US Patent Issued to Align Technology on May 26 for "Methods and apparatuses for preparing a virtual three-dimensional model of a subject's dentition" (Russian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,125, issued on May 26, was assigned to Align Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Methods and apparatuses for preparing a virtual three-dimensional model of a subject's dentition" was invented by Sergei Popov (Tambov, Russia) and Vasily Paraketsov (Moscow).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatuses for the automatic determination of the quality of digital three-dimensional (3D) models of a patient's dentition. A virtual 3D model may include multiple regions. A quality determination may include evaluating the virtual 3D model for one or more quality criteria that provide a basis for one or more defect types and for one or mo...