US Patent Issued to Solventum Intellectual Properties on April 1 for "Preformed orthodontic aligner attachments" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,058, issued on April 1, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).

"Preformed orthodontic aligner attachments" was invented by David K. Cinader Jr. (Woodbury, Minn.), Richard E. Raby (Lino Lakes, Minn.), Joseph R. Dufour (Cottage Grove, Minn.), Daniel J. Skamser (Ham Lake, Minn.), Jeremy A. Schmoll (Pine Island, Minn.) and Michael K. Domroese (Woodbury, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes articles, systems, and techniques including an additive manufactured orthodontic attachment including a body defining a retaining member configured to retain the article in a recess de...