US 12,144,700 B2
Dental appliances and associated systems and methods
James Sylvester Wratten, Jr., Watersville, NY (US); and Seyed Mehdi Roein Peikar, Addison, TX (US)
Assigned to Brius Technologies, Inc., Carrollton, TX (US)
Filed by Brius Technologies, Inc., Carrollton, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/519,560.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/110,344, filed on Nov. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0133438 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. A61C 7/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/14 (2006.01); A61C 7/20 (2006.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.01); B29C 64/218 (2017.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.01)
CPC A61C 7/002 (2013.01) [A61C 7/148 (2013.01); A61C 7/20 (2013.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.08); B29C 64/218 (2017.08); B29C 64/386 (2017.08); Y10T 29/49568 (2015.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of manufacturing an orthodontic appliance, the method comprising:
forming an appliance in an intermediate configuration by an additive manufacturing process;
securing the appliance to a shape forming fixture such that the appliance assumes a desired configuration, the shape forming fixture comprising a gingiva portion comprising a surface having a shape corresponding at least in part to a gingiva of a patient and a securing portion carried by the gingiva portion and configured to releasably secure to a portion of the appliance; and
setting a shape of the appliance while the appliance is secured to the shape forming fixture.