ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,605, issued on June 17, was assigned to Align Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Surgical stabilizer aligner sets" was invented by John Y. Morton (San Jose, Calif.), Ken Wu (San Jose, Calif.) and Juan Carlos Alvarez (Watsonville, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A set of stabilizer aligners includes an upper stabilizer aligner for an upper dental arch of a patient and a lower stabilizer aligner for a lower dental arch of the patient. The upper stabilizer aligner comprises a first set of cavities that conform to a dentition of the upper dental arch and a first set of stabilizing features. The lower stabilizer aligner comprises ...