US Patent Issued to Align Technology on Sept. 2 for "Systems for protecting and repositioning teeth" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,380, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Align Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Systems for protecting and repositioning teeth" was invented by Eric Kuo (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems for protecting and repositioning teeth are provided. In some embodiments, a system includes a tooth repositioning appliance and a covering guard. The tooth repositioning appliance can have a plurality of tooth-receiving cavities shaped to reposition teeth of a patient. The covering guard, when worn by the patient and coupled with the tooth repositioning appliance, can provide protection against impact-induced injuries. The c...