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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
May. 25, 2010
Stanley E. Sankaran, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Eric Kuo, Foster City, CA (US);
Kevin M. Conlon, Berthoud, CO (US);
Josh Van Riper, Berthoud, CO (US);
Stanley E. Sankaran, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Eric Kuo, Foster City, CA (US);
Kevin M. Conlon, Berthoud, CO (US);
Josh Van Riper, Berthoud, CO (US);
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for packaging mass-customized items includes a computer system including a database containing item identification information unique to each item; (2) outer container identification apparatus that applies the item identification information received from the database to each outer container in a plurality of outer containers; (3) inner pack identification apparatus that applies the item identification information received from the database to each inner pack in a plurality of inner packs; and (4) inner pack filling apparatus that fills each inner pack with a specific item matched to that inner pack by the item identification information received from the database. Each item is associated with its unique item identification information and is inserted into an inner pack with matching item identification information, and each outer container is presented for loading with one or more inner packs matched to that outer container by the item identification information received from the database.