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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Muhammad Ziaullah Khan Chishti, Washington, DC (US);
Andrew C. Beers, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 3/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/08 (2006.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); A61C 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/002 (2013.01); A61C 7/00 (2013.01); A61C 7/08 (2013.01); A61C 9/0046 (2013.01); G06F 17/5009 (2013.01); G06F 19/3437 (2013.01); A61C 13/0004 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method define a fit of a set of upper and lower teeth of a patient by generating a computer representation of the teeth; and determining an occlusion from the computer representation of the teeth using one or more keys.