US Patent Issued to Align Technology on Nov. 11 for "Methods of forming wire attachment dental appliances" (American, Costa Rican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,461, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Align Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Methods of forming wire attachment dental appliances" was invented by Douglas Brandt (San Pablo, Costa Rica) and Rick M. Matty (Scotts Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of forming wire attachment appliances. Methods may include forming a shell having multiple cavities and an attachment material reservoir within a first cavity of the multiple cavities. The attachment material reservoir may be positioned such that, when the wire attachment appliance is positioned on a dental arch, an attachment material provided within the attachment ...