ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,979, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Graphy Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Post-curing method of 3D printout, and transparent orthodontic appliance manufactured thereby" was invented by Un Seob Sim (Seoul, South Korea) and Hoon Kim (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for post-curing a 3D printing output and a transparent orthodontic device manufactured by the method are described. The method for post-curing a 3D printing output removes residual resin from printouts manufactured through a 3D printer, shortens the curing time by improving the curing speed through a post-curing process, and can manufacture printo...