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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2019
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Avi Kopelman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Chunhua Li, Cupertino, CA (US);
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Orthodontic attachment devices for interacting with an orthodontic appliance. An anchoring attachment body may include first and second anchoring attachment regions connected by a connection region. The first and second anchoring attachment regions may be oriented differently such that their respective orthodontic appliance engagement surfaces are oriented in different directions. The connection region may include a first coupling end coupled to the first anchoring attachment region that is narrower than the first anchoring attachment region along a plane that is parallel to a bonding surface of the first anchoring attachment region. The connection region may have dimensions that define the positions of the first and second anchoring attachment regions and define orientations of the orthodontic appliance engagement surfaces so as to maintain set positions and orientations of the first and second anchoring attachment regions.