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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2018
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Anatoliy Parpara, Moscow, RU;
Ivan Kharpalev, Tver, RU;
Stephan Albert Alexandre Dumothier, Houston, TX (US);
Andrey Cherkas, Krasnoznamensk, RU;
Alexey Kalinichenko, Cary, NC (US);
Jack Shaw, Durham, NC (US);
Israel Velazquez, Juarez, MX;
Kwan Ho, San Jose, CA (US);
Paren Indravadan Shah, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Shiva P. Sambu, Milpitas, CA (US);
Enrique Soltero Borrego, Cludad Juarez, MX;
Ben Castricone, Newark, CA (US);
Ari Siletz, Sebastapol, CA (US);
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for inspecting a customized orthodontic aligner for manufacturing defects, the customized orthodontic aligner customized for a specific arch of a specific patient and a specific stage of orthodontic treatment, the method including obtaining images of the customized orthodontic aligner; identifying an identifier of the customized orthodontic aligner, determining a digital file based on the identifier, the digital file associated with the customized orthodontic aligner including a digital model of a mold used during manufacture of the customized orthodontic aligner, determining a intended property for the customized orthodontic aligner by digitally manipulating the digital model of the mold, determining an actual property of the customized orthodontic aligner from the images, determining whether there is a manufacturing defect in the customized orthodontic aligner by comparing the intended property with the actual property, outputting an output associated with the determination of whether there is a manufacturing defect.