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公开(公告)号:US20190033719A1
公开(公告)日:2019-01-31
申请号:US16024555
申请日:2018-06-29
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Michael Christopher COLE
IPC: G03F7/20 , G03F7/029 , C08F222/14 , C08F220/14 , A61C7/08 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y70/00 , B29C64/106
Abstract: Provided herein are processes for the generation of composite polymer materials utilizing a single resin. The processes utilize diffusion between a region undergoing a polymerization reaction preferentially polymerizing one monomer component and an unreactive region. Diffusion and subsequent/concurrent polymerization results in a higher concentration of the more reactive monomer component in the reacting region and a higher concentration of the less reactive monomer components in the unreactive region. The unreactive region may be later polymerized. In embodiments, photopolymerization is used and the regions are generated by a mask or other mechanism to pattern the light.
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公开(公告)号:US20190029784A1
公开(公告)日:2019-01-31
申请号:US16046897
申请日:2018-07-26
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Yosi MOALEM , Gilad ELBAZ , Ofer SAPHIER , Maayan MOSHE , Shai AYAL , Doron MALKA
Abstract: Systems, methods, and/or computer-readable media described herein provide technical solutions to the highly technical problems of machine generation of dental restorations. In particular, these systems, methods and/or computer readable media may provide technical solutions to aid in the creation of dental restorations that more closely resemble a natural tooth (including its internal optical structure). These systems, methods and/or computer readable media may help in virtually rendering a tooth, including its internal optical structure, and apply these renderings (e.g., digital models) to the fabrication of the dental restoration.
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公开(公告)号:US20190011996A1
公开(公告)日:2019-01-10
申请号:US16129641
申请日:2018-09-12
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Michael Sabina , Leon Rasovsky
IPC: G06F3/01 , A61C5/77 , G06F3/0488 , G06F3/0346 , A61C13/00 , A61C9/00
CPC classification number: G06F3/017 , A61C5/77 , A61C9/0053 , A61C13/0004 , G06F3/0346 , G06F3/04883 , G16H20/40
Abstract: A method includes: displaying to a display a first indication of a first segment of a patient's oral cavity to be scanned; receiving a first user input via a hand held intraoral scanning device; causing the hand held intraoral scanning device to enter a scan mode; receiving one or more intraoral scans of the first segment; generating a three-dimensional (3D) model of the first segment based on the one or more intraoral scans; displaying to the display the 3D model of the first segment; receiving a second user input via the intraoral scanning device after receiving the one or more intraoral scans of the first segment; and displaying to the display an overlay including a first element corresponding to third user input for navigating to a next segment and a second element corresponding to fourth user input for navigating to a previous segment.
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公开(公告)号:US10154889B2
公开(公告)日:2018-12-18
申请号:US14863059
申请日:2015-09-23
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Jennifer C. Chen , Li-Hung Su , Chunhua Li
Abstract: The present disclosure includes method, system, apparatus, and indicator embodiments. One apparatus includes an appliance for placement over one or more teeth and a release agent receptacle including an outer portion provided on appliance surface, an inner portion provided within the outer portion, and one or more apertures formed in the outer portion.
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公开(公告)号:US10150244B2
公开(公告)日:2018-12-11
申请号:US15298830
申请日:2016-10-20
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Jun Sato , Ryan Kimura , Yaser Shanjani
IPC: B29C53/04 , A61C7/08 , A61C7/00 , B29C53/02 , B29C53/36 , B29C53/06 , B29L31/00 , B65H45/00 , A61C7/10 , A61C13/00
Abstract: The present disclosure provides method, computing device readable medium, and devices for dental appliances formed with folded material components. An example of a method of forming a dental appliance, includes forming a shell having a number of tooth apertures configured to receive and reposition a number of teeth of a patient along one jaw of a patient, the shell having a number of specialized components and wherein the number of specialized components are formed from folding multiple sections of the first sheet of material over each other.
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公开(公告)号:US10130445B2
公开(公告)日:2018-11-20
申请号:US15792313
申请日:2017-10-24
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Avi Kopelman , Shiva Sambu , Rene M. Sterental , Eric Kuo , Mauricio de Alencar Casa
Abstract: The present disclosure provides method, systems, and devices for expanding arch of teeth. A device for expanding an arch of teeth of a patient can include a removable shell formed of a first material having a number of cavities formed therein. The number of cavities are shaped to receive teeth of a patient. A device for expanding an arch of teeth of a patient can include an arch element extending from the removable shell in a lingual direction and across an arch width of the removable shell. The arch element can be formed of the first material and a second material that is a different material than the first material, can be designed to expand an arch of the teeth of the patient, and can have a width specific to a stage of a treatment plan.
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公开(公告)号:US10123706B2
公开(公告)日:2018-11-13
申请号:US15662234
申请日:2017-07-27
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Gilad Elbaz , Erez Lampert , Yossef Atiya , Avi Kopelman , Ofer Saphier , Maayan Moshe , Shai Ayal
IPC: A61B5/00 , A61B1/24 , G06T7/73 , H04N13/254 , H04N13/257 , G06T7/55 , G06T15/08 , H04N13/221 , H04N13/246 , A61C9/00
Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for generating a model of a subject's teeth. Described herein are intraoral scanning methods and apparatuses for generating a three-dimensional model of a subject's intraoral region (e.g., teeth) including both surface features and internal features. These methods and apparatuses may be used for identifying and evaluating lesions, caries and cracks in the teeth. Any of these methods and apparatuses may use minimum scattering coefficients and/or segmentation to form a volumetric model of the teeth.
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公开(公告)号:US20180318043A1
公开(公告)日:2018-11-08
申请号:US15990383
申请日:2018-05-25
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Chunhua Li , Yan Chen
IPC: A61C7/08 , B29C45/00 , B29L31/00 , B29K101/10
CPC classification number: A61C7/08 , B29C45/0001 , B29K2101/10 , B29L2031/7532
Abstract: The present disclosure includes dental appliances and methods of making and using such appliances. One method for forming a dental appliance includes forming a liquid thermoset polymer material into a semi-solid first shape, thermoforming the semi-solid first shape of thermoset polymer material onto a dentition mold, and curing the thermoset polymer on the dentition mold with a curative trigger to complete a molecular cross-linking reaction.
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公开(公告)号:US20180284727A1
公开(公告)日:2018-10-04
申请号:US15942341
申请日:2018-03-30
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Christopher Eric CRAMER , Jeeyoung CHOI
IPC: G05B19/4099 , B33Y50/02 , B29C64/393
Abstract: The example systems, methods, and/or computer-readable media described herein help with design of highly accurate models of un-erupted or partially erupted teeth and help fabricate of aligners for un-erupted or partially erupted teeth. Automated agents that use machine learning models to parametrically represent three-dimensional (3d) virtual representations of teeth as 3D descriptors in a 3D descriptor space are provided herein. In some implementations, the automated agents described herein provide instructions to fabricate aligners for at least partially un-erupted teeth using representative 3D descriptor(s) of a tooth type.
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公开(公告)号:US10085823B2
公开(公告)日:2018-10-02
申请号:US14490404
申请日:2014-09-18
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Heng Cao , Vadim Matov , John Y. Morton , Jon Moss , Ryan Kimura
Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems including orthodontic tooth positioning appliances. An exemplary appliance can include teeth receiving cavities shaped such that, when worn by a patient, repositioning the patient's teeth from a first arrangement toward a subsequent or target arrangement. Appliances can include a cavity having one or more shaped features or protrusions shaped and/or positioned so as to apply a desired force to a patient's tooth received in the cavity and move the tooth along a desired path or direction.
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