Patents by Inventor Michael Flanagan
Michael Flanagan 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: 20250342934Abstract: The example systems, methods, and/or computer-readable media described herein help with design treatment plans for orthodontic treatments. Treatment templates expressed according to treatment domain-specific protocols may be processed to provide treatment planning software, including automated or real-time treatment planning software, that accommodates treatment preferences of a practitioner and/or patient data relevant to a treatment plan. These methods and systems may be also be useful for planning, designing and producing as series of dental appliances (e.g., aligners).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2025Publication date: November 6, 2025Inventors: Adi LEVIN, Anton LAPSHIN, Behnam J. FOROODIAN, Eric P. MEYER, Konstantin TENZIN, Andrey CHEKHONIN, Pavel SOKOLOV, René M. STERENTAL, Jason RAMOS, Evgeniy MALASHKIN, Anna SIVAKOVA, Michael FLANAGAN
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Patent number: 12412648Abstract: The example systems, methods, and/or computer-readable media described herein help with design treatment plans for orthodontic treatments. Treatment templates reflecting a user's treatment preferences are expressed in a domain-specific treatment language and include treatment protocols. Orthodontic treatment plans are customized based on the treatment templates and a physical condition of the patient. Treatment appliances are fabricated based on the customized orthodontic treatment plans.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2024Date of Patent: September 9, 2025Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Adi Levin, Anton Lapshin, Behnam J. Foroodian, Eric P. Meyer, Konstantin Tenzin, Andrey Chekhonin, Pavel Sokolov, René M. Sterental, Jason Ramos, Evgeniy Malashkin, Anna Sivakova, Michael Flanagan
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Publication number: 20250114169Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for orthodontic treatment planning. A treatment plan may be for a patient's teeth and for a specific dental professional. A set of combined treatment preferences may include a first set of rules converted from a set of textual instructions from the specified dental professional into a domain-specific language specific to the specified dental professional. The textual instructions may include unscripted instructions. A second set of rules may be converted from a set of scripted instructions from the specified dental professional. The scripted instructions may include responses from a script of predefined choices. An orthodontic treatment plan may be generated for the patient's teeth using the set of combined treatment preferences and a digital model of the patient's teeth.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2024Publication date: April 10, 2025Inventors: Igor AKOPOV, Anton LAPSHIN, Samuel BLANCO, Artem KUANBEKOV, Eric P. MEYER, Andrey MAXIMOV, Boris LIKHTMAN, Michael FLANAGAN, Jason RAMOS, Mitra DERAKHSHAN, Roman A. ROSCHIN
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Patent number: 12213856Abstract: Orthodontic and/or dental treatment planning methods and apparatuses. In particular, described herein are methods of generating a plurality of orthodontic treatment plans digitally using a hierarchy of bounding boxes enclosing the plurality of 3D shapes to avoid collisions during treatment.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Igor Akopov, Anton Lapshin, Samuel Blanco, Artem Kuanbekov, Eric P. Meyer, Andrey Maximov, Boris Likhtman, Michael Flanagan, Jason Ramos, Mitra Derakhshan, Roman A. Roschin, Alexander Belous, Olga Matusevich, Maria Shirshova, Nikolay Yakovlev
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Patent number: 12213855Abstract: Method of manufacturing a series of aligners for an orthodontic and/or dental treatment of a patient's teeth. In particular, described herein are methods of manufacturing a series of aligners that includes displaying images of the patient's teeth at the final stages for a subset of the treatment plans from the array of treatment plans in a manner that allows the user to select between the different treatment plans in order to select a treatment plan for fabrication.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2021Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Igor Akopov, Anton Lapshin, Samuel Blanco, Artem Kuanbekov, Eric P. Meyer, Andrey Maximov, Boris Likhtman, Michael Flanagan, Jason Ramos, Mitra Derakhshan, Roman A. Roschin
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Publication number: 20240366171Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for generating hybrid (e.g. fused) cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) scan with an intraoral scan data. Also described herein are methods and apparatuses for more efficiently processing CBCT data. Also described herein are methods and apparatuses for using the hybrid CBCT and intraoral scan data to enhance dental and/or orthodontic treatment planning including interactively presenting the hybrid CBCT and intraoral scans and engaging with a user to generate one or more treatment plans and/or dental appliances for treating a patient according to a treatment plan that take into account the hybrid CBCT and intraoral scan.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2024Publication date: November 7, 2024Inventors: Anna TYUTYUNNIK, Andrey VERIZHNIKOV, Samuel BLANCO, Evgenii Vladimirovich KARNYGIN, Maxim PETROV, Rene STERENTAL, Michael FLANAGAN, Dmitry CHEKH, Savva KUZMIN, Mikhail KOLOBASHKIN, Andrey NEVOLIN
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Publication number: 20240304301Abstract: The example systems, methods, and/or computer-readable media described herein help with design treatment plans for orthodontic treatments. Treatment templates expressed according to treatment domain-specific protocols may be processed to provide treatment planning software, including automated or real-time treatment planning software, that accommodates treatment preferences of a practitioner and/or patient data relevant to a treatment plan. These methods and systems may be also be useful for planning, designing and producing as series of dental appliances (e.g., aligners).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Inventors: Adi LEVIN, Anton LAPSHIN, Behnam J. FOROODIAN, Eric P. MEYER, Konstantin TENZIN, Andrey CHEKHONIN, Pavel SOKOLOV, René M. STERENTAL, Jason RAMOS, Evgeniy MALASHKIN, Anna SIVAKOVA, Michael FLANAGAN
