Patents Assigned to OrthoClear Holdings, Inc.
  • Computer aided orthodontic treatment planning
    Publication number: 20060275736
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems for digitizing a patient's arch and manipulating the digital dental arch model. In one variation the methods includes producing a physical arch model for the patient's arch, separating the physical arch model into a plurality of arch model components, mounting the arch model components on a scan plate, capturing one or more images of the arch model components, and developing digital representations of the arch model components using the captured one or more images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicant: OrthoClear Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Huafeng Wen, Muhammad Chishti, Frank Liu, Kashif Mohammad, Syed Rizvi, Yasser Bashir
  • Treatment of teeth by aligners
    Publication number: 20060275731
    Abstract: A method for moving a subject's teeth in a dental treatment includes moving the subject's teeth toward desired positions by one or more dental aligners. A movement pathway may comprise determining a number of intermediate movement positions on the way to achieving a final configuration. In selecting the movement path, movement in one or more directions may be constrained. Feedback based on the actual position of the subject's teeth during treatment may be used to modify the treatment, including the movement path and aligners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicant: OrthoClear Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Huafeng Wen, Frank Liu