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公开(公告)号:US12290979B2
公开(公告)日:2025-05-06
申请号:US17689852
申请日:2022-03-08
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 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.
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公开(公告)号:US12263632B2
公开(公告)日:2025-04-01
申请号:US18378616
申请日:2023-10-10
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Luis Carlos Martínez González , Rowan Fernando Garcia Saucedo , Mario Alfonso Rito Martinez , Ismael Núñez García , René David Alfaro , Shiva P. Sambu
Abstract: A method includes identifying one or more images of a mold of a dental arch, identifying a digital model corresponding to the mold of the dental arch, providing the one or more images and the digital model as input into a trained machine learning model, receiving, from the trained machine learning model, output, and determining, based on the output, whether the mold matches the digital model.
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公开(公告)号:US12097655B2
公开(公告)日:2024-09-24
申请号:US18214437
申请日:2023-06-26
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
CPC classification number: 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 3D printing comprises extruding one or more photo-curable materials from a nozzle to form a first layer that has a first shape specified by the one or more digital files, wherein the first shape corresponds to a first minimum line width that is based on, and narrower than, a diameter of the nozzle. The method further includes directing a light beam onto the first layer according to the one or more digital files to cure a portion of the first layer to create a first cured layer, wherein the first cured layer corresponds to a second shape of a first layer of a 3D printed orthodontic aligner, wherein the light beam has a beam diameter that is smaller than the diameter of the nozzle, and wherein the second shape has a second minimum line width that is smaller than the first minimum line width.
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公开(公告)号:US20240013323A1
公开(公告)日:2024-01-11
申请号:US18471253
申请日:2023-09-20
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Artem Borovinskih , Qinghui Lu , Maneesh Dhagat , Shiva P. Sambu , Evgeny Timofeyev , Dmitry Sultanov , Anton Spiridonov , Ivan Ionov , Sergey Nikolskiy , Vasily Ivanov , Alexey Vishnevskiy
Abstract: Methods for verifying manufacturing data are provided. In some embodiments, a method includes retrieving a fabrication data package including manufacturing data for one or more dental appliances, where the manufacturing data includes one or more treatment stages for repositioning a patient's teeth using the one or more dental appliances. The method can include determining whether there is an error in the manufacturing data of the fabrication data package. In response to a determination that there is an error in the manufacturing data, the method can include requesting a corrected fabrication data package, and transmitting the corrected fabrication data package to at least one fabrication terminal configured to execute a fabrication process for manufacturing the one or more dental appliances.
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公开(公告)号:US11718019B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-08
申请号:US17689854
申请日:2022-03-08
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Mehdi Mojdeh , Michael Christopher Cole , Peter Dorfinger , Shiva P. Sambu
IPC: B29C64/118 , B29C64/264 , B29C64/307 , B29C64/188 , B29C64/232 , B29C64/245 , B29C64/295 , B29C64/209 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y40/00 , B33Y80/00
CPC classification number: 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 3D printer comprises a platform, a dispenser and a light source. A heating element heats a material and a nozzle extrudes the heated material onto the platform to form a first layer, having a first shape specified by one or more digital files. The first shape corresponds to a first minimum line width based on a diameter of the nozzle. The light source emits a light beam that is directed onto the first layer according to the one or more digital files to cure a portion of the first layer to create a first cured layer that corresponds to a second shape of a 3D object specified by the one or more digital files. The light beam has a beam diameter that is smaller than the diameter of the nozzle, and the second shape has a second minimum line width that is smaller than the first minimum line width.
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公开(公告)号:US20230153927A1
公开(公告)日:2023-05-18
申请号:US18154567
申请日:2023-01-13
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Artem Borovinskih , Qinghui Lu , Maneesh Dhagat , Shiva P. Sambu , Evgeny Timofeyev , Dmitry Sultanov , Anton Spiridonov , Ivan Ionov , Sergey Nikolskiy , Vasily Ivanov , Alexey Vishnevskiy
Abstract: Systems for volume manufacturing of items are provided. In some embodiments, a fabrication system is configured to retrieve a fabrication data package including manufacturing data. The system can verify the manufacturing data of the fabrication data package, and transmit the fabrication data package to at least one fabrication terminal configured to perform at least one fabrication process in accordance with the manufacturing data of the fabrication data package. If a predefined fabrication processing time period has not expired, the system can determine a process load associated with at least one additional fabrication data package, and repeating the above processes for the at least one additional fabrication data package, if the process load of the at least one additional fabrication data package is less than a predetermined process load of the fabrication system. If the predefined fabrication processing time period has expired, the system can generate a status report.
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公开(公告)号:US20230023773A1
公开(公告)日:2023-01-26
申请号:US17959295
申请日:2022-10-03
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Mehdi Mojdeh , Brett E. Kelly , Shiva P. Sambu
IPC: B29C64/188 , B29C64/245 , B29C64/35 , B29C64/40 , B29C71/04 , B29C64/393
Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) object comprises a plurality of layers representative of an additive manufacturing process, wherein each layer of the plurality of layers approximately has a first thickness. A first layer of the plurality of layers forms at least a portion of a first surface of the 3D object, the first layer comprising a support region and an overcure region, wherein the first layer approximately has the first thickness at the support region and a greater second thickness at the overcure region. A support mark is included at the support region, wherein the support mark is inset from a first surface profile of the 3D object defined by the overcure region.
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公开(公告)号:US11420362B2
公开(公告)日:2022-08-23
申请号:US16662929
申请日:2019-10-24
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Mehdi Mojdeh , Shiva P. Sambu , Dennis McNamara
Abstract: Embodiments relate to automating removal of an untrimmed shell from a mold. In one embodiment, a shell removal device includes a body and a platform disposed within the body. The platform is configured to secure a mold that has an untrimmed shell formed over the mold. The shell removal device further includes a cover configured to secure the untrimmed shell to an upper surface of one or more sidewalls of the body and provide a seal between a lower surface of the untrimmed shell and the upper surface of the one or more sidewalls of the body. The shell removal device may include a media inlet in the body to permit pressurized media into the interior of the body to cause a pressure differential between an upper surface of the untrimmed shell and the lower surface of the untrimmed shell to cause the untrimmed shell to release from the mold.
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公开(公告)号:US20220184883A1
公开(公告)日:2022-06-16
申请号:US17689852
申请日:2022-03-08
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Mehdi Mojdeh , Michael Christopher Cole , Peter Dorfinger , Shiva P. Sambu
IPC: B29C64/118 , B29C64/264 , B29C64/307 , B29C64/188 , B29C64/232 , B29C64/245 , B29C64/295 , B29C64/209
Abstract: A method of three-dimensional (3D) printing includes heating a photo-curable material and extruding the photo-curable material from a nozzle 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.
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公开(公告)号:US11318667B2
公开(公告)日:2022-05-03
申请号:US16571029
申请日:2019-09-13
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Mehdi Mojdeh , Michael Christopher Cole , Peter Dorfinger , Shiva P. Sambu
IPC: B29C64/118 , B29C64/264 , B29C64/307 , B29C64/188 , B29C64/232 , B29C64/245 , B29C64/295 , B29C64/209 , 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 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.
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