Patents by Inventor Philippe Smedt

Philippe Smedt 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).

  • Dental Data Mining
    Publication number: 20080085487
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed providing a database comprising a compendium of at least one of patient treatment history; orthodontic therapies, orthodontic information and diagnostics; employing a data mining technique for interrogating said database for generating an output data stream, the output data stream correlating a patient malocclusion with an orthodontic treatment; and applying the output data stream to improve a dental appliance or a dental appliance usage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Kuo, Philippe Smedt, Cuong Nguyen, Christopher Overton
  • Systems and methods for intra-oral drug delivery
    Publication number: 20060115785
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for intra-oral delivery of drugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Inventors: Chunhua Li, Wenda Carlyle, Philippe Smedt, Amir Abolfathi, Erice Kuo, Robert Tricca, Jennifer Chen, Benjamin Wu
  • Dental data mining
    Publication number: 20050192835
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed providing a database comprising a compendium of at least one of patient treatment history; orthodontic therapies, orthodontic information and diagnostics; employing a data mining technique for interrogating said database for generating an output data stream, the output data stream correlating a patient malocclusion with an orthodontic treatment; and applying the output data stream to improve a dental appliance or a dental appliance usage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Kuo, Philippe Smedt, Cuong Nguyen, Christopher Overton