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公开(公告)号:US20210220087A1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-22
申请号:US17248355
申请日:2021-01-21
Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Inventor: Avi KOPELMAN , Chunhua LI , Michael Christopher COLE , Blaine CARTER , Matthew DURBAN
Abstract: An appliance comprises a passive component and an active force generating component, in which the active force generating component is configured to react to a stimulus and generate tooth movement forces. In some embodiments, the passive component is configured to deflect when placed on one or more teeth and generate tooth movement forces, which are combined with tooth movement forces of the force generating component. In some embodiments, the passive component comprises a polymer which is less reactive to the stimulus than the force generating component. The force generating component can be configured to increase force to one or more teeth at an appropriate time.
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公开(公告)号:US20200046461A1
公开(公告)日:2020-02-13
申请号:US16544798
申请日:2019-08-19
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Yaser SHANJANI , Bruce CAM , Allen R. BORONKAY , Jun SATO , John Y. MORTON , Chunhua LI , Srinivas KAZA
Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for monitoring the performance of an orthodontic appliance for repositioning a patient's teeth. An orthodontic appliance may include a plurality of teeth receiving cavities shaped to reposition the patient's teeth from an initial arrangement towards a target arrangement, and one or more sensors configured to determine tooth movement (based on position and/or orientation) and/or forces applied to the teeth. The sensor may be distributed between attachments and aligners that mate with the attachments.
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公开(公告)号:US20200040130A1
公开(公告)日:2020-02-06
申请号:US16653018
申请日:2019-10-15
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Robert LISKA , Christian GORSCHE , György HARAKALY , Markus KURY , Jürgen STAMPFL , Peter DORFINGER , Yan CHEN , Chunhua LI , Srinivas KAZA
IPC: C08G18/81 , C08G18/32 , C08G18/73 , C08G18/75 , A61C7/10 , C08G18/44 , C08G18/34 , C08J5/00 , A61C7/08 , C08G18/10
Abstract: Provided herein are curable compositions for use in a high temperature lithography-based photopolymerization process, a method of producing crosslinked polymers using said curable compositions, crosslinked polymers thus produced, and orthodontic appliances comprising the crosslinked polymers.
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公开(公告)号:US20190338067A1
公开(公告)日:2019-11-07
申请号:US16403429
申请日:2019-05-03
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Robert LISKA , Christian GORSCHE , György HARAKALY , Markus KURY , Jürgen STAMPFL , Peter DORFINGER , Yan CHEN , Chunhua LI , Srinivas KAZA
IPC: C08G18/81 , C08G18/75 , C08G18/73 , C08G18/32 , C08G18/44 , C08G18/34 , C08G18/10 , C08J5/00 , A61C7/08 , A61C7/10
Abstract: Provided herein are curable compositions for use in a high temperature lithography-based photopolymerization process, a method of producing crosslinked polymers using said curable compositions, crosslinked polymers thus produced, and orthodontic appliances comprising the crosslinked polymers.
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公开(公告)号:US20190231484A1
公开(公告)日:2019-08-01
申请号:US16382918
申请日:2019-04-12
Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Inventor: Chunhua LI , Yan CHEN , Heinz PUDLEINER , Klaus MEYER , Joerg NICKEL , Craig PEHLERT
IPC: A61C7/08 , B32B25/20 , B32B25/08 , B29C51/14 , B32B7/02 , B32B27/40 , B32B27/28 , B32B27/08 , B32B27/34 , B32B27/32 , B32B27/30 , B32B27/36
CPC classification number: A61C7/08 , B29C51/14 , B29K2067/00 , B29K2075/00 , B29K2995/0026 , B29K2995/007 , B29K2995/0077 , B29K2995/0082 , B29L2031/753 , B32B7/02 , B32B25/08 , B32B25/20 , B32B27/08 , B32B27/281 , B32B27/286 , B32B27/308 , B32B27/32 , B32B27/34 , B32B27/36 , B32B27/365 , B32B27/40 , B32B2250/03 , B32B2250/24 , B32B2274/00 , B32B2307/412 , B32B2307/536 , B32B2307/54 , B32B2307/546 , B32B2535/00
Abstract: A dental appliance for positioning a patient's teeth includes a removable orthodontic tooth positioning appliance having teeth receiving cavities shaped to directly receive at least some of the patient's teeth and apply a resilient positioning force to the patient's teeth. The appliance includes a hard polymer layer having a hard polymer layer elastic modulus disposed between a first soft polymer layer having a first soft polymer layer elastic modulus and a second soft polymer layer having a second soft polymer layer elastic modulus. The hard polymer layer elastic modulus is greater than each of the first soft polymer layer elastic modulus and the second soft polymer layer elastic modulus. At least one of the first soft polymer layer and the second soft polymer layer has a flexural modulus of greater than about 35,000 psi.
