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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 14, 2020
Applicant:

Structo Pte Ltd, Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

Hubertus Theodorus Petrus Van Esbroeck, Singapore, SG;

Devansh Sharma, Singapore, SG;

Siu Hon Lam, Singapore, SG;

Kah Fai Chin, Singapore, SG;

Boyle Suwono, Singapore, SG;

Assignee:

Structo Pte Ltd, Singapore, SG;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/00 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); A61C 13/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/08 (2006.01); B29C 51/18 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B29C 51/02 (2006.01); B29C 45/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 13/0019 (2013.01); A61C 7/002 (2013.01); A61C 7/08 (2013.01); A61C 13/0004 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B29C 51/02 (2013.01); B29C 51/18 (2013.01); B29C 2045/2683 (2013.01); B29C 2791/004 (2013.01); B29C 2793/0081 (2013.01); B29L 2031/753 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7536 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of forming an orthodontic aligner from an aligner digital model, the method comprising the steps of: three-dimensionally printing an intermediate structure comprising fused filaments from a biocompatible thermoplastic according to the aligner digital model via fused deposition modelling; coating the intermediate structure with a biocompatible translucent photopolymer; and irradiating the coating with ultraviolet light to cure the coating on the intermediate structure, thereby forming the orthodontic aligner.


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