US Patent Issued to Solventum Intellectual Properties on June 2 for "Automated process for intermediate orthodontic digital setup generation" (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Texas, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,623, issued on June 2, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Eagan, Minn.).

"Automated process for intermediate orthodontic digital setup generation" was invented by Alexandra R. Cunliffe (St. Paul, Minn.), Benjamin D. Zimmer (Hudson, Wis.), Jonathan D. Gandrud (Woodbury, Minn.), Guruprasad Somasundaram (St. Paul, Minn.), Arash Sangari (Frisco, Texas), Deepti Pachauri (Minneapolis), Shawna L. Thomas (College Station, Texas) and Nancy M. Amato (Champaign, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for generating digital setups for an orthodontic treatment path. The method includes receiving a digital 3D model of teet...