ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,457, issued on Nov. 11.
"Systems and methods for guiding dental treatment utilizing mixed reality" was invented by Joseph Bing Kong Fung (Toronto), Darshanand Khusial (Mississauga, Canada) and Baliram Maraj (Farmington, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Dental treatment can be provided by a system that overlays a treatment template on a patient's arch in mixed reality, enabling a practitioner to view a schematic of the dental treatment while administering the treatment itself. The system employs a physical guide which includes stabilizing pieces to hold the guide steady with respect to the area of the arch where treatment is being...