Dental appliances with shaped material components
US10150244B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 20, 2016 |
| Grant date | Dec 11, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 24, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H45/00
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The present disclosure provides method, computing device readable medium, and devices for dental appliances formed with folded material components. An example of a method of forming a dental appliance, includes forming a shell having a number of tooth apertures configured to receive and reposition a number of teeth of a patient along one jaw of a patient, the shell having a number of specialized components and wherein the number of specialized components are formed from folding multiple sections of the first sheet of material over each other.
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