公开(公告)号：US11219506B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-11

申请号：US16206894

申请日：2018-11-30

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Yaser Shanjani ,  Bruce Cam ,  Jun Sato

IPC: A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/36 ,  A61C19/05 ,  A61C19/045 ,  A61C7/10

Abstract: Detection of a state of an oral appliance (such as an aligner, palatal expander, mandibular repositioning device, etc.) to determine if the oral appliance is functioning properly and/or if it has developed a defect.

公开(公告)号：US11109946B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-07

申请号：US16948670

申请日：2020-09-28

Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Inventor： Sriram Venkatasanthanam ,  Ramin Heydarpour ,  John Y. Morton ,  Jun Sato ,  Michael Christopher Cole ,  Mehdi Mojdeh ,  Prashanth Vanchy ,  Natalia Lysaya Powers ,  Sibel Narin ,  Jeremy Riley

IPC: A61C7/08 ,  A61C13/00 ,  B32B7/06 ,  B32B7/12 ,  B32B27/20 ,  B32B38/00 ,  B41M5/00 ,  B44C3/02 ,  C09D11/101

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to ornamental indicia carrier and method of producing the same. In some embodiments, the ornamental indicia carrier comprises an ultraviolet light (“UV”) cured ink printed on a thin flexible film and combined with an adhesive layer. The ornamental indicia carrier is capable of enduring the conditions inside the mouth for an extended period of time and can be used in conjunction with a dental appliance.

公开(公告)号：US10470847B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-12

申请号：US15625872

申请日：2017-06-16

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 ,  A61B5/0488 ,  A61B5/08 ,  A61C7/08 ,  H04B5/00 ,  H04Q9/00

Abstract: Detection of placement of dental aligners in patient mouth on teeth for indication of wearing compliance. Described herein are apparatuses and methods for detecting wearing, including compliance, and for reliably transferring data, by wired or wireless direct or indirect communication of electronic compliance information to a smartphone. Also described herein are dental appliances that can detect physiological parameters related to respiration and sleep. Also described herein are aligner cases that enable NFC communication with electronic compliance indicator (ECI) devices and Bluetooth communication with smartphones.

公开(公告)号：US10383705B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-20

申请号：US15625850

申请日：2017-06-16

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Yaser Shanjani ,  Bruce Cam ,  Allen R. Boronkay ,  Jun Sato ,  John Y. Morton ,  Chunhua Li ,  Srinivas Kaza

IPC: A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/00 ,  A61C19/04

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for monitoring the performance of an orthodontic appliance for repositioning a patient's teeth. An orthodontic appliance may include a plurality of teeth receiving cavities shaped to reposition the patient's teeth from an initial arrangement towards a target arrangement, and one or more sensors configured to determine tooth movement (based on position and/or orientation) and/or forces applied to the teeth. The sensor may be distributed between attachments and aligners that mate with the attachments.

公开(公告)号：US20190069975A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-07

申请号：US16104781

申请日：2018-08-17

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Bruce Cam ,  Yaser Shanjani ,  Edi Fridman ,  Sergey Vinnichenko ,  Jun Sato

IPC: A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/00 ,  A61C19/04 ,  A61B5/00

Abstract: The present disclosure describes devices, systems, and methods for monitoring use of an oral appliance in an oral cavity using extra-oral sensor(s). One method includes sensing one or more physical properties of an oral appliance using an extra-oral sensor, providing a compliance signal from the extra-oral sensor, the compliance signal comprising an electronic representation of the one or more physical properties of the oral appliance, identifying one or more patient compliance factors based on the compliance signal, the one or more patient compliance factors providing a basis to identify an extent of compliance of usage of the oral appliance with an orthodontic treatment plan, and providing one or more compliance indicators based on the one or more patient compliance factors, the one or more compliance indicators providing a basis to indicate the extent of compliance.

