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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Muhammad Chishti, Washington, DC (US);
Brian Freyburger, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kelsey Wirth, Cambridge, MA (US);
Andrew Beers, Redwood City, CA (US);
Huafeng Wen, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Phillips Alexander Benton, Mountain View, CA (US);
Timothy N. Jones, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ross J. Miller, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Muhammad Chishti, Washington, DC (US);
Brian Freyburger, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kelsey Wirth, Cambridge, MA (US);
Andrew Beers, Redwood City, CA (US);
Huafeng Wen, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Phillips Alexander Benton, Mountain View, CA (US);
Timothy N. Jones, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ross J. Miller, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer is used to create a plan for repositioning an orthodontic patient's teeth. The computer receives an initial digital data set representing the patient's teeth at their initial positions and a final digital data set representing the teeth at their final positions. The computer then uses the data sets to generate treatment paths along which the teeth will move from the initial positions to the final positions.