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US 11,219,506 B2Granted
Sensors for monitoring oral appliances
AssigneeAlign Technology, Inc.
InventorsYaser Shanjani, Bruce Cam, Jun Sato
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Abstract
Detection of a state of an oral appliance (such as an aligner, palatal expander, mandibular repositioning device, etc.) to determine if the oral appliance is functioning properly and/or if it has developed a defect.
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An orthodontic appliance system, the system comprising:
- a first orthodontic appliance having teeth-receiving cavities shaped to receive a patient's teeth;
- at least two sensor receivers disposed on or in the first orthodontic appliance, wherein each of the at least two sensor receivers is configured to detect a signal from a corresponding sensor emitter of at least two sensor emitters on another portion of the first orthodontic appliance or on a second orthodontic appliance worn by the patient;
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- at least one processor configured to receive sensor data from the at least two sensor receivers and to determine a relative position, orientation or position and orientation between the at least two sensor receivers and the at least two sensor emitters.
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An orthodontic appliance system, the system comprising:
- an orthodontic appliance having teeth-receiving cavities shaped to receive a patient's teeth;
- at least two sensor emitters disposed on or in the orthodontic appliance;
- at least two sensor receivers disposed on or in different teeth-receiving cavities of the orthodontic appliance, wherein each of the at least two sensor receivers is configured to detect a signal from a corresponding sensor emitter of the at least two sensor emitters;
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- at least one processor configured to receive sensor data from the sensor receiver and to determine a relative position, orientation or position and orientation between the at least two sensor receivers and the at least two sensor emitters.
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An orthodontic device, comprising:
- an intraoral appliance having teeth-receiving cavities shaped to receive and reposition a patient's teeth;
- a first sensor disposed on or in a first cavity of the teeth-receiving cavities of the intraoral appliance;
- a second sensor disposed on or in a second cavity of the teeth-receiving cavities of the intraoral appliance;
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- at least one processor configured to receive sensor data from the first and second sensors and to indicate of a state of the orthodontic device based on the sensor data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.