ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,287, issued on March 18, was assigned to ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Aligners with enhanced gable bends" was invented by Peter Webber (Redwood City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and devices for improved orthodontic treatment of a patient's teeth are provided herein. In some aspects, a method for fabricating an orthodontic appliance for treating a patient's teeth is disclosed. The method may comprise determining a movement path to move a tooth from an initial arrangement towards a target arrangement; determining a force system to move the tooth along the movement path; determining a variable ...