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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2021
Applicant:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jun Sato, San Jose, CA (US);
Yuxiang Wang, Newark, CA (US);
Assignee:
ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/08 (2006.01); A61C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/08 (2013.01); A61C 7/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosed systems, methods, and apparatus for designing, fabricating, and making directly fabricated metal and polymer dental appliances may include receiving patient data and a treatment plan and determining, using the patient data and the treatment plan, an appliance design for treating the patient. The method may include directly fabricating a metal and polymer appliance based on the appliance design. The apparatus may include a directly fabricated metal and polymer appliance.