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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2019
Applicant:
Carbon, Inc, Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventor:
Bob E. Feller, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Carbon, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 51/30 (2006.01); A61C 13/34 (2006.01); A61C 7/08 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B29C 33/38 (2006.01); B29C 51/08 (2006.01); B29C 64/124 (2017.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 51/30 (2013.01); A61C 7/08 (2013.01); A61C 13/34 (2013.01); B29C 33/3842 (2013.01); B29C 51/082 (2013.01); B29C 64/124 (2017.08); B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B29K 2905/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/753 (2013.01);
Abstract
An assembly useful for thermoforming a dental aligner from polymer sheet material includes (a) a custom dental model having a planar bottom surface and a receptacle formed in said planar bottom surface; and (b) a reusable die removably received in said receptacle.