US Patent Issued to Align Technology on Jan. 20 for "Real-time bite articulation" (Israeli, Swiss, German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,651, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Align Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Real-time bite articulation" was invented by Ofer Saphier (Rehovot, Israel), Avi Kopelman (Palo Alto, Calif.), Moti Ben Dov (Tel Mond, Israel), Ran Katz (Hod Hasharon, Israel), Shai Farkash (Hod Hasharon, Israel), Roy Fahn (Petach Tikva, Israel), Michael Chang (Zurich), Niko Benjamin Huber (Zug, Switzerland), Eric P. Meyer (Zurich), Gustavo Ismael (Mainz, Germany), Zelko Relic (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Maik Gerth (Hessen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method may include obtaining a first 3D model of an upper jaw of a patient using an intraora...