US 11,771,531 B2
Mandibular advancement and retraction via bone anchoring devices
Allen R. Boronkay, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/571,253.
Application 17/571,253 is a continuation of application No. 16/424,298, filed on May 28, 2019, granted, now 11,259,901.
Application 16/424,298 is a continuation of application No. 14/992,299, filed on Jan. 11, 2016, granted, now 10,517,701.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/161,809, filed on May 14, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/103,015, filed on Jan. 13, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0233282 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61C 7/08 (2006.01); A61C 7/36 (2006.01); A61C 8/00 (2006.01); A61F 5/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/60 (2006.01); A61B 17/66 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 8/0096 (2013.01) [A61B 17/663 (2013.01); A61C 7/08 (2013.01); A61C 7/36 (2013.01); A61F 5/56 (2013.01); A61F 5/566 (2013.01); A61B 2017/603 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. An apparatus for treating a patient via mandibular advancement or retraction, the apparatus comprising:
a plurality of anchoring devices configured to be positioned in bone of the patient's upper jaw or bone of the patient's lower jaw; and
one or more connecting structures removably couplable to and configured to extend between the plurality of anchoring devices to produce an anterior-posterior force component greater than a vertical force component along a vertical direction to displace the lower jaw anteriorly or posteriorly relative to the upper jaw.