Devices for oral tissue regeneration
AssigneeAlign Technology, Inc.
InventorsMichael Christopher Cole, Jun Sato, John Y. Morton
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Abstract
Devices and methods for treating an intraoral cavity of a patient are provided. In some embodiments, a device includes a tissue scaffold configured to promote growth of oral tissue at a treatment site in the intraoral cavity of the patient, and a positioner. The positioner can include one or more cavities configured to receive one or more teeth of the patient, and an alignment element configured to temporarily couple to the tissue scaffold such that when the positioner is placed on the patient's teeth, the alignment element locates the tissue scaffold at the treatment site.
Claims20
A device for treating an intraoral cavity of a patient, the device comprising:
- a tissue scaffold configured to promote growth of oral tissue at a treatment site in the intraoral cavity of the patient;
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- a positioner comprising:
- one or more cavities configured to receive one or more teeth of the patient, and
- an alignment element configured to temporarily couple to the tissue scaffold such that when the positioner is placed on the patient's teeth, the alignment element locates the tissue scaffold at the treatment site.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.