Patents by Inventor Fred TING

Fred TING 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: 20250186183
    Abstract: A storage case for dental appliances can include a lid and a base that form an enclosed cavity to receive the dental appliance. The storage case can include a hinge to couple the lid to the base and hold the lid in partially opened and opened predetermined positions with respect to the base. In some variations, the storage case may include one or more drainage holes to facilitate the removal of liquids from within the storage case. The storage cases may also include tactile feedback indicating that the lid is opening and/or closing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Ankit SHUKLA, Fred TING, Ken WU, Eric YAU, Avi KOPELMAN
  • Publication number: 20250143844
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for placing dental auxiliaries on teeth are provided. In some embodiments, for example, a dental auxiliary positioner for placing a dental auxiliary on a tooth includes: a registration element configured to receive a patient's tooth; and an auxiliary support coupled to the registration element and further coupled to an auxiliary, where the auxiliary support is configured to position the auxiliary against a surface of the tooth, and where the auxiliary support includes a frame extending at least partially around the auxiliary, one or more struts coupling the auxiliary to the frame, and a flexible bridge coupling the frame to the registration element, where the flexible bridge is configured to bend in one or more directions relative to the tooth to adjust the position of the auxiliary on the surface of the tooth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Crystal Tjhia, Zahra Fahim Nia, Jivtesh Khurana, Sudharshan Anandan, Jessica H. Schiltz, Viswanath Meenakshisundaram, Chang Xu, Shaoming Wang, Simone Rossi, Laura Natania Nicole Marina Lee, Fred Ting, Dmitry B. Sirotkin, Christopher Carner, Lana Tran, Kangning Su, Nilesh Joshi, Yuxiang Wang, Bastien Pesenti, Joel Anderson, Stuart Macrae Montgomery
  • Publication number: 20250090290
    Abstract: Intraoral sensors and associated systems, devices, and methods are provided. In some embodiments, an intraoral sensor for sensing pH within an intraoral cavity of a subject includes a film composed of a biocompatible polymer and a pH-sensitive molecule. The pH-sensitive molecule can be configured to change in color based on a pH within a subject's intraoral cavity. The pH-sensitive molecule can be immobilized in the film. The intraoral sensor can also include an adhesive configured to couple the film to a surface of a dental appliance or a tooth of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Byong-Ho Park, Hunho Jo, Zijie Zhu, Wesly Wong, Fred Ting, Zhichao Zhang, Robert Nettles-Miller, Sheyda Nazarian, Yixin Xu, Vincent Yeh, Sangshik Park, Changgyu Bak, Jun Sato
  • Publication number: 20250072835
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for monitoring wear status of a dental appliance may include a sensing module that sensing the temperature and one or more additional modalities (e.g., capacitance, impedance, pressure force) around a dental appliance to track when the user is wearing or not wearing the dental appliance. These sensing modules may also determine compliance more accurately with a dental treatment plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Byong-Ho PARK, Zijie ZHU, Fred TING, Wesly WONG, Zhichao ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240335149
    Abstract: Pressure sensor modules adapted for use with a dental appliance may include one or more pressure sensors encapsulated within a sealed cavity in which one or more walls of the sealed cavity are deformable so as to transduce pressure from outside of the cavity, due to deformation or movement of the dental appliance and/or the environment around the dental appliance, including the environment within a patient's mouth when wearing the dental appliance. Also described herein are method of making and using these apparatuses to identify and/or monitor the dental appliance, a patient condition and/or an orthodontic treatment. Also described herein are methods and apparatuses for identifying and/or characterizing sleep apnea using these pressure sensor modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Byong-Ho PARK, Sheyda NAZARIAN, Sangshik PARK, Zijie ZHU, Fred TING, Yixin XU, Vincent YEH, Hunho JO, Wesly WONG, Zhichao ZHANG, Robert NETTLES-MILLER
  • Publication number: 20240206740
    Abstract: Oral sensing apparatuses and methods for recording and tracking physiological parameters (e.g., intraoral temperature) over extended periods of time. These apparatuses can be part of an oral appliance, such as (but not limited to) an aligner, retainer, night guard, palatal expander, attachment, etc., or it can be made as a standalone device that can be directly attached to one or more teeth or an oral appliance. Also described herein are methods of extended monitoring of a subject intraoral temperature for a variety of different clinical and non-clinical applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Byong-Ho PARK, Zijie ZHU, Sangshik PARK, Wesly WONG, Fred TING, Hunho JO, Sheyda NAZARIAN, Spencer TODD, Eric E. KUO, Yaser SHANJANI, Jun SATO, Srinivas KAZA
  • Publication number: 20230363704
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for electronic devices associated with monitoring a patient's use of an intraoral dental appliance. The monitoring electronics may communicate with near-field communication (NFC) signals. An NFC booster is disclosed to improve NFC data transfer between the electronic devices that monitor patient usage and communication devices. NFC boosters may be included within dental appliance cases and/or mobile phone cases. Also described are method and apparatuses for mounting the monitoring electronics onto the dental appliance. Also described are compact sensors, e.g., capacitive sensors, that may be included as part of a monitoring electronics unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Zijie ZHU, Wesly WONG, Byong-Ho PARK, Fred TING, Yaser SHANJANI, Zhichao ZHANG, Kangning SU, Hongling CHEN, Jun SATO, Srinivas KAZA, Maria LVOVA, Olga LIKHACHEVA
