US Patent Issued to Align Technology on Aug. 25 for "Systems, methods, and devices for predictable orthodontic treatment" (California, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,539, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Align Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Systems, methods, and devices for predictable orthodontic treatment" was invented by John Morton (San Jose, Calif.) and James Nishimuta (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for generating a treatment plan for repositioning a plurality of teeth comprises instructions to receive a digital data set representing the plurality of teeth, and determine a movement trajectory for repositioning, each tooth from an initial position and orientation towards a target position and orientation. The movement trajectory of at least one tooth comprises m...