  Eldad Taub

IPC: G16H30/40 ,  A61C5/77 ,  G16H50/50 ,  A61C13/00 ,  G06F30/00 ,  A61C13/34 ,  A61C9/00 ,  G16H30/20

Abstract: A 3D virtual model of an intra oral cavity in which at least a part of a finish line of a preparation is obscured is manipulated in virtual space by means of a computer or the like to create, recreate or reconstruct finish line data and other geometrical corresponding to the obscured part. Trimmed virtual models, and trimmed physical models, can then be created utilizing data thus created. The virtual models and/or the physical models may be used in the design and manufacture of copings or of prostheses.

公开(公告)号：US20210078357A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-18

申请号：US17008295

申请日：2020-08-31

Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Inventor： Sriram VENKATASANTHANAM ,  Ramin HEYDARPOUR ,  John Y. MORTON ,  Jun SATO ,  Michael Christopher COLE ,  Mehdi MOJDEH ,  Prashanth VANCHY ,  Natalia Lysaya POWERS ,  Sibel NARIN ,  Jeremy RILEY

IPC: B44C3/02 ,  C09D11/101 ,  B41M5/00 ,  B32B38/00 ,  B32B7/06 ,  B32B7/12 ,  B32B27/20

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to ornamental indicia carrier and method of producing the same. In some embodiments, the ornamental indicia carrier comprises an ultraviolet light (“UV”) cured ink printed on a thin flexible film and combined with an adhesive layer. The ornamental indicia carrier is capable of enduring the conditions inside the mouth for an extended period of time and can be used in conjunction with a dental appliance.

公开(公告)号：US20210077225A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-18

申请号：US16948670

申请日：2020-09-28

Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Inventor： Sriram VENKATASANTHANAM ,  Ramin HEYDARPOUR ,  John Y. MORTON ,  Jun SATO ,  Michael Christopher COLE ,  Mehdi MOJDEH ,  Prashanth VANCHY ,  Natalia Lysaya POWERS ,  Sibel NARIN ,  Jeremy RILEY

IPC: A61C7/08 ,  A61C13/00

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to ornamental indicia carrier and method of producing the same. In some embodiments, the ornamental indicia carrier comprises an ultraviolet light (“UV”) cured ink printed on a thin flexible film and combined with an adhesive layer. The ornamental indicia carrier is capable of enduring the conditions inside the mouth for an extended period of time and can be used in conjunction with a dental appliance.

公开(公告)号：US10945813B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-16

申请号：US17020550

申请日：2020-09-14

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Yingjie Li ,  Chao Shi ,  Zelko Relic ,  Michael Alan Stocks ,  Andrey Bushev ,  Ya Xue ,  Eric P. Meyer

IPC: A61C7/00 ,  G16H50/50 ,  A61C9/00 ,  G09B23/28 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  A61C13/00 ,  B33Y50/00

Abstract: Systems and methods of simulating dental treatments are disclosed. A method may include capturing a first 2D image of a patient's face, including the patient's teeth, building a parametric 3D model of the patient's teeth based on the 2D image, developing a simulated outcome of a dental treatment of the patient's teeth by rendering the 3D model with the patient's teeth in one or more positions and/or orientations corresponding to the treatment goals of the dental treatment plan, and rendering a second 2D image of the patient's face with teeth according to a simulated outcome of the dental treatment plan. As noted herein, the dental treatment plan may include orthodontic and/or restorative elements. The simulated outcome may correspond to estimated outcomes and/or intended outcomes of the dental treatment plan.

公开(公告)号：US10945609B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-16

申请号：US15930374

申请日：2020-05-12

Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Inventor： Avi Kopelman

IPC: G06T19/20 ,  A61C7/00 ,  G06F30/00 ,  G06F30/20 ,  G06T19/00 ,  G06T7/00 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61C5/77 ,  A61C13/00 ,  A61C9/00 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  G16H20/40 ,  A61B1/00 ,  A61C19/04

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for preparation of orthodontics and prosthodontics. A method may include scanning a patient's teeth to form first 3D data of the patient's teeth including a removable element that obscures part of the dental surfaces of the patient's teeth and non-obscured tooth surfaces, removing the removable element form the patient's teeth so that the removable element no longer obscures the part of the dental surfaces of the patient's teeth, and scanning the previously obscured part of the dental surfaces of the patent's teeth and the non-obscured tooth surfaces.

公开(公告)号：US20210068925A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-11

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

IPC: A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/14

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.

公开(公告)号：US10944953B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-09

申请号：US16427101

申请日：2019-05-30

Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Inventor： Noam Babayoff

IPC: H04N13/15 ,  G01B11/25 ,  H04N13/207 ,  H04N13/257 ,  H04N13/271 ,  H04N13/296 ,  A61B1/00 ,  A61B1/06 ,  A61B1/24 ,  A61B1/247 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/107 ,  G01B11/24 ,  G01J3/02 ,  G01J3/10 ,  G01J3/50 ,  G06T7/12 ,  G06T7/90 ,  A61C9/00 ,  G06T7/00 ,  G01N21/25 ,  H01L27/148 ,  A61C19/04 ,  G01J3/46 ,  G01J3/51

Abstract: A device for determining the surface topology and associated color of a structure, such as a teeth segment, includes a scanner for providing depth data for points along a two-dimensional array substantially orthogonal to the depth direction, and an image acquisition means for providing color data for each of the points of the array, while the spatial disposition of the device with respect to the structure is maintained substantially unchanged. A processor combines the color data and depth data for each point in the array, thereby providing a three-dimensional color virtual model of the surface of the structure. A corresponding method for determining the surface topology and associate color of a structure is also provided.