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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2020
Applicant:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Siobhan O'Leary, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Peter Webber, San Mateo, CA (US);
Michael Christopher Cole, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/124 (2017.01); A61C 7/08 (2006.01); A61C 7/14 (2006.01); A61C 13/00 (2006.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); A61C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/124 (2017.08); A61C 7/08 (2013.01); A61C 7/146 (2013.01); A61C 13/0019 (2013.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); A61C 7/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
Strategies that reduce shrinkage and ultimately warping of parts that are directly fabricated from photopolymer resins. This increases the accuracy of directly fabricated parts, which is essential for patient specific applications. Implementing these strategies can reduce the need for directly fabricated parts to have supporting structures, which can reduce pre-processing and post-processing steps and facilitate an easier route for production level scale of additive manufacturing.