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US 12,295,808 · App. 15/929,442 · Granted May 13, 2025

Dental appliances and associated methods of manufacturing

Inventors: Seyed Mehdi Roein Peikar (Addison, TX); James Sylvester Wratten, Jr. (Waterville, NY)
Assignee: Brius Technologies, Inc.
A61C7/146A61C7/002A61C7/145A61C7/20G16H20/40
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Patent No.
US 12,295,808
App. No.
15/929,442
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Orthodontic appliances and methods of manufacturing are disclosed. Manufacturing an appliance can include obtaining position data corresponding to an original tooth arrangement (OTA) of a patient's teeth, obtaining data corresponding to a desired final tooth arrangement (FTA) of the patient's teeth, and determining displacements between the OTA data and the FTA data. Based on the determined displacements, a configuration of an orthodontic appliance is determined. The appliance includes an anchor configured to be positioned adjacent the patient's teeth, and a plurality of arms each extending away from and coupled to the anchor, the arms configured to be secured to the patient's teeth. When the appliance is installed, the arms urge individual teeth from the OTA toward the FTA.

Claims (31)

1. A method comprising:

receiving data representing a patient's anatomical gingiva and teeth in a first tooth arrangement;

creating a first digital model representing the patient's anatomical gingiva and teeth in a second tooth arrangement;

creating a second digital model of a shaping fixture forming a shape of an orthodontic appliance for moving a patient's teeth from the first tooth arrangement to the second tooth arrangement, wherein the second digital model is based on the data and the first digital model, the second digital model comprising (a) a gingiva portion characterizing a thickened version of the patient's anatomical gingiva, and (b) securing portions characterizing positions of the patient's teeth in the second tooth arrangement, each of the securing portions defining a vertical channel;

fabricating a physical shaping fixture based on the second digital model of the shaping fixture; and

releasably securing a first portion of the orthodontic appliance against the gingiva portion of the physical shaping fixture and second portions of the orthodontic appliance within corresponding vertical channels in the securing portions of the physical shaping fixture, wherein the orthodontic appliance is secured such that the orthodontic appliance has a shape based at least in part on a shape of the physical shaping fixture and the first portion of the orthodontic appliance conforms to the gingiva portion such that, when the orthodontic appliance is secured to the patient's teeth, the first portion of the appliance does not impinge the patient's anatomical gingiva.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating a digital model of the orthodontic appliance, wherein the digital model of the orthodontic appliance has a shape based at least in part on the second digital model of the shaping fixture.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating a digital model of the orthodontic appliance by positioning a portion of the digital model of the orthodontic appliance at or adjacent to the gingiva portion of the second digital model of the shaping fixture.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein fabricating the physical shaping fixture comprises one or more of molding, 3D-printing, or casting.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the orthodontic appliance is in an intermediate form prior to being secured to the physical shaping fixture, and wherein securing the intermediate form to the physical shaping fixture changes a shape of the intermediate form to reflect a treatment form of the orthodontic appliance.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising shape setting the intermediate form of the orthodontic appliance in the shape of the treatment form by applying a heat treatment to the intermediate form while the intermediate form is secured to the physical shaping fixture.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the data includes obtaining digital image data of the patient's upper and/or lower jaw.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein a lingual surface of the gingiva portion of the second digital model is moved lingually relative to a lingual surface of the patient's anatomical gingiva in the first digital model.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the lingual surface of the gingiva portion is moved lingually relative to lingual surface of the patient's anatomical gingiva by less than about 1.5 mm.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the lingual surface of the gingiva portion is moved lingually relative to lingual surface of the patient's anatomical gingiva by less than about 0.5 mm.

11. A method comprising:

obtaining first data corresponding to a first three-dimensional shape of a patient's jaw, wherein the first data includes a digital original tooth arrangement (OTA) of a patient's teeth and gingiva;

obtaining second data corresponding to a second three-dimensional shape of the patient's jaw, wherein the second data includes a digital intermediate tooth arrangement (ITA) or a digital desired final tooth arrangement (FTA) of the patient's teeth and gingiva;

obtaining a digital model of a shaping fixture configured to retain an orthodontic appliance in a particular configuration during a shape setting process, the shaping fixture being custom made for a particular patient based at least in part on the first and second data, wherein the shaping fixture digital model comprises (a) a gingiva portion characterizing a thickened version of the patient's gingiva and (b) a plurality of securing portions, each defining a through-channel and having positions based at least in part on positions of the patient's teeth in the ITA or the FTA, wherein the securing portions are configured to engage one or more portions of the orthodontic appliance such that the one or more portions of the orthodontic appliance are located at positions based at least in part on the positions of the patient's teeth in the ITA or the FTA; and

obtaining a physical shaping fixture based on the shaping fixture digital model.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

obtaining a planar form of the orthodontic appliance, the planar form comprising an anchor configured to be disposed adjacent the patient's teeth and a plurality of arms extending from first ends at the anchor to second ends away from the anchor; and

securing the second ends of the arms to the securing portions of the shaping fixture such that the orthodontic appliance is in a treatment form and substantially conforms to the shaping fixture.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising setting a shape of the orthodontic appliance in the treatment form, while the second ends of the arms of the orthodontic appliance are secured to the securing portions of the shaping fixture.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein, after setting the shape of the appliance with the second ends of the arms secured to the securing portions, the second ends of the arms are configured to be secured to the patient's teeth such that the anchor is spaced apart from the patient's gingiva.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the second ends of the arms are configured to be secured to the patient's teeth such that the anchor is spaced apart from the patient's gingiva by less than about 1.5 mm.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the second ends of the arms are configured to be secured to the patient's teeth such that the anchor is spaced apart from the patient's gingiva by less than about 0.5 mm.

17. The method of claim 12 , wherein, when the second ends of the arms are engaged with the securing portions, the anchor substantially conforms to the gingiva portion of the shaping fixture.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the gingiva portion has a contour substantially corresponding to a contour of the thickened version of the patient's gingiva.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein, when the securing portions engage the one or more portions of the orthodontic appliance, the securing portions prevent mesiodistal movement of the one or more portions of the appliance.

20. The method of claim 11 , wherein each securing portion comprises a plurality of protrusions including a first protrusion, a second protrusion, and a third protrusion, the plurality of protrusions defining a channel for receiving the one or more portions of the orthodontic appliance therein, and wherein the first protrusion is substantially mesiodistally aligned with and occlusogingivally offset from the second protrusion and the second protrusion is occlusogingivally aligned with and mesiodistally offset from the third protrusion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2020
From: ROEIN PEIKAR, SEYED MEHDI; WRATTEN, JAMES SYLVESTER, JR.
To: BRIUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 053345/0066 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62842391 · May 2, 2019
Related Publication 20200345455A1 · Nov 5, 2020
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