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公开(公告)号:US20190307531A1
公开(公告)日:2019-10-10
申请号:US16418612
申请日:2019-05-21
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Fuming Wu , Vadim Matov , Jihua Cheng
Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods for detecting deviations from an orthodontic treatment plan. One method includes receiving a tracking model, performing a matching step between individual teeth in a plan model and the tracking model, comparing the tracking model with the plan model, and detecting one or more positional differences.
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公开(公告)号:US20180039755A1
公开(公告)日:2018-02-08
申请号:US15789798
申请日:2017-10-20
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Vadim Matov , Sergei Brodsky , Fuming Wu
IPC: G06F19/00
CPC classification number: G16H50/50
Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include computing device related, system, and method embodiments for virtually testing force placed on a tooth are described herein. One method embodiment includes receiving initial orthodontic data (IOD) of teeth, and receiving a desired position of a tooth contained in the IOD. The method embodiment can also include computing a desired force and torque to be applied to the tooth to reach the desired position, wherein the force and torque are applied using a dental attachment. The method embodiment can include virtually testing and adjusting the attachment iteratively to reach the desired force and torque, and displaying the force and torque applied to the tooth via a user interface.
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公开(公告)号:US20170007361A1
公开(公告)日:2017-01-12
申请号:US15202342
申请日:2016-07-05
Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Inventor: Allen Boronkay , Jihua Cheng , Fuming Wu , Yan Chen , John Morton
IPC: A61C7/00 , A61C7/14 , G05B19/042 , A61C7/08
CPC classification number: A61C7/002 , A61C7/08 , A61C7/10 , B29L2031/7532 , B33Y50/02 , B33Y80/00 , G05B2219/2647 , G05B2219/35134 , G05B2219/49007
Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for producing orthodontic appliances are provided. In one aspect, an orthodontic appliance comprises an outer shell comprising a plurality of cavities shaped to receive the patient's teeth and generate one or more of a force or a torque in response to the appliance being worn on the patient's teeth. The orthodontic appliance can comprise an inner structure having a stiffness different than a stiffness of the outer shell. The inner structure can be positioned on an inner surface of the outer shell in order to distribute the one or more of a force or a torque to at least one tooth received within the plurality of cavities.
Abstract translation: 提供了用于生产正畸器具的系统,方法和装置。 在一个方面,正畸装置包括外壳,外壳包括多个空腔,其形状适于接收患者的牙齿,并响应于器具佩戴在患者牙齿上而产生力或力矩的一个或多个。 正畸装置可以包括具有不同于外壳刚度的刚度的内部结构。 内部结构可以定位在外壳的内表面上,以便将一个或多个力或扭矩分配到容纳在多个空腔内的至少一个齿。
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公开(公告)号:US20160242870A1
公开(公告)日:2016-08-25
申请号:US15051364
申请日:2016-02-23
Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Inventor: Vadim Matov , Fuming Wu , Anton Terekhov , Tzishing Jesse Lim , Jihua Cheng , John Morton
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 include the generation of an overcorrection in the tooth-receiving cavities of an appliance worn in the dentition. The overcorrection may provide an improved and more accurately applied force or moment applied to a tooth. The overcorrected force or moment can move a tooth closer to a desired position than if not overcorrected as sufficient force can still applied to the tooth as it gets closer to the desired position. The overcorrected force or moment may also better target the root of the tooth where the biological response to tooth movement occurs. The overcorrection may be calculated in various ways as described herein.
Abstract translation: 公开了正畸系统和相关方法,用于设计和提供改进的或更有效的牙齿移动系统,用于引起期望的牙齿运动和/或将牙齿重新定位成期望的布置。 方法和正畸系统包括在佩戴在牙列中的器具的牙齿接收腔中产生过矫正。 过矫正可以提供改进并且更准确地施加到牙齿上的力或力矩。 过度校正的力或力矩可以将齿移动到比未被过度校正的情况下更接近于所需位置,因为当其越接近所需位置时,足够的力仍能施加到牙齿上。 过度校正的力或力矩也可以更好地瞄准牙齿的根部,其中发生对牙齿运动的生物反应。 过矫正可以以如本文所述的各种方式计算。
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公开(公告)号:US12109090B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-08
申请号:US18158451
申请日:2023-01-23
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Fuming Wu , Ryan Kimura , Jeremy Riley , Yaser Shanjani , Norman Su , Jun Sato , Bastien Pesenti , John Y. Morton , Jihua Cheng
CPC classification number: A61C7/10 , A61C7/002 , A61C9/004 , A61C13/0004 , G16H40/63 , G16H40/67 , G16H50/50 , G06T17/00
Abstract: Series of apparatuses for expanding a patient's palate (“palatal expanders”), including rapid palatal expanders, wherein a left tooth engagement region and a right tooth engagement region are configured to add anti-tipping torque to at least one tooth. Left and right tooth engagement regions may include lingual surfaces with at least one lingual protrusion. Left and right tooth engagement regions may have buccally rotated cavities.
