ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,148, issued on April 7.
"Aid apparatus for positioning an orthodontic bracket in a center of a tooth" was invented by Cerna Diamant (Rishon Lezion, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is directed to and apparatus and method for positioning an orthodontic bracket in a center of a tooth, the method comprising the steps of: photographing a tooth for producing an image thereof; detecting in the image crossed axes of the tooth; projecting on the tooth crossed lines that correspond with the determined crossed axes of the image; shifting an orthodontic bracket placed on the tooth so that its crossed axes coincide with the pr...