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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
May. 06, 2021
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Artem Borovinskih, Moscow, RU;
Qinghui Lu, San Jose, CA (US);
Maneesh Dhagat, San Jose, CA (US);
Shiva P. Sambu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Evgeny Timofeyev, Cheboksary, RU;
Dmitry Sultanov, Moscow, RU;
Anton Spiridonov, Moscow, RU;
Ivan Ionov, Moscow, RU;
Sergey Nikolskiy, Moscow, RU;
Vasily Ivanov, Moscow, RU;
Alexey Vishnevskiy, Moscow, RU;
ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods for volume manufacturing of a plurality of unique items are provided. In some embodiments, a method includes: (a) initiating a predefined fabrication processing time period, (b) retrieving a fabrication data package containing manufacturing data, (c) verifying the fabrication data package for accuracy and completeness of the manufacturing data contained therein, and (d) performing at least one fabrication process in accordance with the manufacturing data contained in the fabrication data package. If the predefined fabrication time period has not expired, the method can include repeating (b) through (d). If the predefined fabrication time period has expired, the method can include generating a status report.