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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Chunhua LI, Cupertino, CA (US);
Wenda C. Carlyle, Silverado, CA (US);
Philippe DE Smedt, San Ramon, CA (US);
Amir Abolfathi, Woodside, CA (US);
Eric E. Kuo, Foster City, CA (US);
Robert E. Tricca, Danville, CA (US);
Jennifer C. Chen, Alhambra, CA (US);
Benjamin M. Wu, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Chunhua Li, Cupertino, CA (US);
Wenda C. Carlyle, Silverado, CA (US);
Philippe De Smedt, San Ramon, CA (US);
Amir Abolfathi, Woodside, CA (US);
Eric E. Kuo, Foster City, CA (US);
Robert E. Tricca, Danville, CA (US);
Jennifer C. Chen, Alhambra, CA (US);
Benjamin M. Wu, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for intra-oral delivery of drugs. One method embodiment includes providing a dental device with one or more reservoirs, supplying at least one of the reservoirs with the one or more substances, and fluidly releasing the one or more substances from at least one reservoir into an oral structure at different preselected doses at different predetermined time periods and in a predetermined sequence.