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

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：US20240335257A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-10

申请号：US18744553

申请日：2024-06-14

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Yaser SHANJANI ,  Bruce CAM ,  Jun SATO ,  John Y. MORTON ,  Victor CHEN ,  Chunhua LI ,  Allen R. BORONKAY ,  Srinivas KAZA

IPC: A61C7/00 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/08 ,  A61C7/08 ,  H04B5/00 ,  H04B5/26 ,  H04B5/72 ,  H04B5/77 ,  H04Q9/00

CPC classification number: A61C7/002 ,  A61B5/0015 ,  A61B5/0816 ,  A61B5/4818 ,  A61B5/682 ,  A61C7/08 ,  H04B5/00 ,  H04B5/26 ,  H04B5/72 ,  H04B5/77 ,  H04Q9/00 ,  H04Q2209/43 ,  H04Q2209/50

Abstract: Orthodontic treatment monitoring using intermediate devices. In one example, an orthodontic appliance case includes a near field communication (NFC) circuitry including a first antenna that is configured to receive data transmitted from a sensor module on an orthodontic appliance when the sensor module is within the orthodontic appliance case. The data may include information regarding when the orthodontic appliance was worn in a patient's mouth. The orthodontic appliance case may also include a data store configured to store the data, and a Bluetooth communication circuitry including a second antenna configured to transmit the data to an external computing device when the external computing device is within communication range of the second antenna.

公开(公告)号：US20230263599A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-24

申请号：US18181439

申请日：2023-03-09

Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Inventor： Ken WU ,  Eric E. KUO ,  Mitra DERAKHSHAN ,  Crystal TJHIA ,  Eric YAU ,  Allen R. BORONKAY ,  Chunhua LI ,  Gleb KRIVOVYAZ

IPC: A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/36

CPC classification number: A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/002 ,  A61C7/36

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, 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 parent, and adjusting the position of the repositioning jaw elements on the first shell and the second shell to comply with a number of constraints. 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,

公开(公告)号：US20230190416A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-22

申请号：US18169195

申请日：2023-02-14

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Peter WEBBER ,  Ryan KIMURA ,  Chunhua LI ,  Srinivas KAZA

IPC: A61C7/14 ,  A61C7/00 ,  B29C64/40 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y50/02 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  A61C7/08

CPC classification number: A61C7/146 ,  A61C7/002 ,  A61C7/08 ,  B29C64/40 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y50/02 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  A61C13/0013

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, computing device readable medium, devices, and systems having a dental attachment placement structure. One dental attachment placement apparatus includes a body having an attachment placement surface that is to be placed on an attachment affixing surface of a tooth and wherein the attachment placement surface includes a portion that is shaped to allow placement of an attachment at a particular position on the affixing surface of the tooth and a portion of the body having a contour that is shaped to correspond with a contour of an alignment surface of a tooth and when the contour of the body and the corresponding contour is aligned, the attachment is located at the particular position and can be secured to the affixing surface of the tooth.

公开(公告)号：US20220409344A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-29

申请号：US17902445

申请日：2022-09-02

Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Inventor： Chunhua LI ,  Yan CHEN ,  Heinz PUDLEINER ,  Klaus MEYER ,  Joerg NICKEL ,  Craig PEHLERT

IPC: A61C7/08 ,  B32B7/022 ,  B32B27/32 ,  B32B27/40 ,  B32B27/30 ,  B32B27/28 ,  B32B25/08 ,  B32B27/36 ,  B32B27/34 ,  B32B25/20 ,  B32B27/08 ,  B29C51/14 ,  B29L31/00 ,  A61C19/06 ,  A61F5/56 ,  A63B71/08 ,  B29K75/00 ,  A61C7/00 ,  A61C13/00 ,  B32B25/14 ,  B29K67/00

Abstract: Multilayer polymer sheets are provided, as well as related methods, systems, and appliances.

公开(公告)号：US20220249203A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-11

申请号：US17510276

申请日：2021-10-25

Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Inventor： Chunhua LI ,  Yan CHEN ,  Heinz PUDLEINER ,  Klaus MEYER ,  Joerg NICKEL ,  Craig PEHLERT

IPC: A61C7/08 ,  B32B27/28 ,  B32B7/022 ,  B32B25/08 ,  B32B25/20 ,  B32B27/08 ,  B32B27/30 ,  B32B27/32 ,  B32B27/34 ,  B32B27/36 ,  B32B27/40 ,  B29C51/14

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.

公开(公告)号：US20210002396A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-07

申请号：US17027590

申请日：2020-09-21

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Robert LISKA ,  Christian GORSCHE ,  Markus KURY ,  Yan CHEN ,  Chunhua LI ,  Srinivas KAZA

IPC: C08F120/30 ,  G03F7/00

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.

公开(公告)号：US20200222150A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-16

申请号：US16820207

申请日：2020-03-16

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Yan CHEN ,  Chunhua LI ,  Srinivas KAZA ,  Neil Brian CRAMER ,  Mary Catherine BERARD

IPC: A61C7/08 ,  B33Y70/00 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  C08F220/18 ,  C08F220/28 ,  C08F222/10 ,  A61C7/12 ,  C08F220/68 ,  C08F226/08 ,  C08G75/26

Abstract: Provided herein are crosslinked polymers useful in orthodontic appliances and light polymerizable liquid compositions and formulations useful for making crosslinked polymers. Also provided are methods of making an orthodontic appliance comprising a cross-linked polymer formed by a direct fabrication technique.

公开(公告)号：US20200085537A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-19

申请号：US16677546

申请日：2019-11-07

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Chunhua LI ,  Yan CHEN ,  Fangxiao GUAN

IPC: A61C7/08 ,  B23K26/352

Abstract: Dental appliances, materials, and methods of forming such appliances and materials for improved laser marking are provided herein including the use of a particulate material for enhancing laser marking.

公开(公告)号：US20240315804A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-26

申请号：US18678347

申请日：2024-05-30

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Yan CHEN ,  Chunhua LI ,  Srinivas KAZA ,  Neil Brian CRAMER ,  Mary Catherine BERARD

IPC: A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/12 ,  B33Y70/00 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  C08F220/18 ,  C08F220/28 ,  C08F220/68 ,  C08F222/10 ,  C08F226/08 ,  C08G75/26

CPC classification number: A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/12 ,  B33Y70/00 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  C08F220/283 ,  C08F220/68 ,  C08F222/10 ,  C08F222/1065 ,  C08F226/08 ,  C08G75/26 ,  C08F220/1811 ,  C08F222/102 ,  C08F222/1067

Abstract: Provided herein are crosslinked polymers useful in orthodontic appliances and light polymerizable liquid compositions and formulations useful for making crosslinked polymers. Also provided are methods of making an orthodontic appliance comprising a cross-linked polymer formed by a direct fabrication technique.