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公开(公告)号:US20190183611A1
公开(公告)日:2019-06-20
申请号:US16043065
申请日:2018-07-23
Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Inventor: Chunhua LI , Yan CHEN , Heinz PUDLEINER , Klaus MEYER , Joerg NICKEL , Craig PEHLERT
IPC: A61C7/08 , B32B27/08 , B32B25/20 , B32B25/08 , B29C51/14 , B32B7/02 , B32B27/40 , B32B27/28 , B32B27/36 , B32B27/34 , B32B27/32 , B32B27/30
CPC classification number: A61C7/08 , B29C51/14 , B29K2067/00 , B29K2075/00 , B29K2995/0026 , B29K2995/007 , B29K2995/0077 , B29K2995/0082 , B29L2031/753 , B32B7/02 , B32B25/08 , B32B25/20 , B32B27/08 , B32B27/281 , B32B27/286 , B32B27/308 , B32B27/32 , B32B27/34 , B32B27/36 , B32B27/365 , B32B27/40 , B32B2250/03 , B32B2250/24 , B32B2274/00 , B32B2307/412 , B32B2307/536 , B32B2307/54 , B32B2307/546 , B32B2535/00
Abstract: A dental appliance for positioning a patient's teeth includes a removable orthodontic tooth positioning appliance having teeth receiving cavities shaped to directly receive at least some of the patient's teeth and apply a resilient positioning force to the patient's teeth. The appliance includes a hard polymer layer having a hard polymer layer elastic modulus disposed between a first soft polymer layer having a first soft polymer layer elastic modulus and a second soft polymer layer having a second soft polymer layer elastic modulus. The hard polymer layer elastic modulus is greater than each of the first soft polymer layer elastic modulus and the second soft polymer layer elastic modulus. At least one of the first soft polymer layer and the second soft polymer layer has a flexural modulus of greater than about 35,000 psi.
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公开(公告)号:US20190159870A1
公开(公告)日:2019-05-30
申请号:US16264420
申请日:2019-01-31
Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Inventor: Chunhua LI , Yan CHEN , Heinz PUDLEINER , Klaus MEYER , Joerg NICKEL , Craig PEHLERT
IPC: A61C7/08 , B32B25/08 , B32B27/28 , B32B27/34 , B32B27/08 , B32B7/02 , B32B25/20 , B32B27/30 , B32B27/36 , B32B27/32 , B29C51/14 , B32B27/40
Abstract: A dental appliance for positioning a patient's teeth includes a removable orthodontic tooth positioning appliance having teeth receiving cavities shaped to directly receive at least some of the patient's teeth and apply a resilient positioning force to the patient's teeth. The appliance includes a hard polymer layer having a hard polymer layer elastic modulus disposed between a first soft polymer layer having a first soft polymer layer elastic modulus and a second soft polymer layer having a second soft polymer layer elastic modulus. The hard polymer layer elastic modulus is greater than each of the first soft polymer layer elastic modulus and the second soft polymer layer elastic modulus. At least one of the first soft polymer layer and the second soft polymer layer has a flexural modulus of greater than about 35,000 psi.
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公开(公告)号:US20180132975A1
公开(公告)日:2018-05-17
申请号:US15812127
申请日:2017-11-14
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Ken WU , Eric E. KUO , Mitra DERAKHSHAN , Crystal TJHIA , Eric YAU , Allen R. BORONKAY , Chunhua LI
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, and 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. 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:US20250043047A1
公开(公告)日:2025-02-06
申请号:US18918364
申请日:2024-10-17
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Robert LISKA , Christian GORSCHE , Markus KURY , Yan CHEN , Chunhua LI , Srinivas KAZA
Abstract: Provided herein are photopolymerizable monomers, optionally for use as reactive diluents in a high temperature lithography-based photopolymerization process, a method of producing polymers using said photopolymerizable monomers, the polymers thus produced, and orthodontic appliances comprising the polymers.
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公开(公告)号:US20250041026A1
公开(公告)日:2025-02-06
申请号:US18918016
申请日:2024-10-16
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Jeeyoung CHOI , Chunhua LI , John MORTON , Bastien PESENTI , Vadim MATOV , Alexander BELIAEV , Petr USHANOV , Roman A. ROSCHIN
Abstract: A method includes to receive, via a computing device, data representing a plurality of teeth, identify data indicating which of the plurality of teeth are unerupted or erupting, predict at least one characteristic of a tooth of the unerupted or erupting teeth after they have fully erupted using one or more tooth eruption prediction factors, generate new data representing the unerupted or erupting teeth in multiple states of eruption based upon the predicted at least one characteristic of the fully erupted teeth, and generate a series of incremental tooth arrangements with the new data to define a proposed orthodontic treatment based on the new data representing the unerupted or erupting teeth in multiple states of eruption.
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