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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2024
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Yaser Shanjani, Milpitas, CA (US);
Bruce Cam, San Jose, CA (US);
Jun Sato, San Jose, CA (US);
John Y. Morton, San Jose, CA (US);
Victor Chen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Chunhua Li, Cupertino, CA (US);
Allen R. Boronkay, San Jose, CA (US);
Srinivas Kaza, Mountain View, CA (US);
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems for determining patient compliance with an orthodontic treatment or retention plan may include a polymeric shell appliance for receiving the patient's teeth, a sensor module on the polymeric shell appliance having a temperature sensor, a proximity sensor, a power source, and a communication antenna for communicating with an external case, and a processor configured to determine that the polymeric shell is being worn by the patient based on temperature data from the temperature sensor and proximity data from the proximity sensor, by determining that a measured temperature is within a body temperature range and that a measured proximity value is within a threshold proximity to an intraoral target. Methods of manufacturing these dental appliances are also described herein.