Patents by Inventor Kelsey A. Fafara

Kelsey A. Fafara has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20190377327
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing pre-formed, customized, ceramic, labial/lingual orthodontic clear aligner attachments (CCAA) by additive manufacturing (AM) 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 using reverse engineering, and saving the 3D CAD model, designing a 3D CAD structure model for one or more CCAA on various parts of each tooth, importing data related to the 3D CAD CCAA structure model into an AM machine, directly producing the CCAA in the ceramic slurry-based AM machine by layer manufacturing, enabling the provider to deliver patient-specific CCAA's by an indirect bonding method to the patient's teeth to improve the efficacy and retention of the clear aligners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: LightForce Orthodontics, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred Charles Griffin, III, Kelsey A. Fafara
  • Publication number: 20190374308
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing pre-formed, customized, ceramic, labial/lingual orthodontic clear aligner attachments (CCAA) by additive manufacturing (AM) 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 using reverse engineering, and saving the 3D CAD model, designing a 3D CAD structure model for one or more CCAA on various parts of each tooth, importing data related to the 3D CAD CCAA structure model into an AM machine, directly producing the CCAA in the ceramic slurry-based AM machine by layer manufacturing, enabling the provider to deliver patient-specific CCAA's by an indirect bonding method to the patient's teeth to improve the efficacy and retention of the clear aligners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: LightForce Orthodontics, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred Charles Griffin, III, Kelsey A Fafara
  • Publication number: 20190232047
    Abstract: Presented herein are systems, methods, and devices that provide for stimulation of nerves and/or targets such as mechanoreceptors, tissue regions, mechanoresponsive proteins, and vascular targets through generation and delivery of mechanical vibrational waves. In certain embodiments, the approaches described herein utilize a stimulation device (e.g., a wearable device) for generation and delivery of the mechanical vibrational waves. As described herein, the delivered vibrational waves can be tailored based on particular targets (e.g., nerves, mechanoreceptors, vascular targets, tissue regions) to stimulate and/or to elicited particular desired responses in a subject. As described herein, in certain embodiments, the delivery of mechanical stimulation to a subject provides for treatment of anxiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Zen Chu, Miles Thibault, Kelsey Fafara, Francois Kress, Rohan Ajay Verma, Alyssa Boasso, Sean Hagberg
  • Publication number: 20190232046
    Abstract: Presented herein are systems, methods, and devices that provide for stimulation of nerves and/or targets such as mechanoreceptors, tissue regions, mechanoresponsive proteins, and vascular targets through generation and delivery of mechanical vibrational waves. In certain embodiments, the approaches described herein utilize a stimulation device (e.g., a wearable device) for generation and delivery of the mechanical vibrational waves. As described herein, the delivered vibrational waves can be tailored based on particular targets (e.g., nerves, mechanoreceptors, vascular targets, tissue regions) to stimulate and/or to elicited particular desired responses in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Zen Chu, Miles Thibault, Kelsey Fafara, Francois Kress, Rohan Ajay Verma, Alyssa Boasso, Sean Hagberg