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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2024
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Javier Antonio García Ramírez, Ciudad Juárez, MX;
Alan Gerardo Martinez Reyes, Ciudad Juárez, MX;
Miriam Sarahi Esquivel Salas, Ciudad Juárez, MX;
Ismael Núñez Garcia, Ciudad Juárez, MX;
Rene David Alfaro, El Paso, TX (US);
Shiva P. Sambu, Milpitas, CA (US);
Luiyi Morales Vargas, Ciudad Juárez, MX;
Fidel Castro Hernandez, Ciudad Juárez, MX;
Mario Alfonso Rito Martinez, Ciudad Juárez, MX;
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method includes: identifying marking parameters associated with performance of dental appliance etching; includes identifying a first segment of marking data to be etched onto a dental appliance; causing, via dental appliance marking equipment based on the marking parameters, etching of the first segment on the dental appliance; capturing image data associated with the etching of the first segment; and causing the marking parameters to be updated based on the image data. A method includes: subsequent to dental appliances being simultaneously thermoformed via a thermoforming system in a single batch, determining dental appliance data and laser tool data; determining, based on the dental appliance data and the laser tool data, global plan data for performing laser operations of the dental appliances via laser tools; and causing, based on the global plan data via the laser tools, the laser operations of the dental appliances.