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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2021
Applicant:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Peter Dorfinger, Woodside, CA (US);
Siobhan O'Leary, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yan Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Zhou Yu, Fremont, CA (US);
Jun Sato, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/00 (2017.01); A61C 7/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/08 (2006.01); B29C 64/245 (2017.01); B29C 64/35 (2017.01); B29C 71/00 (2006.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/35 (2017.08); A61C 7/002 (2013.01); A61C 7/08 (2013.01); B29C 64/245 (2017.08); B29C 71/0009 (2013.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B29C 2071/0027 (2013.01); B29L 2031/753 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present application relates to components, such as dental apparatuses, having geometrical features to facilitate post-fabrication cleaning, including methods of fabricating the same. In one embodiment, a dental apparatus, such as a retainer, an aligner, or a dental attachment placement appliance, comprises one or more concave surfaces for which one or more apertures is formed therethrough at or near a maximum depth of a given concave surface.