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公开(公告)号：US20200306017A1
公开(公告)日：2020-10-01
申请号：US16829801
申请日：2020-03-25
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor： Jennifer CHAVEZ , Peter WEBBER , Zhou (Jonelle) YU , Tzishing Jesse LIM , Luyao CAI , Eric YAU
Abstract: A support is coupled to an appliance to decrease warpage. The support may comprise a plurality of extensions coupled to the appliance to decrease warpage. The extensions can be coupled to the appliance at one or more of many locations, such as on an occlusal surface, a wall, an edge or an interior of the appliance. In some embodiments, the extensions are coupled to walls of the appliance such as a buccal wall and a lingual wall, and the extensions can be coupled to the walls of the appliance near edges of the walls, such as a gingivally facing edges of the walls that are oriented toward the gingiva when the appliance is worn.
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公开(公告)号：US20230089755A1
公开(公告)日：2023-03-23
申请号：US18059224
申请日：2022-11-28
Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Inventor： Jennifer CHAVEZ , Peter WEBBER , Zhou (Jonelle) YU , Tzishing Jesse LIM , Luyao CAI , Eric YAU
Abstract: A support is coupled to an appliance to decrease warpage. The support may comprise a plurality of extensions coupled to the appliance to decrease warpage. The extensions can be coupled to the appliance at one or more of many locations, such as on an occlusal surface, a wall, an edge or an interior of the appliance. In some embodiments, the extensions are coupled to walls of the appliance such as a buccal wall and a lingual wall, and the extensions can be coupled to the walls of the appliance near edges of the walls, such as a gingivally facing edges of the walls that are oriented toward the gingiva when the appliance is worn.
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公开(公告)号：US20210277152A1
公开(公告)日：2021-09-09
申请号：US17190308
申请日：2021-03-02
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor： Blaine CARTER , Jennifer CHAVEZ , Lance Robert PICKENS , Michael Christopher COLE , Peter DORFINGER , Yan CHEN
Abstract: This disclosure provides low-viscosity resins for producing polymers with properties suitable for use in various mechanical appliances, such as orthodontic appliances (e.g., aligners). The low-viscosity resins may be photo-curable and can be used with direct fabrication methods and equipment. In various embodiments, the polymeric materials produced from the low-viscosity resins described herein have high toughness while remaining resistant to stress relaxation. Low-viscosity, photo-curable resins described herein have reduced hydrogen bonding in comparison to traditional materials (e.g., materials having high urethane content) used in orthodontic appliances.
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公开(公告)号：US20240341931A1
公开(公告)日：2024-10-17
申请号：US18669254
申请日：2024-05-20
Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Inventor： Jennifer CHAVEZ , Peter WEBBER , Zhou (Jonelle) YU , Tzishing Jesse LIM , Luyao CAI , Eric YAU
Abstract: A support is coupled to an appliance to decrease warpage. The support may comprise a plurality of extensions coupled to the appliance to decrease warpage. The extensions can be coupled to the appliance at one or more of many locations, such as on an occlusal surface, a wall, an edge or an interior of the appliance. In some embodiments, the extensions are coupled to walls of the appliance such as a buccal wall and a lingual wall, and the extensions can be coupled to the walls of the appliance near edges of the walls, such as a gingivally facing edges of the walls that are oriented toward the gingiva when the appliance is worn.
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公开(公告)号：US20240123680A1
公开(公告)日：2024-04-18
申请号：US18091306
申请日：2023-12-04
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
IPC: B29C64/218 , B29C64/295
CPC classification number: B29C64/218 , B29C64/295
Abstract: The present disclosure provides photo-polymerizable components, photo-curable resins comprising one or more of such monomers, as well as polymeric materials formed from the photo-curable resins. Further provided herein are methods of producing the compositions and using the same for the fabrication of medical devices, such as orthodontic appliances.
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6.发明公开公开(公告)号：US20240218085A1
公开(公告)日：2024-07-04
申请号：US18529570
申请日：2023-12-05
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor： Blaine CARTER , Jennifer CHAVEZ , Lance Robert PICKENS , Michael Christopher COLE , Peter DORFINGER , Yan CHEN
Abstract: This disclosure provides low-viscosity resins for producing polymers with properties suitable for use in various mechanical appliances, such as orthodontic appliances (e.g., aligners). The low-viscosity resins may be photo-curable and can be used with direct fabrication methods and equipment. In various embodiments, the polymeric materials produced from the low-viscosity resins described herein have high toughness while remaining resistant to stress relaxation. Low-viscosity, photo-curable resins described herein have reduced hydrogen bonding in comparison to traditional materials (e.g., materials having high urethane content) used in orthodontic appliances.
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公开(公告)号：US20220110719A1
公开(公告)日：2022-04-14
申请号：US17498739
申请日：2021-10-11
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor： Jennifer CHAVEZ , Peter WEBBER , Peter DORFINGER
IPC: A61C7/10
Abstract: Dental apparatuses, such as palatal expanders and aligners, and methods of forming them. The dental apparatuses may formed by printing different regions of the device with different properties, including hybrid regions formed between adjacent regions having different physical characteristics for performing different functions when worn by a patient as part of a dental treatment. The different regions may be joined together by a transition region configured to hold adjacent regions together during use and provide advantageous properties.
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公开(公告)号：US20220110718A1
公开(公告)日：2022-04-14
申请号：US17498736
申请日：2021-10-11
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor： Jennifer CHAVEZ , Peter WEBBER , Peter DORFINGER
Abstract: Dental apparatuses, such as palatal expanders, attachment templates, mandibular repositioning aligners, and a variable property aligners, and methods of forming them. The dental apparatuses may have multiple regions having different physical characteristics for performing different functions when worn by a patient as part of a dental treatment. The different regions may be made of different materials, or different combinations of materials, based on rigidity, flexibility and/or other physical characteristics. The different regions may be joined together by a junction region configured to sufficiently hold adjacent regions together during use.
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公开(公告)号：US20220110717A1
公开(公告)日：2022-04-14
申请号：US17497892
申请日：2021-10-09
Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
Inventor： Jennifer CHAVEZ , Peter WEBBER , Peter DORFINGER
Abstract: Dental apparatuses, such as palatal expanders, and methods of forming them. The dental apparatuses may have multiple regions having different physical characteristics for performing different functions when worn by a patient as part of a dental treatment. The different regions may be made of different materials, or different combinations of materials, based on rigidity, flexibility and/or other physical characteristics. For palatal expanders, the different regions can include a tooth engagement region adapted to engage with the patient's teeth and a palatal region adapted to exert an expansion force across the patient's palate. The different regions may be joined together by a junction or a transition region configured to sufficiently hold adjacent regions together during use.
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