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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2014
Applicant:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 11/02 (2006.01); A61C 11/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 11/027 (2013.01); A61C 11/02 (2013.01); A61C 11/08 (2013.01); A61C 11/087 (2013.01); A61C 11/081 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dental articulator is provided in which at least one of the two arms thereof has a base member that is articulated with respect to a bracket element onto which a dental model may be mounted, allowing independent movement of the dental model with respect to the pivot axis hingedly linking the arms.