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公开(公告)号：US20250009478A1
公开(公告)日：2025-01-09
申请号：US18889168
申请日：2024-09-18
Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Inventor： Ken WU , Eric E. KUO , Mitra DERAKHSHAN , Crystal TJHIA , Eric YAU , Allen R. BORONKAY , Chunhua LI , Gleb KRIVOVYAZ
Abstract: The present disclosure provides method, computing device readable medium, and devices for dental appliances with repositioning jaw elements. An example of a method can include identifying a misaligned jaw of a patient from a virtual image of the patient's jaw, providing a treatment plan for the patient including a virtual model of a dental appliance having a first shell and a second shell configured to reposition at least one tooth of the patient, and adjusting the position of the repositioning jaw elements on the first shell and the second shell to comply with a number of constraints. The virtual model of the dental appliance including repositioning jaw elements on the first shell and the second shell configured to move a position of the misaligned jaw of the patient.
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公开(公告)号：US20250000619A1
公开(公告)日：2025-01-02
申请号：US18736359
申请日：2024-06-06
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor： Parshan NAMIRANIAN , Ali KAKAVAND , Eric KUO
Abstract: The present invention provides orthodontic appliances and systems, and related methods, for applying a force to a target tooth as an appliance is worn by the patient. One positioning appliance includes a tooth positioning appliance having teeth receiving cavities shaped to apply a positioning force to the patient's teeth. The appliance includes a spring-loaded tooth movement device disposed in the appliance so as to engage an attachment mounted on a surface of a patient's tooth and apply a force to the tooth.
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公开(公告)号：US20250000617A1
公开(公告)日：2025-01-02
申请号：US18827592
申请日：2024-09-06
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor： Eric E. KUO , Vadim MATOV , Larry LAI , Fuming WU , Jihua CHENG
IPC: A61C7/00 , A61B5/00 , A61B5/11 , G06F3/041 , G06F30/20 , G16C20/70 , G16H20/40 , G16H30/40 , G16H50/50
Abstract: Embodiments are provided for using an individualized orthodontic treatment index. One method embodiment includes receiving an initial virtual dental model from a first scan of a patient's dentition, modifying the initial virtual dental model to create a target virtual dental model according to a treatment goal, assigning a number of dental references to the target virtual dental model, receiving a treatment outcome virtual dental model from a second scan of the patient's dentition, mapping the number of dental references from the target virtual dental model to a treatment outcome virtual dental model, and calculating an individualized treatment index score for the treatment outcome virtual dental model according to one or more differences between the target virtual dental model and the treatment outcome virtual dental model based on the number of dental references.
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公开(公告)号：US12171627B2
公开(公告)日：2024-12-24
申请号：US17719704
申请日：2022-04-13
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor： Leon Rasovsky , Avi Kopelman , Nir Makmel
Abstract: A dental articulator includes a first arm hingedly joined to a second arm about a pivot axis, where each one of the first arm and the second arm are configured to mount a dental model comprising at least one measurement element, and an inspection tool capable of checking the at least one measurable element against allowable tolerances. Each arm includes a mounting bracket having a distal portion adapted to mount the respective dental model and having a proximal portion. Each arm further has a base member having a distal portion adapted to hingedly join the first arm and the second arm about the pivot axis. The inspection tool comprises a first measurement device and a second measurement device. The first measurement device is coupled to the first arm or second arm and the second measurement device is coupled to the first arm or second arm.
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公开(公告)号：US12171575B2
公开(公告)日：2024-12-24
申请号：US16152281
申请日：2018-10-04
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor： Avi Kopelman , Srinivas Kaza
Abstract: Intraoral systems and methods including aligners having soft tissue sensors. The soft tissue sensors may detect protein biomarkers to determine effectiveness of the aligners for causing tooth movement according to a treatment plan. One or more microneedles may be configured to pass the protein biomarker to the soft tissue sensor. A processor may be configured to compare a detected level of the protein biomarker to an expected lever of the protein biomarker, and determine whether an aligner should be replaced. A bias may be configured to apply continuous force to hold the microneedle(s) against a patient's soft tissue. A controller may be configured to apply a biasing force to move the microneedles(s) from a retracted position to an extended position to penetrate the patient's soft tissue.