  • Publication number: 20220370654
    Abstract: Apparatuses for sanitizing and/or sterilizing a dental/orthodontic appliance are described herein. These apparatuses may include an internal chamber in which one or more sanitizing/sterilizing modes, such as UV light (e.g., UVC light), ultrasound, heat, etc. may be applied to an appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Fred TING, Wesly WONG, Zijie ZHU, Byong-Ho PARK, Jun SATO, Bruce CAM, Yaser SHANJANI, Hongling CHEN, Zhichao ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10013051
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a modular apparatus and system for providing customized, reconfigurable user inputs. In an aspect, there is provided a modular apparatus comprising a plurality of reconfigurable Input Modules with different types of user inputs, such as buttons, sliders, knobs, joysticks, trackballs, touch pads, touch screens, and other types of user interfaces. The Input Modules may be physically interconnected to a Master Module which is adapted to communicate with each Input Module and to a System Controller Application running on a connected computing device. The Input Modules are reconfigurable into any number of different physical layouts. The Master Module determines the physical layout of the connected Input Modules, and communicates the layout to the System Controller Application. The function of each Input Module is then programmed via the System Controller Application and the Master Module for performing specific functions in a compatible computer application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: GRANT & UNION INC.
    Inventors: Calvin Chu, Ashok Parth Davé, Shadab Ui Rashid, Fred Ting, Ray Zhou
  • Publication number: 20180046244
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a modular apparatus and system for providing customized, reconfigurable user inputs. In an aspect, there is provided a modular apparatus comprising a plurality of reconfigurable Input Modules with different types of user inputs, such as buttons, sliders, knobs, joysticks, trackballs, touch pads, touch screens, and other types of user interfaces. The Input Modules may be physically interconnected to a Master Module which is adapted to communicate with each Input Module and to a System Controller Application running on a connected computing device. The Input Modules are reconfigurable into any number of different physical layouts. The Master Module determines the physical layout of the connected Input Modules, and communicates the layout to the System Controller Application. The function of each Input Module is then programmed via the System Controller Application and the Master Module for performing specific functions in a compatible computer application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: GRANT & UNION INC.
    Inventors: Calvin CHU, Ashok Parth DAVÉ, Shadab UI RASHID, Fred TING, Ray ZHOU
  • Patent number: 9798380
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a modular apparatus and system for providing customized, reconfigurable user inputs. In an aspect, there is provided a modular apparatus comprising a plurality of reconfigurable Input Modules with different types of user inputs, such as buttons, sliders, knobs, joysticks, trackballs, touch pads, touch screens, and other types of user interfaces. The Input Modules may be physically interconnected to a Master Module which is adapted to communicate with each Input Module and to a System Controller Application running on a connected computing device. The Input Modules are reconfigurable into any number of different physical layouts. The Master Module determines the physical layout of the connected Input Modules, and communicates the layout to the System Controller Application. The function of each Input Module is then programmed via the System Controller Application and the Master Module for performing specific functions in a compatible computer application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: GRANT & UNION INC.
    Inventors: Calvin Chu, Ashok Parth Davé, Shadab Ui Rashid, Fred Ting, Ray Zhou
  • Publication number: 20160139660
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a modular apparatus and system for providing customized, reconfigurable user inputs. In an aspect, there is provided a modular apparatus comprising a plurality of reconfigurable Input Modules with different types of user inputs, such as buttons, sliders, knobs, joysticks, trackballs, touch pads, touch screens, and other types of user interfaces. The Input Modules may be physically interconnected to a Master Module which is adapted to communicate with each Input Module and to a System Controller Application running on a connected computing device. The Input Modules are reconfigurable into any number of different physical layouts. The Master Module determines the physical layout of the connected Input Modules, and communicates the layout to the System Controller Application. The function of each Input Module is then programmed via the System Controller Application and the Master Module for performing specific functions in a compatible computer application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: GRANT & UNION INC.
    Inventors: Calvin CHU, Ashok Parth DAVÉ, Shadab UI RASHID, Fred TING, Ray ZHOU
  • Patent number: D789932
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: GRANT & UNION INC.
    Inventors: Calvin Chu, Fred Ting
  • Patent number: D791134
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: GRANT & UNION INC.
    Inventors: Calvin Chu, Fred Ting
  • Patent number: D1035006
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ankit Shukla, Fred Ting, Ken Wu, Eric Yau