Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods for packaging orthodontic appliances
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Application No.: US17304731Application Date: 2021-06-24
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Publication No.: US11667412B2Publication Date: 2023-06-06
- Inventor: Stanley E. Sankaran , Eric Kuo , Kevin M. Conlon , Josh Van Riper
- Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Fortem IP LLP
- The original application number of the division: US13864020 2013.04.16
- Main IPC: B65B5/04
- IPC: B65B5/04 ; B65B43/12 ; B65B61/02 ; B65B43/26 ; B65B57/00 ; B65B61/20 ; B65B65/00 ; B65B35/10 ; B65B43/34

Abstract:
A system for packaging mass-customized items includes a computer system including a database containing item identification information unique to each item; (2) outer container identification apparatus that applies the item identification information received from the database to each outer container in a plurality of outer containers; (3) inner pack identification apparatus that applies the item identification information received from the database to each inner pack in a plurality of inner packs; and (4) inner pack filling apparatus that fills each inner pack with a specific item matched to that inner pack by the item identification information received from the database. Each item is associated with its unique item identification information and is inserted into an inner pack with matching item identification information, and each outer container is presented for loading with one or more inner packs matched to that outer container by the item identification information received from the database.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210387755A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PACKAGING OF MASS-FABRICATED CUSTOM ITEMS Public/Granted day:2021-12-16
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