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公开(公告)号：US20240415613A1
公开(公告)日：2024-12-19
申请号：US18667873
申请日：2024-05-17
Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for selecting locations of mandibular relocation features (MRFs) on oral appliances may include determining candidate locations for placing an MRF on a first oral appliance for a first stage of mandibular relocation (MR) treatment and determining candidate locations for placing an MRF on a second oral appliance for a second stage. The method may include selecting from the candidate locations for the first stage and the second stage based on decreasing a distance between the selected pair of candidate locations. The method may further include processing multiple MRFs in parallel. The method may also include increasing a number of initial candidate locations. Locations for intermediate stages may be selected based on interpolating between the first and second stages or based on decreasing a distance between the selected pair if the interpolation fails. The intermediate stages may be processed using a binary search or a linear search.
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公开(公告)号：US20240398510A1
公开(公告)日：2024-12-05
申请号：US18679264
申请日：2024-05-30
Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Inventor： Yosi MOALEM , Ofer SAPHIER
Abstract: Remote progress tracking of orthodontic treatment may include receiving a 3D digital model of a patient's dentition including the patient's teeth. A 3D digital model of an impression of occlusal surfaces of the patient's teeth may be generated. The teeth of the 3D digital model of the patient's dentition may be registered to the position and orientation of the patient's teeth in the 3D digital model of the impression of the occlusal surfaces of the patient's teeth. An updated 3D digital model of the patient's teeth may be generated based on the registration.
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公开(公告)号：US12156785B2
公开(公告)日：2024-12-03
申请号：US18371348
申请日：2023-09-21
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor： Yossef Atiya , Tal Verker
Abstract: An apparatus for determining surface topography of a patient's teeth comprises a probe sized to be at least partially inserted into an intraoral cavity of the patient, a light source to output light; and a light focusing assembly. The light focusing assembly comprises a first lens, a second lens and a focus changing assembly comprising one or more additional lenses that shares an optical axis with the first lens and the second lens and being configured to focus the light to a plurality of external focal planes to illuminate the patient's teeth, wherein the focus changing assembly has a movement gain factor, and wherein as a result of the movement gain factor a change in separation between lenses of the focus changing assembly by a first distance results in a change in a focus setting by a second distance that is 2-10 times greater than the first distance. The apparatus further comprises a detector configured to measure one or more characteristics of incident light returning from the illuminated patient's teeth and a processor coupled to the detector and configured to generate data representative of a topography of the patient's teeth based on the one or more measured characteristics of the incident light returning from the illuminated patient's teeth.
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公开(公告)号：US20240390110A1
公开(公告)日：2024-11-28
申请号：US18795164
申请日：2024-08-05
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor： Christopher E. Cramer , Chad Clayton Brown
Abstract: A system includes a memory and a processing device operatively coupled to the memory. The processing device receives an image of a smile of an individual comprising initial contours of teeth of the individual, receives or generates image data comprising target contours of the teeth of an individual, and generates a new image based on the received image data and one or more parametric functions associated with tooth color determined from the image of the smile, wherein a shape of the teeth in the new image is based on the received image data and a color of the teeth in the new image is based on applying the one or more parametric functions to at least a portion of the image data.
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公开(公告)号：US20240376039A1
公开(公告)日：2024-11-14
申请号：US18441651
申请日：2024-02-14
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor： Umesh Upendra CHOUDHARY , Jessica Kalay SU
Abstract: The present disclosure provides monomer compounds that can produce desirable polymeric materials and photo-curable resins. Further provided herein are methods of producing compounds, compositions, resins, devices, and polymeric materials. Also provided herein are methods of using compounds, resins, and polymeric materials for the fabrication (e.g., via 3D printing) of medical devices, such as orthodontic appliances.
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