Loc Gia Phan

US Patent:

6607382, Aug 19, 2003

Filed:

Sep 21, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/666783

Inventors:

Eric Kuo - San Francisco CA
Loc X. Phan - Milpitas CA

Assignee:

Align Technology, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

A61C 300

US Classification:

433 6, 433 80, 433216

Abstract:

The present invention provides devices, systems and methods for orthodontic treatment using elastic repositioning appliances while concurrently providing dental and periodontal therapies. Such therapies are traditionally provided with the use of a variety of accessories and devices which are applied when the repositioning appliance is removed from the patients mouth. The present invention eliminates the need for such removal and additional devices by incorporating these therapies into the repositioning appliance.

US Patent:

6947038, Sep 20, 2005

Filed:

Apr 27, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/560424

Inventors:

Jae H. Anh - San Francisco CA, US
Loc X. Phan - Milpitas CA, US
Sheldon Baumrind - Berkeley CA, US
Sean Curry - Berkeley CA, US
Andrew Beers - Menlo Park CA, US

Assignee:

Align Technology, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

G06T015/00

US Classification:

345419, 378168, 433 2, 433 6, 433 24

Abstract:

Systems and methods are described for integrating anatomical information from a plurality of sources of information. The system receives two or more three dimensional (3D) anatomical maps sharing a common plane specified by three or more marker points common to the two or more maps; places one or more marker points on one or more teeth; generates a digital teeth model with the marker points; and aligns the two or more 3D anatomical maps and the teeth model using the marker points.

US Patent:

7133042, Nov 7, 2006

Filed:

May 11, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/127367

Inventors:

Jae H. Anh - San Francisco CA, US
Loc X. Phan - Milpitas CA, US
Sheldon Baumrind - Berkeley CA, US
Sean Curry - Berkeley CA, US
Andrew Beers - Menlo Park CA, US

Assignee:

Align Technology, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

G06T 15/00

US Classification:

345419, 433 2, 433 6, 433 24, 378 9, 378168, 378169, 378170, 378171

Abstract:

Systems and methods are described for integrating anatomical information from a plurality of sources of information. The system receives two or more three dimensional (3D) anatomical maps sharing a common plane specified by three or more marker points common to the two or more maps; places one or more marker points on one or more teeth; generates a digital teeth model with the marker points; and aligns the two or more 3D anatomical maps and the teeth model using the marker points.

US Patent:

7578673, Aug 25, 2009

Filed:

Jun 17, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/870689

Inventors:

Huafeng Wen - Redwood Shores CA, US
Eric Kuo - Foster City CA, US
Amir Abolfathi - Menlo Park CA, US
Loc X. Phan - San Jose CA, US
Peter G. Knopp - Palo Alto CA, US

Assignee:

Align Technology, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

A61C 3/00

US Classification:

433 24

Abstract:

Systems and methods for fabricating a dental template to position an object on a patient's tooth to move the tooth from an initial position to a target position are disclosed. The system digitizes a model of the patient's tooth at the initial position; places an object on the tooth model at the target position; determines the position of the object at the initial position; and fabricates the dental template to locate the object on the patient's tooth.

US Patent:

7905724, Mar 15, 2011

Filed:

Sep 29, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/286193

Inventors:

Eric Kuo - San Francisco CA, US
Loc X. Phan - Milpitas CA, US

Assignee:

Align Technology, Inc. - San Jose CA

International Classification:

A61C 7/08

US Classification:

433 6, 374162

Abstract:

The present invention provides devices, systems and methods for orthodontic treatment using elastic repositioning appliances while concurrently providing dental and periodontal therapies. Such therapies are traditionally provided with the use of a variety of accessories and devices which are applied when the repositioning appliance is removed from the patient's mouth. The present invention eliminates the need for such removal and additional devices by incorporating these therapies into the repositioning appliance.

US Patent:

20030211440, Nov 13, 2003

Filed:

Apr 28, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/426157

Inventors:

Eric Kuo - San Francisco CA, US
Loc Phan - Milpitas CA, US

Assignee:

ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

A61C003/00

US Classification:

433/006000, 433/215000

Abstract:

The present invention provides devices, systems and methods for orthodontic treatment using elastic repositioning appliances while concurrently providing dental and periodontal therapies. Such therapies are traditionally provided with the use of a variety of accessories and devices which are applied when the repositioning appliance is removed from the patient's mouth. The present invention eliminates the need for such removal and additional devices by incorporating these therapies into the repositioning appliance.

US Patent:

20070207434, Sep 6, 2007

Filed:

May 7, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/745211

Inventors:

Eric Kuo - San Francisco CA, US
Loc Phan - Milpitas CA, US

Assignee:

Align Technology, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

A61C 7/08

US Classification:

433006000

Abstract:

The present invention provides devices, systems and methods for orthodontic treatment using elastic repositioning appliances while concurrently providing dental and periodontal therapies. Such therapies are traditionally provided with the use of a variety of accessories and devices which are applied when the repositioning appliance is removed from the patient's mouth. The present invention eliminates the need for such removal and additional devices by incorporating these therapies into the repositioning appliance.

US Patent:

20090043380, Feb 12, 2009

Filed:

May 28, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/128533

Inventors:

Charles Matthew Blaha - San Francisco CA, US
John To - Newark CA, US
Loc X. Phan - San Jose CA, US

Assignee:

SPECIALIZED VASCULAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. - Newark CA

International Classification:

A61F 2/06

US Classification:

623 146, 623 115, 623 142

Abstract:

A unique method and coatings are provided for promoting tissue encapsulation of medical devices, especially before antiproliferative drug therapy within a body of a patient in order to prevent excessive restenosis and while avoiding thrombosis (including late stage/stent thrombosis). The method involves delaying the activation of restenosis suppressing (i.e. antiproliferative) drugs in the vicinity of the medical device until a thin layer of geometrically streamlined tissue has deposited itself upon the device. Coatings of one or more layer that provide an aligned scaffolding (i.e. via aligned fibers or aligned grooves) may be used in the method to encourage tissue deposition and/or to delay elution of drug(s) stored beneath or within. The delay phase prior to degradation, erosion, and/or absorption of the coating to release an active drug should last until an optimal amount of controlled restenosis has provided a thin endothelial layer to encapsulate the device.