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Patent number: 11978547Abstract: The example systems, methods, and/or computer-readable media described herein help with design treatment plans for orthodontic treatments. Treatment templates expressed according to treatment domain-specific protocols may be processed to provide treatment planning software, including automated or real-time treatment planning software, that accommodates treatment preferences of a practitioner and/or patient data relevant to a treatment plan. These methods and systems may be also be useful for planning, designing and producing as series of dental appliances (e.g., aligners).Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Adi Levin, Anton Lapshin, Behnam J. Foroodian, Eric P. Meyer, Konstantin Tenzin, Andrey Chekhonin, Pavel Sokolov, René M. Sterental, Jason Ramos, Evgeniy Malashkin, Anna Sivakova, Michael Flanagan
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Patent number: 11769356Abstract: A collision is analysed by receiving telematics data relating to a collision and determining a feature of the collision. An entity may be notified of said collision based on the determined features.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Xtract360 LtdInventors: Michael Flanagan, Joseph Hitchen, Cillian Bourke
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Publication number: 20230056427Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for user modification of a rule or set of textual rules in plain language the reference instructions in a domain-specific treatment language that is used to generate dental appliance data. In some cases, the user may interact with a graphical user interface to modify a practitioner-specific subset of textural rules. The graphical user interface may allow modification of the practitioner-specific subset of textural rules without prior knowledge of the domain-specific treatment programming language. Each interaction region may cause sections of the predefined treatment preferences to be modified without knowledge of the dental protocol language. The example systems, methods, and/or computer-readable media described herein help with designing treatment plans for orthodontic treatments, including treatment plans based on predefined treatment preferences expressed in a dental protocol language.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Samuel BLANCO, Anton LAPSHIN, Eric P. MEYER, Michael FLANAGAN, Yury SLYNKO, Maxim SHALASHOV, Evgeniy MALASHKIN, Rowena CHEONG, Roman A. ROSCHIN, Sergei LIUBIMOV
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Patent number: 11521732Abstract: In various implementations, computer-implemented method, such as one executed on a computer system or on instructions stored on computer-readable media may include: receiving from a user device associated with a user, a request to access one or more treatment plans for patient; identifying a treatment template for user, the treatment template representing treatment preferences of the user, the treatment template being expressed according to treatment domain-specific protocols; processing the treatment template with the treatment domain-specific protocols to convert one or more parts of the treatment template into one or more runtime elements that interactively display customized user interface elements related to the treatment plan, the customized user interface elements configured to provide one or more customized user interactions with the treatment plan in accordance with the treatment preferences of the user; and providing instructions to display the one or more runtime elements on the user device.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Adi Levin, Anton Lapshin, Behnam J. Foroodian, Eric P. Meyer, Konstantin Tenzin, Andrey Chekhonin, Pavel Sokolov, René M. Sterental, Jason Ramos, Evgeniy Malashkin, Anna Sivakova, Michael Flanagan
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Publication number: 20220378549Abstract: Methods and apparatuses, including systems, for forming and modifying treatment plans, including modifying treatment plan in real time. In particular are methods and apparatuses for modifying and orthodontic treatment plan in real time that may include the use of an enhanced user interface including a 3D user overlay.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Samuel BLANCO, Michael FLANAGAN, Eric P. MEYER, Igor LOGVANEV, Dmitry MEDNIKOV, Alexander PORYVKIN, Sergey MAKAROV, Vasily IVANOV
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Patent number: 11397980Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system are disclosed. The method includes receiving a first communication at a computer system, performing a search operation, sending a second communication, receiving a third communication, and storing the at least the portion of item information in a transaction storage construct. The computer system can cause presentation of a search field in a user interface displayed by a remote computer system. The first communication is received as a result of an event in the search field. Further, a search result (a result of the performing the search operation) is communicated to the remote computer system and comprises item information corresponding to an item. The second communication can cause presentation of the search results in the user interface. The third communication represents a selection of the item in the user interface, and comprises at least a portion of the item information.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: CITY ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANYInventors: Jonathan Luke, Russell Mendola, Michael Flanagan, Matthew Chappel, James Barry, Walter Sturghill
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Publication number: 20210378793Abstract: Orthodontic and/or dental treatment planning methods and apparatuses. In particular, described herein are methods of generating a plurality of orthodontic treatment plans digitally using a hierarchy of bounding boxes enclosing the plurality of 3D shapes to avoid collisions during treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Igor AKOPOV, Anton LAPSHIN, Samuel BLANCO, Artem KUANBEKOV, Eric P. MEYER, Andrey MAXIMOV, Boris LIKHTMAN, Michael FLANAGAN, Jason RAMOS, Mitra DERAKHSHAN, Roman A. ROSCHIN, Alexander BELOUS, Olga MATUSEVICH, Maria SHIRSHOVA, Nikolay YAKOVLEV
