Patents by Inventor Rick Matty

Rick 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).

  • Patent number: 11974896
    Abstract: An orthodontic appliance including a shell aligner having a portion accommodating movement of a patient's bracketed teeth between a first position and the second position as elicited by force from an orthodontic braces appliance worn by the patient, related systems and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Kuo, Rick Matty, Artem Borovinskih
  • Publication number: 20230236568
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus's for improving orthodontic treatments. In an embodiment, an orthodontic tracking template is provided for assisting in determining whether a patient's teeth are in an appropriate tooth arrangement for transitioning between a wire and bracket orthodontic treatment to a patient-removable orthodontic appliance treatment. The tracking template may include a shell portion defining a plurality of tooth-receiving cavities arranged to fit over at least a portion of the patient's teeth in an intermediate tooth arrangement without applying a tooth-moving force to the teeth or to any brackets attached to the teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventor: Rick MATTY
  • Patent number: 11567472
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus's for improving orthodontic treatments. In an embodiment, an orthodontic tracking template is provided for assisting in determining whether a patient's teeth are in an appropriate tooth arrangement for transitioning between a wire and bracket orthodontic treatment to a patient-removable orthodontic appliance treatment. The tracking template may include a shell portion defining a plurality of tooth-receiving cavities arranged to fit over at least a portion of the patient's teeth in an intermediate tooth arrangement without applying a tooth-moving force to the teeth or to any brackets attached to the teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Rick Matty
  • Publication number: 20200341451
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus's for improving orthodontic treatments. In an embodiment, an orthodontic tracking template is provided for assisting in determining whether a patient's teeth are in an appropriate tooth arrangement for transitioning between a wire and bracket orthodontic treatment to a patient-removable orthodontic appliance treatment. The tracking template may include a shell portion defining a plurality of tooth-receiving cavities arranged to fit over at least a portion of the patient's teeth in an intermediate tooth arrangement without applying a tooth-moving force to the teeth or to any brackets attached to the teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventor: Rick Matty
  • Publication number: 20200237481
    Abstract: An orthodontic appliance including a shell aligner having a portion accommodating movement of a patient's bracketed teeth between a first position and the second position as elicited by force from an orthodontic braces appliance worn by the patient, related systems and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Eric Kuo, Rick Matty, Artem Borovinskih
  • Patent number: 10649437
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus's for improving orthodontic treatments. In an embodiment, an orthodontic tracking template is provided for assisting in determining whether a patient's teeth are in an appropriate tooth arrangement for transitioning between a wire and bracket orthodontic treatment to a patient-removable orthodontic appliance treatment. The tracking template may include a shell portion defining a plurality of tooth-receiving cavities arranged to fit over at least a portion of the patient's teeth in an intermediate tooth arrangement without applying a tooth-moving force to the teeth or to any brackets attached to the teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Rick Matty
  • Patent number: 10624718
    Abstract: An orthodontic appliance including a shell aligner having a portion accommodating movement of a patient's bracketed teeth between a first position and the second position as elicited by force from an orthodontic braces appliance worn by the patient, related systems and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Kuo, Rick Matty, Artem Borovinskih
  • Publication number: 20180356795
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus's for improving orthodontic treatments. In an embodiment, an orthodontic tracking template is provided for assisting in determining whether a patient's teeth are in an appropriate tooth arrangement for transitioning between a wire and bracket orthodontic treatment to a patient-removable orthodontic appliance treatment. The tracking template may include a shell portion defining a plurality of tooth-receiving cavities arranged to fit over at least a portion of the patient's teeth in an intermediate tooth arrangement without applying a tooth-moving force to the teeth or to any brackets attached to the teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventor: Rick Matty
  • Patent number: 10001771
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus's for improving orthodontic treatments. In an embodiment, an orthodontic tracking template is provided for assisting in determining whether a patient's teeth are in an appropriate tooth arrangement for transitioning between a wire and bracket orthodontic treatment to a patient-removable orthodontic appliance treatment. The tracking template may include a shell portion defining a plurality of tooth-receiving cavities arranged to fit over at least a portion of the patient's teeth in an intermediate tooth arrangement without applying a tooth-moving force to the teeth or to any brackets attached to the teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Rick Matty
  • Publication number: 20150338844
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus's for improving orthodontic treatments. In an embodiment, an orthodontic tracking template is provided for assisting in determining whether a patient's teeth are in an appropriate tooth arrangement for transitioning between a wire and bracket orthodontic treatment to a patient-removable orthodontic appliance treatment. The tracking template may include a shell portion defining a plurality of tooth-receiving cavities arranged to fit over at least a portion of the patient's teeth in an intermediate tooth arrangement without applying a tooth-moving force to the teeth or to any brackets attached to the teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventor: Rick Matty
  • Patent number: 9125709
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus's for improving orthodontic treatments. In an embodiment, an orthodontic tracking template is provided for assisting in determining whether a patient's teeth are in an appropriate tooth arrangement for transitioning between a wire and bracket orthodontic treatment to a patient-removable orthodontic appliance treatment. The tracking template may include a shell portion defining a plurality of tooth-receiving cavities arranged to fit over at least a portion of the patient's teeth in an intermediate tooth arrangement without applying a tooth-moving force to the teeth or to any brackets attached to the teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Rick Matty
  • Publication number: 20150238282
    Abstract: An orthodontic appliance including a shell aligner having a portion accommodating movement of a patient's bracketed teeth between a first position and the second position as elicited by force from an orthodontic braces appliance worn by the patient, related systems and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Eric Kuo, Rick Matty, Artem Borovinskih
  • Patent number: 9022781
    Abstract: An orthodontic appliance including a shell aligner having a portion accommodating movement of a patient's bracketed teeth between a first position and the second position as elicited by force from an orthodontic braces appliance worn by the patient, related systems and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Kuo, Rick Matty, Artem Borovinskih
  • Publication number: 20130209952
    Abstract: An orthodontic appliance including a shell aligner having a portion accommodating movement of a patient's bracketed teeth between a first position and the second position as elicited by force from an orthodontic braces appliance worn by the patient, related systems and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Eric Kuo, Rick Matty, Artem Borovinskih
  • Publication number: 20130029283
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus's for improving orthodontic treatments. In an embodiment, an orthodontic tracking template is provided for assisting in determining whether a patient's teeth are in an appropriate tooth arrangement for transitioning between a wire and bracket orthodontic treatment to a patient-removable orthodontic appliance treatment. The tracking template may include a shell portion defining a plurality of tooth-receiving cavities arranged to fit over at least a portion of the patient's teeth in an intermediate tooth arrangement without applying a tooth-moving force to the teeth or to any brackets attached to the teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Rick Matty
  • Publication number: 20120106812
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle Stone-Collonge, Eric E. Kuo, Rick Matty, Fabio Pettinati, Thomas Maurer, Dzmitry Sanko
  • Patent number: 8092215
    Abstract: A method for designing a restored smile 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: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle Stone-Collonge, Eric E. Kuo, Rick Matty, Fabio Pettinati, Thomas Maurer, Dzmitry Sanko
  • Publication number: 20090291408
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Michelle Stone-Collonge, Eric E. Kuo, Rick Matty, Fabio Pettinati, Thomas Maurer, Dzmitry Sanko