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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2023
Applicant:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Fuming Wu, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Ryan Kimura, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeremy Riley, Mountain View, CA (US);
Yaser Shanjani, Milpitas, CA (US);
Norman Su, San Jose, CA (US);
Jun Sato, San Jose, CA (US);
Bastien Pesenti, San Jose, CA (US);
John Y. Morton, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jihua Cheng, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/10 (2006.01); A61C 7/00 (2006.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); A61C 13/00 (2006.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 50/50 (2018.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/10 (2013.01); A61C 7/002 (2013.01); A61C 9/004 (2013.01); A61C 13/0004 (2013.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 50/50 (2018.01); G06T 17/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A series of palatal expanders and methods of designing palatal expanders, including rapid palatal expanders, where outer occlusal surfaces of a palatal expander are shaped to conform to a geometry of corresponding teeth surfaces of the patient's lower jaw to provide occlusion between occlusal surfaces and the corresponding teeth surfaces.