US 12,263,060 B2
Orthodontic appliance systems for correcting malocclusions
Mitra Derakhshan, Herndon, VA (US); Crystal Tjhia, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Rohit Tanugula, San Jose, CA (US); Yaser Shanjani, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Ryan Kimura, San Jose, CA (US); Bruce Cam, San Jose, CA (US); Eric Yau, Saratoga, CA (US); Yuxiang Wang, San Jose, CA (US); Ken Wu, San Jose, CA (US); Peter Webber, Redwood City, CA (US); Jun Sato, San Jose, CA (US); and John Y. Morton, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/350,626.
Application 18/350,626 is a continuation of application No. 16/176,860, filed on Oct. 31, 2018, granted, now 11,737,857.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/580,362, filed on Nov. 1, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0346520 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61C 7/36 (2006.01); A61C 7/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/08 (2006.01); A61C 7/10 (2006.01); B29C 64/106 (2017.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.01); B29C 64/40 (2017.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01)
CPC A61C 7/36 (2013.01) [A61C 7/002 (2013.01); A61C 7/08 (2013.01); A61C 7/10 (2013.01); B29C 64/106 (2017.08); B29C 64/386 (2017.08); B29C 64/40 (2017.08); B29L 2031/7536 (2013.01); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12)] 20 Claims
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1. A system for correcting malocclusions of a patient comprising:
a maxillary appliance having tooth receiving cavities shaped to receive teeth of a maxilla and a first elastic coupling at a gingival line of the maxillary appliance, wherein the first elastic coupling is configured for receiving an elastic;
a mandibular appliance having tooth receiving cavities shaped to receive teeth of a mandible; and
a corrective appliance having a first coupling configured to be coupled to the mandibular appliance at a first location on a first side of incisors of the patient distal to right incisors, a second coupling configured to be coupled to the mandibular appliance on a second side of the incisors distal to left incisors, and having an arm extending from the corrective appliance towards the gingival line of the maxillary appliance and being shaped to receive the elastic.