公开(公告)号：US20030009252A1

公开(公告)日：2003-01-09

申请号：US10241240

申请日：2002-09-10

Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Inventor： Elena Pavlovskaia ,  Huafeng Wen

IPC: G06F019/00

CPC classification number: G16H50/50 ,  A61C9/0046 ,  A61C2007/004 ,  B33Y50/00 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  G06F19/00 ,  Y10T29/49567

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating a computer model of one or more teeth by receiving a digital data set of meshes representing the teeth; creating a parametric representation of the digital data set; and displaying the computer model of the teeth using the parametric representation.

Abstract translation: 一种用于通过接收表示牙齿的网格的数字数据集来产生一个或多个牙齿的计算机模型的计算机实现的方法; 创建数字数据集的参数表示; 并使用参数表示显示牙齿的计算机模型。

公开(公告)号：US20020177108A1

公开(公告)日：2002-11-28

申请号：US10087153

申请日：2002-02-28

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Elena Pavlovskaia ,  Venkata S. Sarva ,  Carmen Cheang

IPC: A61C005/00

CPC classification number: A61C7/002 ,  A61C5/00 ,  A61C5/77 ,  A61C9/00 ,  A61C9/0046 ,  A61C2007/004 ,  B33Y80/00

Abstract: A computer-implemented method separates gingiva from a model of a tooth by defining a cutting surface along the gingiva; and applying the cutting surface to the tooth to separate the gingiva from the tooth.

Abstract translation: 计算机实现的方法通过沿着牙龈限定切割表面将牙龈与牙齿模型分离; 并将切割表面施加到牙齿以将牙齿与牙齿分离。

公开(公告)号：US20020133386A1

公开(公告)日：2002-09-19

申请号：US09756885

申请日：2001-01-09

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Muhammad Chishti ,  Kenneth Vargha ,  Joe Breeland

IPC: G06F017/60

CPC classification number: G06F19/327 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  G06Q10/1095 ,  G06Q30/0201 ,  G06Q30/0258 ,  G06Q30/0282 ,  G06Q50/22 ,  G06Q50/24 ,  G16H40/20 ,  Y10S707/99945 ,  Y10S707/99948

Abstract: Practitioners are certified to perform a medical procedure, such as an orthodontic procedure. Certified practitioners are maintained in a referral directory and classified within tiers based on criteria such as the number of procedures that they have performed. Inquiries are solicited from prospective patients, and referral lists are provided to those patients who request them. The referral lists are obtained from the referral directory with doctors from higher tiers who have performed more procedures receiving preferential inclusion on the referral lists.

Abstract translation: 从业人员经过认证，可以执行医疗程序，如正畸手术。 认证执业者被保存在推荐目录中，并根据诸如他们执行的程序数量等标准分级。 咨询来自潜在患者，并向提出请求的患者提供转诊单。 推荐名单是从转诊目录获得的，来自较高级别的医生已经执行了更多的程序，将优先包含在推荐名单上。

公开(公告)号：US20020064747A1

公开(公告)日：2002-05-30

申请号：US10047077

申请日：2002-01-14

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Muhammad Chishti ,  Kelsey Wirth

IPC: A61C003/00

CPC classification number: A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/002 ,  A61C7/08 ,  A61C9/00 ,  A61C9/0046 ,  A61C13/0004 ,  A61C2007/004 ,  B33Y50/00 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  G06T17/10 ,  G06T2210/41

Abstract: A system for repositioning teeth comprises a plurality of individual appliances. The appliances are configured to be placed successively on the patient's teeth and to incrementally reposition the teeth from an initial tooth arrangement, through a plurality of intermediate tooth arrangements, and to a final tooth arrangement. The system of appliances is usually configured at the outset of treatment so that the patient may progress through treatment without the need to have the treating professional perform each successive step in the procedure.

公开(公告)号：US20010002310A1

公开(公告)日：2001-05-31

申请号：US09745825

申请日：2000-12-21

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Muhammad Chishti ,  Andrew Beers ,  Huafeng Wen ,  Phillips Alexander Benton

IPC: A61C003/00

CPC classification number: A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/002 ,  A61C9/00 ,  A61C9/004 ,  A61C9/008 ,  A61C13/0004 ,  B33Y50/00 ,  B33Y80/00

Abstract: A computer is used to create a plan for repositioning an orthodontic patient's teeth. The computer receives an initial digital data set representing the patient's teeth at their initial positions and a final digital data set representing the teeth at their final positions. The computer then uses the data sets to generate treatment paths along which teeth will move from the initial positions to the final positions.

