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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2022
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
Orthodontic appliance cases configured to receive the orthodontic appliance and systems including them may include: a first antenna configured to receive the data from the sensor module via near field communication (NFC) when the orthodontic appliance including the sensor module is within the orthodontic appliance case, a data store configured to store the data; and a second antenna configured to transmit the stored data to an external computing device via Bluetooth communication when the external computing device is within communication range of the second antenna; and may also include an NFC to Bluetooth transmission circuitry.