Patents by Inventor Rick M. Matty
Rick M. Matty 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).
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Publication number: 20160184055Abstract: Methods and devices utilizing a dental appliance for dental retainer wire attachment are disclosed. One such wire attachment appliance includes a shell having one or more cavities formed therein and shaped to receive one or more teeth, at least two wire attachment members provided on the shell, and at least one attachment material reservoir provided on the shell, wherein the attachment material is provided to attach a wire to a tooth adjacent to a particular reservoir of the at least one attachment material reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2016Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Douglas Brandt, Rick M. Matty
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Patent number: 9277972Abstract: Methods and devices utilizing a dental appliance for dental retainer wire attachment are disclosed. One such wire attachment appliance includes a shell having one or more cavities formed therein and shaped to receive one or more teeth, at least two wire attachment members provided on the shell, and at least one attachment material reservoir provided on the shell, wherein the attachment material is provided to attach a wire to a tooth adjacent to a particular reservoir of the at least one attachment material reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2012Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Douglas Brandt, Rick M. Matty
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Publication number: 20150320532Abstract: Embodiments include dental appliances, dental appliance systems, and methods of making and using such appliances. In one embodiment, a dental appliance includes a shell having a number of cavities to receive one or more teeth, each cavity having an inner surface. Fewer than all cavities are scaled-up in size by a first selected percentage over one or more dimensions of a corresponding tooth surface to provide a uniform space between the cavity inner surface and the corresponding tooth surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2015Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Rick M. Matty, Anthony W. Morefield, Devin K. Webb
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Patent number: 9084657Abstract: Embodiments include dental appliances, dental appliance systems, and methods of making and using such appliances. In one embodiment, a dental appliance includes a shell having a number of cavities to receive one or more teeth, each cavity having an inner surface. At least a first portion of a particular cavity is scaled-up in size by a first selected percentage over one or more dimensions of a corresponding tooth to provide a first space between the cavity inner surface and the corresponding tooth surface. At least a second portion of the particular cavity is scaled-up in size by a second scaled-up percentage over one or more dimensions of a corresponding gingival outer surface adjacent to the corresponding tooth to provide a second shape.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2013Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Rick M. Matty, Anthony W. Morefield, Devin K. Webb
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Publication number: 20150078637Abstract: Various methods and systems for designing a restored smile are provided. One method includes receiving scan data of a patient's teeth, developing a digital model of the patient's teeth via a computing device, where the model represents the patient's teeth based upon the scan data, creating a dental treatment plan to restore one or more teeth from an initial condition to a successive condition, and wherein a final condition of the one or more is based on the one or more teeth having at least one planned additional restorative tooth structure provided therewith.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2013Publication date: March 19, 2015Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Michelle Stone-Collonge, Eric E. Kuo, Rick M. Matty, Fabio Pettinati, Thomas Maurer, Dzmitry Sanko
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Publication number: 20140004476Abstract: Embodiments include dental appliances, dental appliance systems, and methods of making and using such appliances. In one embodiment, a dental appliance includes a shell having a number of cavities to receive one or more teeth, each cavity having an inner surface. Fewer than all cavities are scaled-up in size by a first selected percentage over one or more dimensions of a corresponding tooth surface to provide a uniform space between the cavity inner surface and the corresponding tooth surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Rick M. Matty, Anthony W. Morefield, Devin K. Webb
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Patent number: 8545221Abstract: Various methods and systems for designing a restored smile are provided. One method includes receiving scan data of a patient's teeth, developing a digital model of the patient's teeth via a computing device, where the model represents the patient's teeth based upon the scan data, creating a dental treatment plan to restore one or more teeth from an initial condition to a successive condition, and wherein a final condition of the one or more is based on the one or more teeth having at least one planned additional restorative tooth structure provided therewith.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2012Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Michelle Stone-Collonge, Eric E. Kuo, Rick M. Matty, Fabio Pettinati, Thomas Maurer, Dzmitry Sanko
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Patent number: 8523565Abstract: Embodiments include dental appliances, dental appliance systems, and methods of making and using such appliances. In one embodiment, a dental appliance includes a shell having a number of cavities to receive one or more teeth, each cavity having an inner surface. Fewer than all cavities are scaled-up in size by a first selected percentage over one or more dimensions of a corresponding tooth surface to provide a uniform space between the cavity inner surface and the corresponding tooth surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2012Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Rick M. Matty, Anthony W. Morefield, Devin K. Webb
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Patent number: 8292617Abstract: Methods and devices utilizing a dental appliance for dental retainer wire attachment are disclosed. One such wire attachment appliance includes a shell having one or more cavities formed therein and shaped to receive one or more teeth, at least two wire attachment members provided on the shell, and at least one attachment material reservoir provided on the shell, wherein the attachment material is provided to attach a wire to a tooth adjacent to a particular reservoir of the at least one attachment material reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2009Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Douglas Brandt, Rick M. Matty
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Publication number: 20120219922Abstract: Embodiments include dental appliances, dental appliance systems, and methods of making and using such appliances. In one embodiment, a dental appliance includes a shell having a number of cavities to receive one or more teeth, each cavity having an inner surface. Fewer than all cavities are scaled-up in size by a first selected percentage over one or more dimensions of a corresponding tooth surface to provide a uniform space between the cavity inner surface and the corresponding tooth surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Rick M. Matty, Anthony W. Morefield, Devin K. Webb
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Patent number: 8172569Abstract: Embodiments include dental appliances, dental appliance systems, and methods of making and using such appliances. In one embodiment, a dental appliance includes a shell having a number of cavities to receive one or more teeth, each cavity having an inner surface. Fewer than all cavities are scaled-up in size by a first selected percentage over one or more dimensions of a corresponding tooth surface to provide a uniform space between the cavity inner surface and the corresponding tooth surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2008Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Rick M. Matty, Anthony W. Morefield, Devin K. Webb
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Publication number: 20100239992Abstract: Methods and devices utilizing a dental appliance for dental retainer wire attachment are disclosed. One such wire attachment appliance includes a shell having one or more cavities formed therein and shaped to receive one or more teeth, at least two wire attachment members provided on the shell, and at least one attachment material reservoir provided on the shell, wherein the attachment material is provided to attach a wire to a tooth adjacent to a particular reservoir of the at least one attachment material reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2009Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Douglas Brandt, Rick M. Matty
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Publication number: 20090311645Abstract: Embodiments include dental appliances, dental appliance systems, and methods of making and using such appliances. In one embodiment, a dental appliance includes a shell having a number of cavities to receive one or more teeth, each cavity having an inner surface. Fewer than all cavities are scaled-up in size by a first selected percentage over one or more dimensions of a corresponding tooth surface to provide a uniform space between the cavity inner surface and the corresponding tooth surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2008Publication date: December 17, 2009Inventors: Rick M. Matty, Anthony W. Morefield, Devin K. Webb