ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,847, issued on July 29, was assigned to HULTGREN DENTAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Victoria, Minn.).
"System for measuring teeth movement and contact pressure" was invented by Bruce Willard Hultgren (Victoria, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable dental apparatus for capturing dental properties of a patient includes a support structure. The support structure is configured to be worn on the dentition of the patient. The wearable dental apparatus includes at least one sensor. The sensor is coupled to the support structure. The sensor is configured to capture a series of measurement of a dental property of the patient. The measurement...