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- Patent Title: Methods for making dental aligners from multilayer sheets
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Application No.: US18107736Application Date: 2023-02-09
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Publication No.: US11766313B2Publication Date: 2023-09-26
- Inventor: Chunhua Li , Yan Chen , Heinz Pudleiner , Klaus Meyer , Joerg Nickel , Craig Pehlert
- 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: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- The original application number of the division: US13470681 2012.05.14
- Main IPC: A61C7/08
- IPC: A61C7/08 ; B32B27/28 ; B32B7/022 ; B32B25/08 ; B32B25/20 ; B32B27/08 ; B32B27/30 ; B32B27/32 ; B32B27/34 ; B32B27/36 ; B32B27/40 ; B29C51/14 ; B32B25/14 ; A61C13/00 ; A61F5/56 ; A61C19/06 ; A61C7/00 ; A63B71/08 ; B29K67/00 ; B29K75/00 ; B29L31/00

Abstract:
A multilayer sheet comprising first, second, and third layers is provided. The first layer consists of a co-polyester having an elongation at break of greater than 70%. The second layer consists of a thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer having an elongation at break of greater than 200% and a hardness of about 60 A to about 85 D. The first layer has a hardness greater than the hardness of the second layer. A mold is provided and the multilayer sheet is thermoformed over the mold to form a plurality of tooth-receiving cavities configured to receive and position a patient's teeth from a first arrangement toward a second arrangement. Excess material is trimmed from the thermoformed multilayer sheet to form the multilayer dental aligner.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230190414A1 MULTILAYER POLYMER SHEETS Public/Granted day:2023-06-22
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