US Patent Issued to Solventum Intellectual Properties on March 24 for "Removable dental appliance with interproximal reinforcement" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,506, issued on March 24, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).

"Removable dental appliance with interproximal reinforcement" was invented by Michael K. Domroese (Woodbury, Minn.), David K. Cinader Jr. (Woodbury, Minn.) and Richard E. Raby (Lino Lakes, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A removable dental appliance may include an appliance body at least partially surrounding a plurality of teeth and an interproximal reinforcement. The appliance body may include a first shell shaped to engage a first tooth and a second shell shaped to engage a second tooth. The interproximal reinforcement extends ...