ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,598, issued on June 17.
"Devices and methods for dental appliances with cutouts" was invented by Artem Borovinskih (San Jose, Calif.), Anton Terekhov (Moscow), Rene Sterental (Palo Alto, Calif.), Mikhail Minchenkov (Kratovo, Russia) and Ivan Pavlov (Cherepovets, Russia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of planning an orthodontic treatment for a patient may include receiving a digital representation of the patient's dentition in an initial arrangement, determining a first geometry for an upper shell of an orthodontic appliance. The first geometry may include a first plurality of tooth-receiving cavities shaped to receive an uppe...