ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,057, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).
"Force sensor system" was invented by Richard E. Raby (Lino Lakes, Minn.), Eric S. Hansen (Apex, N.C.), Joseph C. Fallo (Moore, Minn.) and Michael K. Domroese (Woodbury, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and techniques are described for determining at least one of a translational force or a rotational force applied by a dental appliance to a tooth or teeth of a patient. A system includes model teeth configured to represent a portion of a dental arch and receive a dental appliance, a post extending from a first end coupled to a r...