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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2007
Ryan Kimura, San Jose, CA (US);
Heng Cao, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jon Moss, Anitoch, CA (US);
Ken Wu, San Francisco, CA (US);
Li-hung Su, Foster City, CA (US);
Ryan Kimura, San Jose, CA (US);
Heng Cao, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jon Moss, Anitoch, CA (US);
Ken Wu, San Francisco, CA (US);
Li-Hung Su, Foster City, CA (US);
Align Technology Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for concurrently measuring a force exerted upon a tooth is disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, the system includes a target tooth attached to a force gauge which is coupled to a motion module for adjusting the tooth to a reference position. The method includes utilizing a motion module of a force measurement device is utilized to adjust each target tooth of a plurality of target teeth to be located in a reference position. Next, each target tooth receives a dental appliance. Then an exerted force is measured by the dental appliance upon each target tooth utilizing a coordinate system of the force gauge.