US Patent Issued to Swift Health Systems on Jan. 28 for "Indirect orthodontic bonding systems and methods for bracket placement" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,987, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Swift Health Systems Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Indirect orthodontic bonding systems and methods for bracket placement" was invented by Hongsheng Tong (Yorba Linda, Calif.), Robert Lee (Torrance, Calif.), Philong John Pham (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and Allen Huynh (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for fabricating indirect bonding trays are disclosed. Physical models of a patient's teeth can be created with non-functional placeholder brackets, impressions of which can be transferred to indirect bonding trays. This can create wells in which functional brackets can b...