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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2024
Applicant:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Chunhua Li, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yan Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/08 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49568 (2015.01);
Abstract
Patterned dental positioning appliances including a shell having cavities shaped to receive and exert repositioning forces on one or more teeth of a subject's dentition. The shell may include a first cavity having a first raised pattern configured to exert a first force on a first tooth of the one or more teeth, and a second cavity having a second raised pattern configured to exert a second force on a second tooth of the one or more teeth. The second raised pattern may be different than the first raised pattern.