US 12,329,672 B2
Orthodontic/orthopaedic device and method
Joseph Da Cruz, Queanbeyan (AU)
Filed by Joseph Da Cruz, Queanbeyan (AU)
Filed on Nov. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/535,051.
Claims priority of application No. 2020904345 (AU), filed on Nov. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0160532 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 5/058 (2006.01); A61C 7/08 (2006.01); A61C 7/10 (2006.01); A61C 7/36 (2006.01); A61C 19/045 (2006.01); A61C 19/05 (2006.01); B29D 99/00 (2010.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); B29K 33/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/05891 (2013.01) [A61C 7/08 (2013.01); A61C 7/10 (2013.01); A61C 7/36 (2013.01); A61C 19/045 (2013.01); A61C 19/05 (2013.01); B29D 99/00 (2013.01); A61C 9/00 (2013.01); B29K 2033/04 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
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1. A method of preparing a device comprising:
fitting the device onto a first jaw of a patient, the device having a platform contoured for contact with teeth of the first jaw;
identifying a first set of contact areas between the device and teeth of a second jaw of the patient when the first and second jaws are moved towards each other and one jaw is translating horizontally;
identifying a second set of contact areas between the device and teeth of the second jaw when the first and second jaws are moved towards each other in a neutral position;
shaping, adjusting and/or trimming the device on the basis of the first or second set of contact areas to change a location of at least one contact area, wherein at least some of the shaping, adjusting and/or trimming of the device comprises shaping, adjusting and/or trimming the device on the basis of the second set of contact areas to change a location of at least one contact area of the second set of contact areas; and
repeating the preceding steps to bring the contact areas to or towards a desired configuration.