US Patent Issued to Align Technology on Dec. 9 for "Systems and methods for orthodontic treatment with duplicate appliances" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,048, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Align Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for orthodontic treatment with duplicate appliances" was invented by Ian Kitching (Saratoga, Calif.), Rene Sterental (San Jose, Calif.), Eric Kuo (Foster City, Calif.) and Lou Shuman (Foster City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for moving teeth of a patient from a first tooth arrangement toward a second tooth arrangement are provided, including: a first dental appliance corresponding to a first stage of an orthodontic treatment plan and corresponding to the first tooth arrangement; a second dental appliance ...