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US 8,899,976 B2Granted
Release agent receptacle
AssigneeAlign Technology, Inc.
InventorsJennifer C. Chen, Li-Hung Su, Chunhua Li
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Abstract
The present disclosure includes method, system, apparatus, and indicator embodiments. One apparatus includes an appliance for placement over one or more teeth and a release agent receptacle including an outer portion provided on appliance surface, an inner portion provided within the outer portion, and one or more apertures formed in the outer portion.
Claims19
An apparatus, comprising:
- an appliance having an outer surface and including a number of individual tooth apertures for placement over one or more teeth;
- and
- a release agent receptacle provided on the outer surface of one of the number of individual tooth apertures and having a perimeter smaller than a perimeter of the outer surface of the one of the number of individual tooth apertures, the release agent receptacle including:
- an outer portion provided on the outer surface of the appliance, wherein the outer portion includes a shape adapted to fit against the outer surface of the appliance;
- an inner portion encapsulated within the outer portion;
- and
- one or more apertures formed in the outer portion distal to the perimeter of the release agent receptacle, wherein the inner portion and an outer surface of the outer portion are in fluid communication by only the one or more apertures.
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A system, comprising:
- an appliance having an outer surface and including a number of individual tooth apertures for placement over one or more teeth;
- and
- two or more release agent receptacles each provided on the outer surface of one of the number of individual tooth apertures and having a perimeter smaller than a perimeter of the outer surface of the one of the number of individual tooth apertures, each release agent receptacle including:
- an outer portion provided on a surface of the appliance, wherein the outer portion includes a shape adapted to fit against the outer surface of the appliance;
- an inner portion encapsulated within the outer portion;
- and
- one or more apertures formed in the outer portion distal to the perimeter of the release agent receptacle, wherein the inner portion and an outer surface of the outer portion are in fluid communication by only the one or more apertures.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.