LightForce Orthodontics, Inc. (20250017699). MANUFACTURE OF PATIENT-SPECIFIC ORTHODONTIC TUBE
MANUFACTURE OF PATIENT-SPECIFIC ORTHODONTIC TUBE
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Samuel Vannoy of Somerville MA US
Dylan Winchell of Somerville MA US
Kelsey A. Fafara of Watertown MA US
Oisin Duggan of Somerville MA US
Alfred Charles Griffin, Iii of Lynnfield MA US
MANUFACTURE OF PATIENT-SPECIFIC ORTHODONTIC TUBE
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250017699 titled 'MANUFACTURE OF PATIENT-SPECIFIC ORTHODONTIC TUBE
Original Abstract Submitted
embodiments relate to the methodology of direct manufacture of a customized labial/lingual orthodontic tube by using a ceramic slurry-based additive manufacturing (am) technology. for example, a method of manufacturing customized ceramic labial/lingual orthodontic tubes by additive manufacturing may comprise measuring dentition data of a profile of teeth of a patient, based on the dentition data, creating a three-dimensional computer-assisted design (3d cad) model of the patient's teeth, and saving the 3d cad model, designing a virtual 3d cad tube structure model for a single labial or lingual tube structure based upon said 3d cad model, importing data related to the 3d cad tube structure model into an additive manufacturing machine, and directly producing the tube with the additive manufacturing machine by layer manufacturing from an inorganic material including at least one of a ceramic, a polymer-derived ceramic, and a polymer-derived metal.
- LightForce Orthodontics, Inc.
- Samuel Vannoy of Somerville MA US
- Dylan Winchell of Somerville MA US
- Kelsey A. Fafara of Watertown MA US
- Oisin Duggan of Somerville MA US
- Alfred Charles Griffin, Iii of Lynnfield MA US
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- B29C64/393
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- CPC A61C7/282