ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,056, issued on April 1, was assigned to Progressive Aligners Inc. (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).
"Generating three-dimensional orthodontic simulations" was invented by Benson Donald McGann (Henderson, Nev.) and Miles McGann (Ladera Ranch, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for providing results of orthodontic realignment simulations comprising: obtaining three-dimensional virtual models of dental arches, the models compiled from intraoral scans of a mouth; based on the shapes of the modeled dental arches, selecting matching predefined archforms; obtaining at least one of: a first set of rules that define anterior and posterior mol...