US 11,786,339 B2
Systems and methods for customizing oral appliance appearance
Loc Phan, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Renjith Menon, Campbell, CA (US)
Assigned to Smylio Inc., Fremont, CA (US)
Filed by Smylio Inc., Fremont, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/95,726.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/072,938, filed on Aug. 31, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/933,977, filed on Nov. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0137641 A1, May 13, 2021
Int. Cl. A61C 7/00 (2006.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G06F 30/12 (2020.01); A61C 7/08 (2006.01); B29C 51/46 (2006.01); G05B 19/4097 (2006.01); G06F 3/04815 (2022.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 7/002 (2013.01) [A61C 7/08 (2013.01); B29C 51/46 (2013.01); G05B 19/4097 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04815 (2013.01); G06F 30/12 (2020.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); B29L 2031/753 (2013.01); G05B 2219/49023 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A network access device, comprising:
at least one processor;
a display communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause generation of a graphical user interface (“GUI”) on the display, the GUI having a graphical depiction that simulates a translucence level of an oral appliance, wherein the at least one processor is configured to adjust the graphical depiction of the translucence level based on a user input; and
a communication interface communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause a user selected translucence level for the oral appliance for manufacture to be sent via the communication interface to an external device for determination of manufacturing parameters for the oral appliance, wherein the user selected translucence level for the oral appliance for manufacture comprises a value representing one of a plurality of user-selectable degrees of translucency;
wherein the value is generated by the at least one processor according to a relative position of a graphical element that is moved according to the user input to adjust the graphical depiction of the translucence level, and
wherein the value is associated with a range of translucence values obtainable by manipulating thermoforming settings of a thermoforming device used to create the oral appliance.