ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,299, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Align Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Methods of forming orthodontic appliances having a ridge" was invented by Heng Cao (Santa Clara, Calif.), Vadim Matov (San Jose, Calif.), John Y. Morton (San Jose, Calif.), Jon Moss (Antioch, Calif.) and Ryan Kimura (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method may include generating a model of an orthodontic appliance having a shell having teeth receiving cavities shaped to receive and reposition the patient's teeth. At least one of the cavities may be shaped to apply a resilient repositioning force to move at least one of the patient's te...