Abstract translation: 计算机用于创建重新定位正畸患者牙齿的计划。 计算机在初始位置接收表示患者牙齿的初始数字数据集，并在最终位置接收表示牙齿的最终数字数据集。 然后，计算机使用数据集来产生治疗路径，牙齿从初始位置移动到最终位置。

公开(公告)号：US20250153425A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-15

申请号：US19021123

申请日：2025-01-14

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Mehdi Mojdeh ,  Michael Christopher Cole ,  Peter Dorfinger ,  Shiva P. Sambu

IPC: B29C64/118 ,  B29C64/188 ,  B29C64/209 ,  B29C64/232 ,  B29C64/245 ,  B29C64/264 ,  B29C64/295 ,  B29C64/307 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B33Y40/00 ,  B33Y80/00

Abstract: A method of three-dimensional (3D) printing includes heating a photo-curable material and extruding the photo-curable material from a nozzle of a dispenser to form a first layer of an object according to a digital file, wherein the first layer has a first shape specified by the digital file, and wherein the first shape has a first minimum line width based on a diameter of the nozzle. The method further includes directing a light beam onto the first layer according to the digital file or an additional digital file to cure a portion of the first layer, wherein the cured portion of the first layer has a second shape, wherein the second shape may comprise features that are smaller than the first shape. The light source is attached to the dispenser and is movable to adjust a direction of the light beam relative to the nozzle of the dispenser.

公开(公告)号：US20250152313A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-15

申请号：US19025002

申请日：2025-01-16

Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Inventor： Allen R. BORONKAY

IPC: A61C8/00 ,  A61B17/60 ,  A61B17/66 ,  A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/36 ,  A61F5/56

Abstract: Systems, methods, devices and apparatus for mandibular advancement or retraction via bone anchoring devices are described herein. In various aspects, an apparatus for treating a patient via mandibular advancement or retraction comprises a plurality of anchoring devices positioned in the patient's intraoral cavity. Each of the plurality of anchoring devices can be positioned in bone of the patient's upper jaw or bone of the patient's lower jaw. One or more connecting structures can be removably coupled to and extend between the plurality of anchoring devices in order to displace the lower jaw anteriorly or posteriorly relative to the upper jaw.

公开(公告)号：US20250152306A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-15

申请号：US19025585

申请日：2025-01-16

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Mitra Derakhshan ,  Angelo Maura

IPC: A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/08 ,  G16H50/50

Abstract: Methods for planning an orthodontic treatment are provided, including: transmitting an initial tooth data set to an orthodontic treatment planning tool, the initial tooth data set including an initial arrangement of a patient's teeth; receiving a plurality of treatment plans for the patient's teeth from the orthodontic treatment planning tool, where each treatment plan includes a plurality of treatment stages to move the patient's teeth from the initial arrangement toward a respective final arrangement, and where the plurality of treatment plans differ from each other based on one or more treatment factors; receiving, through a display, a comparison of a treatment stage of a first treatment plan of the plurality of treatment plans to a treatment stage of a second treatment plan of the plurality of treatment plans; and providing a user input selecting one of the first treatment plan or the second treatment plan based on the comparison.

公开(公告)号：US20250152303A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-15

申请号：US19023396

申请日：2025-01-16

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Jeeyoung CHOI ,  Chunhua LI ,  John MORTON ,  Bastien PESENTI ,  Vadim MATOV ,  Alexander BELIAEV ,  Petr USHANOV ,  Roman A. ROSCHIN

IPC: A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/08

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.

公开(公告)号：US20250143849A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-08

申请号：US19017324

申请日：2025-01-10

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Adi Levin

IPC: A61C9/00 ,  A61B1/00 ,  A61B1/24

Abstract: A processing device of a system makes a comparison between a current image of an oral cavity of a patient and one or more previously received images of the oral cavity of the patient, the current image and the one or more previously received images having been generated by an intraoral scanner. The processing device determines an amount of overlap between a current field of view of the intraoral scanner and topography scans of the oral cavity based on the comparison. The processing device outputs a warning indicator associated with a positioning of the current field of view of the intraoral scanner responsive to determining that the amount of overlap fails to meet or exceed an overlap threshold.