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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2026
Filed:
May. 20, 2022
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Fred Ting, San Jose, CA (US);
Wesly Wong, Cupertino, CA (US);
Zijie Zhu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Byong-Ho Park, San Jose, CA (US);
Jun Sato, San Jose, CA (US);
Bruce Cam, San Jose, CA (US);
Yaser Shanjani, Milpitas, CA (US);
Hongling Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Zhichao Zhang, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods of cleaning dental appliances. One or more dental appliances may be placed on a frame in a chamber of a cleaning case. The frame may have a planar shape with openings and may be in direct contact with a bottom reflective surface of the chamber. The frame may elevate the one or more dental appliances from the bottom reflective surface to create a gap between the one or more dental appliances and the bottom reflective surface. Activating the cleaning cycle may include: emitting visible light between 400-470 nm from one or more visible light emitting light sources within the closed chamber; and reflecting light from one or more surfaces of the closed chamber, including the reflective bottom surface, to illuminate the one or more dental appliances within the chamber with the 400-470 nm light.
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