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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2024
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Viswanath Meenakshisundaram, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Srinivas Kaza, Mountain View, CA (US);
Chunhua Li, Cupertino, CA (US);
Lance Robert Pickens, Campbell, CA (US);
Shawn Stromenger, Milpitas, CA (US);
Jun Sato, San Jose, CA (US);
Siobhan O'Leary, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Peter Webber, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brett E. Kelly, Oakland, CA (US);
Jennifer Chavez, Fremont, CA (US);
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems for post-processing additively manufactured objects are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a system includes a rotor configured to support a plurality of additively manufactured objects having excess material thereon, an actuator configured to spin the rotor so as to remove the excess material from the plurality of additively manufactured objects, and an energy source configured to apply energy to the plurality of additively manufactured objects to selectively alter a material property of a portion of each of the plurality of additively manufactured objects.