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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Loc X. Phan, San Jose, CA (US);
Peter G. Knopp, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Eric E. Kuo, Foster City, CA (US);
Amir Abolfathi, Woodside, CA (US);
Huafeng Wen, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Assignee:
ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/14 (2006.01); A61C 7/00 (2006.01); A61C 13/00 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B29C 64/135 (2017.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/146 (2013.01); A61C 7/002 (2013.01); A61C 13/0004 (2013.01); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B29C 64/135 (2017.08); B29L 2031/753 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49568 (2015.01);
Abstract
A dental template to position an object on a patient's tooth includes digitizing the patient's tooth; adding virtual objects to predetermined locations on the digitized tooth; and fabricating the dental template to locate the object on the patient's tooth. The template can be used for etching or for positioning brackets on teeth.