John D Morton

US Patent:

8439672, May 14, 2013

Filed:

Dec 30, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/346735

Inventors:

Vadim Matov - San Jose CA, US
John Y. Morton - San Jose CA, US
Eric Kuo - Foster City CA, US
Heng Cao - Santa Clara CA, US

Assignee:

Align Technology, Inc. - San Jose CA

International Classification:

A61C 3/00

US Classification:

433 24

Abstract:

Method and system for establishing an initial position of a tooth, determining a target position of the tooth in a treatment plan, calculating a movement vector associated with the tooth movement from the initial position to the target position, determining a plurality of components corresponding to the movement vector, and determining a corresponding one or more positions of a respective one or more attachment devices relative to a surface plane of the tooth such that the one or more attachment devices engages with a dental appliance are provided.

US Patent:

20070198045, Aug 23, 2007

Filed:

Feb 21, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/677514

Inventors:

John Morton - Palo Alto CA, US
Jessica Connor - Palo Alto CA, US
Gary Binyamin - Palo Alto CA, US

International Classification:

A61M 29/00

US Classification:

606191000

Abstract:

The dilating device of the preferred embodiments includes a three dimensional dilating surface that functions to dilate an orifice, an alignment surface that functions to align and center the dilating device to the orifice, a coupling element that functions to couple the dilating device to the surgical instrument, a removal element that functions to facilitate the removal of the dilating device from the surgical site such as a hole and/or a grasping surface. The dilating device is preferably designed to dilate an orifice to the size of a surgical instrument, thereby facilitating the use of a surgical instrument during surgery and, more specifically, facilitating the use of a circular stapler in laparoscopic surgery. The dilating device, however, may be alternatively used in any suitable environment and for any suitable reason.

US Patent:

20090191502, Jul 30, 2009

Filed:

Nov 26, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/324714

Inventors:

Heng Cao - Santa Clara CA, US
Vadim Matov - San Jose CA, US
John Y. Morton - San Jose CA, US
Jon Moss - Antioch CA, US
Ryan Kimura - San Jose CA, US

Assignee:

Align Technology, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

A61C 7/08

US Classification:

433 24, 433 6

Abstract:

The present invention provides methods and systems including orthodontic tooth positioning appliances. An exemplary appliance can include teeth receiving cavities shaped such that, when worn by a patient, repositioning the patient's teeth from a first arrangement toward a subsequent or target arrangement. Appliances can include a cavity having one or more shaped features or protrusions shaped and/or positioned so as to apply a desired force to a patient's tooth received in the cavity and move the tooth along a desired path or direction.

US Patent:

20100138025, Jun 3, 2010

Filed:

Nov 20, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/623340

Inventors:

John Morton - San Jose CA, US
Vadim Matov - San Jose CA, US
Heng Cao - San Jose CA, US
Ryan Kimura - San Jose CA, US
Jihua Cheng - Cupertino CA, US
Bastien Pesenti - Santa Clara CA, US

Assignee:

Align Technology, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/50

US Classification:

700104, 700103

Abstract:

Orthodontic systems and related methods are disclosed for designing and providing improved or more effective tooth moving systems for eliciting a desired tooth movement and/or repositioning teeth into a desired arrangement. Methods and orthodontic systems of the invention include tooth attachments having improved or optimized parameters selected or modified for more optimal and/or effective application of forces for a desired/selected orthodontic movement. Attachments of the present invention can be customized to a particular patient (e.g., patient-customized), a particular movement, and/or a sub-group or sub-set of patients, and configured to engage an orthodontic tooth positioning appliance worn by a patient, where engagement between the attachment and orthodontic appliance results in application of a repositioning force or series/system of forces to the tooth having the attachment and will generally elicit a tooth movement.

US Patent:

20110136072, Jun 9, 2011

Filed:

Dec 8, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/633715

Inventors:

Chunhua Li - Cupertino CA, US
Jennifer Chen - San Francisco WA, US
John Morton - San Jose CA, US
Jon Moss - Antioch CA, US
Clark Kaufhardt - Danville CA, US
Heng Cao - Santa Clara CA, US

Assignee:

Aligan Technology, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

A61C 7/00
B23P 13/00

US Classification:

433 18, 433 24, 2989611

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and apparatus's for improving orthodontic treatments. In an embodiment, an orthodontic system including a tactile object is provided for modulating an engagement between a tooth attachment and an orthodontic appliance.

US Patent:

20130230818, Sep 5, 2013

Filed:

Apr 17, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/865091

Inventors:

John Y. Morton - San Jose CA, US
Eric Kuo - San Jose CA, US
Heng Cao - San Jose CA, US

Assignee:

Align Technology, Inc. - San Jose CA

International Classification:

A61C 7/00
A61B 6/14
A61C 7/20
A61B 6/03
A61C 7/02
A61C 7/16

US Classification:

433 3

Abstract:

Method and system for establishing an initial position of a tooth, determining a target position of the tooth in a treatment plan, calculating a movement vector associated with the tooth movement from the initial position to the target position, determining a plurality of components corresponding to the movement vector, and determining a corresponding one or more positions of a respective one or more attachment devices relative to a surface plane of the tooth such that the one or more attachment devices engages with a dental appliance are provided.

US Patent:

20220370172, Nov 24, 2022

Filed:

Jan 27, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/586543

Inventors:

- San Jose CA, US
Fuming WU - Pleasanton CA, US
Anton TEREKHOV - Moscow, RU
Tzishing Jesse LIM - Mountain View CA, US
Jihua CHENG - San Jose CA, US
John MORTON - San Jose CA, US

International Classification:

A61C 7/08
A61C 7/00

Abstract:

Orthodontic systems and related methods are disclosed for designing and providing improved or more effective tooth moving systems for eliciting a desired tooth movement and/or repositioning teeth into a desired arrangement. Methods and orthodontic systems include the generation of an overcorrection in the tooth-receiving cavities of an appliance worn in the dentition. The overcorrection may provide an improved and more accurately applied force or moment applied to a tooth. The overcorrected force or moment can move a tooth closer to a desired position than if not overcorrected as sufficient force can still applied to the tooth as it gets closer to the desired position. The overcorrected force or moment may also better target the root of the tooth where the biological response to tooth movement occurs. The overcorrection may be calculated in various ways as described herein.

US Patent:

20220323190, Oct 13, 2022

Filed:

Apr 8, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/658495

Inventors:

- San Jose CA, US
John Y. MORTON - San Jose CA, US

Assignee:

ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC. - San Jose CA

International Classification:

A61C 19/05
A61C 13/34
A61C 9/00
A61C 7/00
A61B 6/14
A61B 6/03
A61B 6/00
G06T 17/00
G06T 19/20
G06T 7/11

Abstract:

A method for determining biting occlusion of a patient's teeth including generating a first 3D digital model of the patient's lower arch in non-occlusion. A second 3D digital model of the patient's upper arch in non-occlusion may be generated. A third 3D digital model of the patient's upper and lower arches in biting occlusion may be generated. The first and second 3D digital models May be aligned with corresponding teeth of the third 3D digital model to generate a fourth 3D model of the patient's teeth in biting occlusion.