US Patent Issued to ALIGN TECHNOLOGY on Jan. 13 for "Orthodontic appliances that accommodate incremental and continuous tooth movement, systems and methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,207, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Orthodontic appliances that accommodate incremental and continuous tooth movement, systems and methods" was invented by Eric Kuo (San Jose, Calif.), Rick Matty (Scotts Valley, Calif.) and Artem Borovinskih (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthodontic appliance including a shell aligner having a portion accommodating movement of a patient's bracketed teeth between a first position and the second position as elicited by force from an orthodontic braces appliance worn by the patient, related systems and methods."

The patent was filed o...