ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,102, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to 3SHAPE A/S (Kobenhavn K, Denmark).
"Method for generating edge curve for dental devices" was invented by Marat Khaitov (Copenhagen K, Denmark) and Karl-Josef Hollenbeck (Copenhagen O, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an embodiment, a computer-implemented method for generating an edge curve to facilitate manufacture of at least a portion of a dental device is disclosed. The method includes identifying at least one tooth reference point for each of at least two teeth on a dental model; identifying at least one offset point corresponding to each of the at least one tooth referen...