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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2018
Applicant:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Avi Kopelman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Zelko Relic, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Srinivas Kaza, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61C 19/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/002 (2013.01); A61B 5/1111 (2013.01); A61B 5/682 (2013.01); A61C 7/08 (2013.01); A61C 19/04 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0223 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0247 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0261 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method and Apparatuses for monitoring progress of an orthodontic treatment plan and automatically or semi-automatically modifying the orthodontic treatment plan. The orthodontic treatment plan may be monitored by sensors on one or more appliance in the treatment plan, and may be monitored if the sensed data deviates from the expected treatment plan.