公开(公告)号：US20180368944A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-27

申请号：US15580874

申请日：2017-12-01

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Jun Sato ,  Yaser Shanjani ,  Ryan Kimura

IPC: A61C7/10

Abstract: A removable arch adjustment appliance includes a removable shell having a plurality of cavities formed therein, wherein the plurality of cavities are shaped to receive at least one posterior tooth of a patient on each side of a patient's jaw. The shell can include an elastic transpalatal element that spans a palate of the patient and provides force to expand at least one of the spaces between the posterior teeth on each side of a patient's jaw or the palate of the patient. The transpalatal element can include a predetermined force characteristic, a number of force control elements to control the force provided by the transpalatal element, and/or a regulating structure to balance and direct the force provided by the transpalatal element, wherein the transpalatal element has a width specific to a stage of a treatment plan.

公开(公告)号：US20180110591A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-26

申请号：US15298830

申请日：2016-10-20

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Jun Sato ,  Ryan Kimura ,  Yaser Shanjani

IPC: A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/00 ,  B29C53/02 ,  B29C53/36

CPC classification number: B29C53/04 ,  A61C7/002 ,  A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/10 ,  A61C13/0013 ,  B29C53/043 ,  B29C53/06 ,  B29C53/063 ,  B29L2031/753 ,  B65H45/00

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.

公开(公告)号：US12263060B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-01

申请号：US18350626

申请日：2023-07-11

Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Inventor： Mitra Derakhshan ,  Crystal Tjhia ,  Rohit Tanugula ,  Yaser Shanjani ,  Ryan Kimura ,  Bruce Cam ,  Eric Yau ,  Yuxiang Wang ,  Ken Wu ,  Peter Webber ,  Jun Sato ,  John Y. Morton

IPC: A61C7/36 ,  A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/10 ,  B29C64/106 ,  B29C64/386 ,  B29C64/40 ,  B29L31/00 ,  B33Y50/02

Abstract: A system for correcting malocclusions may include a maxillary appliance having tooth receiving cavities shaped to receive teeth of a maxilla and a first elastic coupling at gingival line of the maxillary appliance. The first elastic coupling may be configured for receiving an elastic. The system may also include mandibular appliance having tooth receiving cavities shaped to receive teeth of a mandible. The system may also include a corrective appliance having a first coupling configured to be coupled to the mandibular appliance at a first location on a first side of incisors of a patient and a second coupling configured to be coupled to the mandibular appliance on a second side of the incisors, and having an arm extending from the corrective appliance towards the gingival line of the maxillary appliance and being shaped to receive the elastic.

公开(公告)号：US12257125B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-25

申请号：US18526805

申请日：2023-12-01

Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Inventor： Sriram Venkatasanthanam ,  Ramin Heydarpour ,  John Y. Morton ,  Jun Sato ,  Michael Christopher Cole ,  Mehdi Mojdeh ,  Prashanth Vanchy ,  Natalia Lysaya Powers ,  Sibel Narin ,  Jeremy Riley

IPC: B32B7/12 ,  A61C7/08 ,  A61C13/00 ,  B32B7/06 ,  B32B27/20 ,  B32B38/00 ,  B41M5/00 ,  B44C3/02 ,  C09D11/101

Abstract: A method for forming dental appliance having an ornamental indicia carrier may include forming a polymeric shell, forming a first adhesive layer configured to be adhered to the polymeric shell, the first adhesive layer including a pressure sensitive adhesive layer, forming a first adhesion layer over the first adhesive layer, and applying a colorant between the first adhesion layer and the pressure sensitive adhesive layer.

公开(公告)号：US12233590B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-25

申请号：US16215429

申请日：2018-12-10

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Jun Sato ,  Ryan Kimura ,  Yaser Shanjani

IPC: A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/10 ,  A61C13/00 ,  B29C53/02 ,  B29C53/04 ,  B29C53/06 ,  B29C53/36 ,  B29L31/00 ,  B65H45/00

Abstract: Dental devices having folded material. A dental appliance may include a specialized region configured to impart one or more specialized forces to one or more particular areas of a patient's dentition. The specialized region may include a reinforcement structure including a rigid three- dimensional structure, where the rigid three-dimensional structure includes repeating geometric shapes defined by folds in a sheet of one or more polymeric materials. The folds may be folded along a pattern of lines according to the repeating geometric shapes. The rigid three-dimensional structure may have a greater thickness than the unfolded sheet so as to impart a greater rigidity to the specialized region compared to the unfolded sheet, thereby reinforcing the specialized region for imparting the one or more specialized forces to the one or more particular areas of the patient's dentition.