Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Attachment structure
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Application No.: US17861143Application Date: 2022-07-08
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Publication No.: US11744678B2Publication Date: 2023-09-05
- Inventor: Peter Webber
- 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: Shay Glenn LLP
- Main IPC: A61C7/12
- IPC: A61C7/12 ; A61C7/00 ; A61C7/08

Abstract:
A series of appliances including a first shell and a second shell can be designed to incrementally implement a treatment plan. The first and second shells can have cavities designed to receive teeth of a jaw. The first shell can be designed to interface with a first surface of a plurality of surfaces of an attachment structure to provide a first engagement force specific to a first stage of the treatment plan. The second shell can be designed to interface with a second surface of the plurality of surfaces of the attachment structure attached to the at least one tooth of the first jaw to provide a second engagement force specific to a second stage of the treatment plan.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220338959A1 ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2022-10-27
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