Patents by Inventor Iman SHOJAEI

Iman SHOJAEI 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: 11957533
    Abstract: Systems and methods of simulating, modeling, and validating orthodontic treatment are disclosed. The method may include designing an orthodontic treatment system or force system, generative a displacement field between a first position of a patient's teeth and a second position, modeling the three-dimensional force-displacement model generated by the treatment system or force system, and validating the treatment system or force system. The methods disclosed herein may be iterated to optimize the orthodontic force system or treatment system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Iman Shojaei, Reza Shirazi Aghjari
  • Publication number: 20240108437
    Abstract: A system and method for determining a center of resistance of a tooth may include receiving a 3D digital representation of an initial arrangement and a final arrangement of a patient's teeth and determining a 3D treatment plan. The 3D treatment plan may include a plurality of 3D stages for rearranging the teeth from the initial arrangement toward the final arrangement. The method may also include determining, in accordance with the 3D treatment plan, an intended movement of the teeth for each of the stages and deriving, using a 3D resistance model, an applied force system for achieving the intended movement of the teeth for each of the stages. The method may also include deriving 3D geometries of oral appliances for the stages in response to the applied force system. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Iman SHOJAEI, Reza SHIRAZI AGHJARI, John Y. MORTON, Vadim MATOV, Eric YAU, Fuming WU, Sergei BRODSKY
  • Patent number: 11864970
    Abstract: A system and method for determining a center of resistance of a tooth may include receiving a 3D digital representation of an initial arrangement and a final arrangement of a patient's teeth and determining a 3D treatment plan. The 3D treatment plan may include a plurality of 3D stages for rearranging the teeth from the initial arrangement toward the final arrangement. The method may also include determining, in accordance with the 3D treatment plan, an intended movement of the teeth for each of the stages and deriving, using a 3D resistance model, an applied force system for achieving the intended movement of the teeth for each of the stages. The method may also include deriving 3D geometries of oral appliances for the stages in response to the applied force system. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Iman Shojaei, Reza Shirazi Aghjari, John Y. Morton, Vadim Matov, Eric Yau, Fuming Wu, Sergei Brodsky
  • Publication number: 20230293264
    Abstract: Systems and methods of simulating, modeling, and validating orthodontic treatment are disclosed. The method may include designing an orthodontic treatment system or force system, generative a displacement field between a first position of a patient's teeth and a second position, modeling the three-dimensional force-displacement model generated by the treatment system or force system, and validating the treatment system or force system. The methods disclosed herein may be iterated to optimize the orthodontic force system or treatment system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Iman SHOJAEI, Reza SHIRAZI AGHJARI
  • Publication number: 20230190411
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses (including software) for optimizing dental treatment plans, including for optimizing the treatment plans using dental aligners. These methods and apparatuses may optimize a treatment plan by estimating a difference between a target set of tooth position and a predicted set of tooth positions using the treatment plan using a prediction network trained to use multiple translational and rotational directions for individual teeth as well as reaction forces on the individual teeth based on adjacent teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Yi-Lin CHIU, Yuxiang WANG, Luyao CAI, Jun SATO, Iman SHOJAEI, Manlio Fabio VALDIVIESO CASIQUE, Minghao DAI, Xi CAI, Jeeyoung CHOI, Eric YAU
  • Patent number: 11622836
    Abstract: Systems and methods of simulating, modeling, and validating orthodontic treatment are disclosed. The method may include designing an orthodontic treatment system or force system, generative a displacement field between a first position of a patient's teeth and a second position, modeling the three-dimensional force-displacement model generated by the treatment system or force system, and validating the treatment system or force system. The methods disclosed herein may be iterated to optimize the orthodontic force system or treatment system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Iman Shojaei, Reza Shirazi Aghjari
  • Publication number: 20220160467
    Abstract: Systems and methods of simulating, modeling, and validating orthodontic treatment are disclosed. The method may include designing an orthodontic treatment system or force system, generative a displacement field between a first position of a patient's teeth and a second position, modeling the three-dimensional force-displacement model generated by the treatment system or force system, and validating the treatment system or force system. The methods disclosed herein may be iterated to optimize the orthodontic force system or treatment system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Iman SHOJAEI, Reza SHIRAZI AGHJARI
  • Publication number: 20220142740
    Abstract: A system and method for determining a center of resistance of a tooth may include receiving a 3D digital representation of an initial arrangement and a final arrangement of a patient's teeth and determining a 3D treatment plan. The 3D treatment plan may include a plurality of 3D stages for rearranging the teeth from the initial arrangement toward the final arrangement. The method may also include determining, in accordance with the 3D treatment plan, an intended movement of the teeth for each of the stages and deriving, using a 3D resistance model, an applied force system for achieving the intended movement of the teeth for each of the stages. The method may also include deriving 3D geometries of oral appliances for the stages in response to the applied force system. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Iman SHOJAEI, Reza SHIRAZI AGHJARI, John Y. MORTON, Vadim MATOV, Eric YAU, Fuming WU, Sergei BRODSKY
  • Publication number: 20210196429
    Abstract: Systems and methods of simulating, modeling, and validating orthodontic treatment are disclosed. The method may include designing an orthodontic treatment system or force system, generative a displacement field between a first position of a patient's teeth and a second position, modeling the three-dimensional force-displacement model generated by the treatment system or force system, and validating the treatment system or force system. The methods disclosed herein may be iterated to optimize the orthodontic force system or treatment system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Iman SHOJAEI, Reza SHIRAZI AGHJARI