公开(公告)号：US11376101B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-05

申请号：US15580874

申请日：2017-12-01

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Jun Sato ,  Yaser Shanjani ,  Ryan Kimura

IPC: A61C7/10 ,  A61C7/08

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：US11123156B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-21

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 including 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 compliances 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：US20200214801A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-09

申请号：US16732141

申请日：2019-12-31

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Yuxiang Wang ,  Andrew Jang ,  Bruce Cam ,  Rohit Tanugula ,  Chunhua Li ,  Jun Sato ,  Luyao Cai ,  Pavel Pokotilov ,  Kangning Su ,  John Y. Morton

IPC: A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/08

Abstract: Methods and systems for producing orthodontic appliances are provided herein utilizing iterative modeling techniques to increase the efficiency and efficacy of said appliances. Further disclosed herein are the orthodontic appliances fabricated from such methods.

公开(公告)号：US10517482B2

公开(公告)日：2019-12-31

申请号：US16048054

申请日：2018-07-27

Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Inventor： Jun Sato ,  Allen Boronkay ,  Yaser Shanjani ,  Reza Shirazi Aghjari ,  Avi Kopelman ,  Andrew Jang ,  Jihua Cheng ,  Eric Kuo ,  Vladimir Shelbakh ,  Bastien Pesenti

IPC: G06T7/73 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61C7/00 ,  A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/10 ,  A61C9/00 ,  A61C13/00 ,  G06T7/00 ,  G06T15/08

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for 3D imaging (including 3D optical coherence tomography imaging) to measure the shape of orthodontic aligners, teeth, and other oral structures simultaneously, in-vivo or in-vitro. These methods and apparatuses may be used to determine contact locations of aligners with teeth and/or teeth with other teeth with very high precision, including determining the size of gaps where they are not in contact. These measurements may be used design, modify or replace an aligner and/or to verify aligner fit. 3D models of the whole aligner and teeth may be generated.

公开(公告)号：US20190105829A1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-11

申请号：US16215429

申请日：2018-12-10

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Jun Sato ,  Ryan Kimura ,  Yaser Shanjani

IPC: B29C53/04 ,  B29C53/02 ,  B29C53/36 ,  B29C53/06 ,  A61C7/08 ,  A61C7/00

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.