US Patent Issued to Align Technology on July 15 for "Systems and methods for providing orthodontic treatment" (California, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,428, issued on July 15, was assigned to Align Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for providing orthodontic treatment" was invented by Rene Sterental (Palo Alto, Calif.), Lou Shuman (Chevy Chase, Md.) and Maia Singer (Campbell, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for providing orthodontic treatment may include identifying an orthodontic treatment plan for a patient's teeth, identifying a first batch of orthodontic appliances to implement a first phase of the orthodontic treatment plan, obtaining a digital representation of the patient's teeth during the first phase of the orthodontic treatme...