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US 7,108,508 B2Granted
Manipulable dental model system for fabrication of a dental appliance
AssigneeAlign Technology, Inc.
InventorsLen Hedge, Huafeng Wen, Srinivas Kaza
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Abstract
A dental appliance fabrication system includes a reconfigurable dental model including a frame having one or more tooth members disposed on the frame; and one or more micro-positioners each coupled to one tooth member to move the tooth in six degrees of freedom relative to the frame.
Claims23
A dental appliance fabrication system, comprising:
- a reconfigurable dental model including a frame having one or more tooth members disposed on the frame;
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- one or more micro-positioners each respectively coupled to the one or more tooth members to move the tooth members in six degrees of freedom relative to the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.