ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,036, issued on Nov. 18.
"Apparatus for molding dental aligners" was invented by Ciro Vitiello (Florence, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus (1) for thermoforming dental aligners provides a support structure (10) on which a rotary table (11) is mounted on which a plurality of operating modules (20) are mounted at an equidistant angle, each comprising a moulding support (21) suitable to house a dental arch (I) and a mounting support (22) suitable to house a disc of thermoformable material (F). The rotation of the table (11) brings the operating modules (20) in succession, at a heating device (30) in which the disc (F) is...