# US 2019/0244264 A1 · Health-care e-commerce systems and methods > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0244264 A1 - Document ID: US20190244264A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/387,291 - Filed: 2019-04-17 - Published: 2019-08-08 - Earliest claimed: 2000-03-24 - Assignees: Align Technology, Inc. - Applicants: Align Technology, Inc. - Inventors: Amir Abolfathi; Ike Udechuku; Beth Ann Cooney; Keith Wolf - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190244264A1 ## CPC - G06Q 30/06: Buying, selling or leasing transactions - B33Y 50/00: Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing - B33Y 80/00: Products made by additive manufacturing - G16H 10/60: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records - G16H 40/67: for remote operation - G16H 50/50: for simulation or modelling of medical disorders - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B33Y: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA ## Abstract A virtual health-care electronic commerce community includes a network to communicate information relating to the community; one or more patients coupled to the network; one or more treating professionals coupled to the network; and a server coupled to the network, the server storing data for each patient and performing patient data visualization in response to a user request. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for manufacturing orthodontic appliances, the system comprising: a server comprising storage media having one or more instructions that when executed cause the server to: receive digitized data representing the patient's teeth and case type data for the patient; process the digitized data and the case type data so as to generate one or more manipulable three-dimensional computer models of the patient's teeth, the one or more manipulable three-dimensional computer models representing a sequential treatment plan for the patient's teeth; transmit the one or more manipulable three-dimensional computer models representing the sequential treatment plan to a computer associated with one or more treating professionals; receive, from the computer associated with the one or more treating professionals, feedback data for processing the one or more manipulable three-dimensional computer models of the patient's teeth; and process the feedback data so as to generate a plurality of digital data sets for manufacturing a plurality of sequential orthodontic appliances. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the case type data comprises information on the patient's malocclusion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the feedback data includes the adjustment to the tooth position in the at least one of the one or more manipulable three-dimensional computer models. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein the adjustment of the tooth position in the at the least one of the one or more manipulable three-dimensional computer models comprises automated teeth collision detection. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more manipulable three-dimensional computer models of the patient's teeth correspond to an initial arrangement, one or more intermediate arrangements, and a desired final arrangement of the patient's teeth in the sequential treatment plan. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein the one or more manipulable three-dimensional computer models of the patient's teeth are configured to be displayed as one or more animations of the patient's teeth from the initial arrangement to one or more intermediate arrangements or the desired final arrangement. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more manipulable three-dimensional computer models of the patient's teeth are configured to visually display an expected outcome of the sequential treatment plan. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more treating professionals is a dentist or an orthodontist. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the server is coupled to the computer associated with the one or more treating professionals over a network. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the network is accessible by the computer associated with the one or more treating professionals using a browser. ### Claim 11 A method for manufacturing orthodontic appliances, the method comprising: receiving, by a computer system that includes one or more processors, digitized data representing the patient's teeth and case type data for the patient; processing, by the computer system, the digitized data and the case type data so as to generate one or more manipulable three-dimensional computer models of the patient's teeth, the one or more manipulable three-dimensional computer models representing a sequential treatment plan for the patient's teeth; transmitting the one or more manipulable three-dimensional computer models representing the sequential treatment plan to a computer associated with one or more treating professionals; receiving, from the computer associated with the one or more treating professionals, feedback data for processing the one or more manipulable three-dimensional computer models of the patient's teeth; processing, by the computer system, the feedback data so as to generate a plurality of digital data sets for manufacturing a plurality of sequential orthodontic appliances. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the case type data comprises information on the patient's malocclusion. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the feedback data includes the adjustment to the tooth position in the at least one of the one or more manipulable three-dimensional computer models. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the adjustment of the tooth position in the at least one of the one or more manipulable three-dimensional computer models comprises using automated teeth collision detection. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the one or more manipulable three-dimensional computer models of the patient's teeth correspond to an initial arrangement, one or more intermediate arrangements, and a desired final arrangement of the patient's teeth in the sequential treatment plan. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, further comprising generating one or more animations of the patient's teeth from the initial arrangement to one or more intermediate arrangements or the desired final arrangement. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising visually displaying an expected outcome of the sequential treatment plan. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the one or more treating professionals comprise at least one of a dentist or an orthodontist. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the computer system is coupled to the computer associated with the one or more treating professionals over a network. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, wherein the network is accessible by the computer associated with the one or more treating professionals using a browser.