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Publication number: 20210378792Abstract: Orthodontic and/or dental treatment planning methods and apparatuses. In particular, described herein are methods of generating a plurality of potential treatment plan variations for the concurrent and interactive review of the treatment plan variations. Each variation may be optimized to best address the user's treatment goals, as well as approximating as closely as possible an ideal or target final position. Also described herein are orthodontic and/or dental treatment planning methods and apparatuses that allow a user to form, modify, and select a treatment plan from a plurality of different treatment plans, in real time.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Igor AKOPOV, Anton LAPSHIN, Samuel BLANCO, Artem KUANBEKOV, Eric P. MEYER, Andrey MAXIMOV, Boris LIKHTMAN, Michael FLANAGAN, Jason RAMOS, Mitra DERAKHSHAN, Roman A. ROSCHIN
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Patent number: 11096763Abstract: Orthodontic and/or dental treatment planning methods and apparatuses. In particular, described herein are methods of generating a plurality of potential treatment plan variations for the concurrent and interactive review of the treatment plan variations. Each variation may be optimized to best address the user's treatment goals, as well as approximating as closely as possible an ideal or target final position. Also described herein are orthodontic and/or dental treatment planning methods and apparatuses that allow a user to form, modify, and select a treatment plan from a plurality of different treatment plans, in real time.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Igor Akopov, Anton Lapshin, Samuel Blanco, Artem Kuanbekov, Eric P. Meyer, Andrey Maximov, Boris Likhtman, Michael Flanagan, Jason Ramos, Mitra Derakhshan, Roman A. Roschin, Rene M. Sterental, Adi Levin, Evgeniy Morozov, Alexander Belous, Olga Matusevich, Alexander Kulinich, Mikhail Nyukhtikov, Maria Shirshova, Olga Likhacheva, Irina Ivanova, Nikolay Yakovlev, Vladimir Grenaderov, Svetlana Makarenkova, Aleksandr Zhulin
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Publication number: 20200334928Abstract: A collision is analysed by receiving telematics data relating to a collision and determining a feature of the collision. An entity may be notified of said collision based on the determined features.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2018Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: Xtract360 LtdInventors: Cillian BOURKE, Michael FLANAGAN, Joseph HITCHEN
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Publication number: 20190175303Abstract: Orthodontic and/or dental treatment planning methods and apparatuses. In particular, described herein are methods of generating a plurality of potential treatment plan variations for the concurrent and interactive review of the treatment plan variations. Each variation may be optimized to best address the user's treatment goals, as well as approximating as closely as possible an ideal or target final position. Also described herein are orthodontic and/or dental treatment planning methods and apparatuses that allow a user to form, modify, and select a treatment plan from a plurality of different treatment plans, in real time.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2018Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: Igor AKOPOV, Anton LAPSHIN, Samuel BLANCO, Artem KUANBEKOV, Eric P. MEYER, Andrey MAXIMOV, Boris LIKHTMAN, Michael FLANAGAN, Jason RAMOS, Mitra DERAKHSHAN, Roman A. ROSCHIN, Rene M. STERENTAL, Adi LEVIN, Evgeniy MOROZOV, Alexander BELOUS, Olga MATUSEVICH, Alexander KULINICH, Mikhail NYUKHTIKOV, Maria SHIRSHOVA, Olga LIKHACHEVA, Irina IVANOVA, Nikolay YAKOVLEV, Vladimir Grenaderov, Svetlana Makarenkova, Aleksandr Zhulin
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Patent number: 10050844Abstract: Techniques for dynamic network optimization using geolocation and network modeling are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a system for network optimization. The system may comprise a data collection system configured to collect geolocated subscriber records from a plurality of mobile devices. The system may also comprise a SON optimization system communicatively coupled to the data collection system via a network. The SON optimization system may comprise at least one pre-processor configured to receive and process geolocated subscriber records from the data collection system. The SON optimization system may further comprise a network simulator configured to perform network simulation analysis based on the processed geolocated subscriber records, and provide a new network configuration based on the network simulation analysis, wherein the new network configuration is estimated to improve network performance.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Viavi Solutions UK LimitedInventors: Michael Flanagan, Nicholas James Randell, Mohsen Zadeh-Koochak, David Charles Padfield, Mihai Stanciuc, Howard John Thomas
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Patent number: 10038978Abstract: Techniques for mobile network geolocation are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a system for mobile network geolocation. The system may comprise one or more processors communicatively coupled to a mobile communications network. The one or more processors may be configured to determine that a mobile device is on a travel path. The one or more processors may also be configured to determine one or more candidate locations of the mobile device based on data associated with the travel path. The one or more processors may further be configured to determine at least one candidate route associated with the mobile device along the travel path comprised from one or more candidate locations.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2017Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Viavi Solutions UK LimitedInventors: Christopher Michael Murphy, Michael Flanagan, Walter Featherstone, Philip Geoffery Claridge, Gareth James Smith, John Joseph Holden