US Patent Issued to CADFLOW on Oct. 21 for "Method for automatic creation of 3D models for dental and orthodontic use" (New York, California, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,450,848, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to CADFLOW (Huntington Beach, Calif.).

"Method for automatic creation of 3D models for dental and orthodontic use" was invented by Marc Lemchen (New York), Todd Blankenbecler (Atlanta), Alan Yan (New York), Ryan Goy (Redondo Beach, Calif.) and Vijay Dhaka (Huntington Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method that is a web based application for creating and managing 3D models used in orthodontic laboratory prescriptions within a dental clinic or lab. The method includes automatically detecting and removing any appliances contained within the 3D image file. After the appliance...