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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2017
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Fuming Wu, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Ryan Kimura, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeremy Riley, Mountain View, CA (US);
Yaser Shanjani, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Norman Su, San Jose, CA (US);
Jun Sato, San Jose, CA (US);
Bastien Pesenti, San Jose, CA (US);
John Y. Morton, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jihua Cheng, San Jose, CA (US);
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods for designing and fabrication of a series of apparatuses for expanding a patient's palate ('palatal expanders'). In particular, described herein are methods and apparatuses for forming palatal expanders, including rapid palatal expanders, as well as series of palatal expanders formed as described herein and apparatuses for designing and fabricating them.