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公开(公告)号:US20230095713A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-30
申请号:US18062489
申请日:2022-12-06
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Chunhua Li , Jennifer Chen , John Morton , Jon Moss , Clark Kaufhardt , Heng Cao
Abstract: Appliances for orthodontic treatment are provided. In some embodiments, an orthodontic appliance includes a shell having a plurality of teeth-receiving cavities shaped to reposition a patient’s teeth from a first arrangement toward a second arrangement. The shell can have a first elasticity. The appliance can include an attachment-receiving well formed in the shell. The attachment-receiving well can be configured to engage an attachment coupled to a tooth of the patient. The appliance can further include at least one tactile object coupled to the attachment-receiving well. The at least one tactile object can include an elongate body that extends toward the attachment when the shell is worn on the patient’s teeth. The at least one tactile object can have a second elasticity greater than the first elasticity.
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公开(公告)号:US11571277B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-07
申请号:US14796773
申请日:2015-07-10
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Vadim Matov , John Y. Morton , Eric Kuo , Heng Cao
IPC: A61C7/00 , A61B6/03 , A61B6/14 , A61C7/02 , A61C7/16 , A61C7/20 , A61C7/08 , A61C7/14 , B33Y80/00
Abstract: Method and system for establishing an initial position of a tooth, determining a target position of the tooth in a treatment plan, calculating a movement vector associated with the tooth movement from the initial position to the target position, determining a plurality of components corresponding to the movement vector, and determining a corresponding one or more positions of a respective one or more attachment devices relative to a surface plane of the tooth such that the one or more attachment devices engages with a dental appliance are provided.
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公开(公告)号:US20210045846A1
公开(公告)日:2021-02-18
申请号:US17085583
申请日:2020-10-30
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Chunhua LI , Jennifer Chen , John Morton , Jon Moss , Clark Kaufhardt , Heng Cao
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.
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公开(公告)号:US20190314117A1
公开(公告)日:2019-10-17
申请号:US16358316
申请日:2019-03-19
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: John Morton , Vadim Matov , Heng Cao , Ryan Kimura , Jihua Cheng , Bastien Pesenti
Abstract: Orthodontic systems and related methods are disclosed for designing and providing improved or more effective tooth moving systems for eliciting a desired tooth movement and/or repositioning teeth into a desired arrangement. Methods and orthodontic systems of the invention include tooth attachments having improved or optimized parameters selected or modified for more optimal and/or effective application of forces for a desired/selected orthodontic movement. Attachments of the present invention can be customized to a particular patient (e.g., patient-customized), a particular movement, and/or a sub-group or sub-set of patients, and configured to engage an orthodontic tooth positioning appliance worn by a patient, where engagement between the attachment and orthodontic appliance results in application of a repositioning force or series/system of forces to the tooth having the attachment and will generally elicit a tooth movement.
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公开(公告)号:US10307222B2
公开(公告)日:2019-06-04
申请号:US14850866
申请日:2015-09-10
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: John Morton , Vadim Matov , Heng Cao , Ryan Kimura , Jihua Cheng , Bastien Pesenti
Abstract: Orthodontic systems and related methods are disclosed for designing and providing improved or more effective tooth moving systems for eliciting a desired tooth movement and/or repositioning teeth into a desired arrangement. Methods and orthodontic systems of the invention include tooth attachments having improved or optimized parameters selected or modified for more optimal and/or effective application of forces for a desired/selected orthodontic movement. Attachments of the present invention can be customized to a particular patient (e.g., patient-customized), a particular movement, and/or a sub-group or sub-set of patients, and configured to engage an orthodontic tooth positioning appliance worn by a patient, where engagement between the attachment and orthodontic appliance results in application of a repositioning force or series/system of forces to the tooth having the attachment and will generally elicit a tooth movement.
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公开(公告)号:US09597164B2
公开(公告)日:2017-03-21
申请号:US14206836
申请日:2014-03-12
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Chunhua Li , Jennifer Chen , John Morton , Jon Moss , Clark Kaufhardt , Heng Cao
IPC: A61C7/08
CPC classification number: A61C7/08 , A61C7/14 , B33Y80/00 , Y10T29/49568
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.
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公开(公告)号:US09107722B2
公开(公告)日:2015-08-18
申请号:US13865091
申请日:2013-04-17
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Vadim Matov , John Y. Morton , Eric Kuo , Heng Cao
CPC classification number: A61C7/002 , A61B6/032 , A61B6/14 , A61C7/00 , A61C7/02 , A61C7/08 , A61C7/146 , A61C7/16 , A61C7/20 , B33Y80/00
Abstract: Method and system for establishing an initial position of a tooth, determining a target position of the tooth in a treatment plan, calculating a movement vector associated with the tooth movement from the initial position to the target position, determining a plurality of components corresponding to the movement vector, and determining a corresponding one or more positions of a respective one or more attachment devices relative to a surface plane of the tooth such that the one or more attachment devices engages with a dental appliance are provided.
Abstract translation: 用于确定牙齿的初始位置的方法和系统,确定处理计划中的牙齿的目标位置,计算与从初始位置到目标位置的牙齿移动相关联的移动向量,确定与 并且确定相对于牙齿的表面平面的相应的一个或多个附接装置的对应的一个或多个位置,使得所述一个或多个附接装置与牙科器具接合。
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