ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,458, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Brius Technologies Inc. (Carrollton, Texas).

"Orthodontic treatment and associated devices, systems, and methods" was invented by James Sylvester Wratten Jr. (Waterville, N.Y.), Seyed Mehdi Roein Peikar (Carrollton, Texas), Yuchen Xu (Dallas) and Muhammad Fawwad (Carrollton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods for orthodontic treatment planning and treatment are disclosed herein. Various embodiments of the present technology are directed to a method of obtaining data characterizing movements of a patient's teeth from original positions to desired, final positions....