US 12,263,632 B2
Dynamic thermoforming of dental appliances
Luis Carlos Martínez González, Ciudad Juárez (MX); Rowan Fernando Garcia Saucedo, Pradera Dorada (MX); Mario Alfonso Rito Martinez, Ciudad Juárez (MX); Ismael Núñez García, Ciudad Juárez (MX); René David Alfaro, El Paso, TX (US); and Shiva P. Sambu, Milpitas, CA (US)
Assigned to Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/378,616.
Application 18/378,616 is a continuation of application No. 17/835,839, filed on Jun. 8, 2022, granted, now 11,897,181.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/210,443, filed on Jun. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0033989 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B29C 51/46 (2006.01); B29C 51/08 (2006.01); B29C 51/18 (2006.01); B29C 51/26 (2006.01); A61C 7/08 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 51/46 (2013.01) [B29C 51/08 (2013.01); B29C 51/18 (2013.01); B29C 51/266 (2013.01); A61C 7/08 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7532 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
identifying one or more images of a mold of a dental arch;
identifying a digital model corresponding to the mold of the dental arch;
providing the one or more images and the digital model as input into a trained machine learning model;
receiving, from the trained machine learning model, output; and
determining, based on the output, whether the mold matches the digital model.