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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Douglas Brandt, San Pablo, CR;
Rick M. Matty, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/20 (2006.01); A61C 7/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/12 (2006.01); A61C 7/14 (2006.01); A61C 7/08 (2006.01); B21F 1/00 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/20 (2013.01); A61C 7/002 (2013.01); A61C 7/08 (2013.01); A61C 7/12 (2013.01); A61C 7/146 (2013.01); B21F 1/00 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); Y10T 29/49568 (2015.01);
Abstract
Methods and devices utilizing a dental appliance for dental retainer wire attachment are disclosed. One such wire attachment appliance includes a shell having one or more cavities formed therein and shaped to receive one or more teeth, at least two wire attachment members provided on the shell, and at least one attachment material reservoir provided on the shell, wherein the attachment material is provided to attach a wire to a tooth adjacent to a particular reservoir of the at least one attachment material reservoir.