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公开(公告)号:US12109089B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-08
申请号:US18168558
申请日:2023-02-13
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 , G16H50/50 , G16H20/40 , G16H30/40
CPC classification number: A61C7/002 , A61B5/1128 , A61B5/7246 , A61C7/00 , G06F3/041 , G06F30/20 , G16C20/70 , G16H50/50 , G06T2210/12 , G16H20/40 , G16H30/40
Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computing device readable media for determining an individualized orthodontic treatment index. One embodiment includes generating a target dental model by modifying an initial dental model, graphically marking dental references on the target dental model including assigning contact points between adjacent first and second teeth of the target dental model, generating a treatment outcome dental model representing the patient's dentition after at least a portion of the orthodontic treatment has been completed, mapping the dental references marked on the target dental model to the treatment outcome dental model, and calculating an individualized treatment index score for the treatment outcome dental model according to one or more differences between the target dental model and the treatment outcome dental model.
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公开(公告)号:US12097086B2
公开(公告)日:2024-09-24
申请号:US18346176
申请日:2023-06-30
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Fuming Wu , Ryan Kimura , Jeremy Riley , Yaser Shanjani , Norman Su , Jun Sato , Bastien Pesenti , John Y. Morton , Jihua Cheng
CPC classification number: A61C7/10 , A61C7/002 , A61C9/004 , A61C13/0004 , G16H40/63 , G16H40/67 , G16H50/50 , G06T17/00
Abstract: A series of palatal expanders and methods of designing palatal expanders, including rapid palatal expanders, where outer occlusal surfaces of a palatal expander are shaped to conform to a geometry of corresponding teeth surfaces of the patient's lower jaw to provide occlusion between occlusal surfaces and the corresponding teeth surfaces.
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公开(公告)号:US11974898B2
公开(公告)日:2024-05-07
申请号:US18175497
申请日:2023-02-27
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Yaser Shanjani , Jeremy Riley , Ryan Kimura , Jun Sato , Norman Su , Jihua Cheng , Fuming Wu
IPC: A61C7/10 , A61C7/00 , A61C7/02 , A61C7/08 , A61C9/00 , B29C64/393 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y50/02 , B33Y80/00
CPC classification number: A61C7/10 , A61C7/002 , A61C7/023 , A61C7/08 , A61C9/00 , B29C64/393 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y50/02 , B33Y80/00
Abstract: Palatal expander apparatuses for expanding a patient's palate (“palatal expanders”) and methods of using and making them. The palatal expanders may include tooth engagement regions connected by a palatal region that is configured to apply force between the tooth engagement regions. At least a portion of the palatal region may be configured to have a clearance from the patient's mid-palatal region when the palatal expander is worn by the patient. The clearance between the palatal region and the patient's palate may decrease from the patient's mid-palatal region laterally toward the tooth engagement regions.
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公开(公告)号:US11974897B2
公开(公告)日:2024-05-07
申请号:US17679858
申请日:2022-02-24
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Yaser Shanjani , Jeremy Riley , Ryan Kimura , Jun Sato , Norman Su , Jihua Cheng , Fuming Wu
IPC: A61C7/10 , A61C7/00 , A61C7/02 , A61C7/08 , A61C9/00 , B29C64/393 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y50/02 , B33Y80/00
CPC classification number: A61C7/10 , A61C7/002 , A61C7/023 , A61C7/08 , A61C9/00 , B29C64/393 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y50/02 , B33Y80/00
Abstract: Palatal expander apparatuses for expanding a patient's palate (“palatal expanders”) and methods of making them. The apparatuses may include a pair of tooth engagement regions connected by a palatal region. A detachment region on at least one of the tooth engagement regions may be defined by one or more first vertical cut-out regions extending from a bottom of a buccal side toward an occlusal side of the tooth engagement region. The buccal side may be more flexible than the occlusal side so that the detachment region flexes when a removal force to release the palatal expander apparatus from the patient's palate is applied to the detachment region.
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公开(公告)号:US11826219B2
公开(公告)日:2023-11-28
申请号:US16932557
申请日:2020-07-17
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Fuming Wu , Jihua Cheng
IPC: A61C7/08
CPC classification number: A61C7/08
Abstract: A dual aligner assembly including a plurality of aligners, including a first aligner and a second aligner. The first aligner has a first shape corresponding to a set of target tooth positions and applies an orthodontic force against a set of target teeth. The first orthodontic force generates movement of the set of target teeth to the set of target tooth positions. The second aligner has a second shape corresponding to a combination of current tooth positions of the set of target teeth, the set of target tooth positions, and a thickness of the first aligner. The second aligner partially encloses the first aligner and provides an anchor for at least a portion of the first aligner. Via the anchor, a combination of the first aligner and the second aligner provides an orthodontic force that prevents the set of target teeth from moving to unwanted tooth positions during orthodontic treatment.
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