US Patent Issued to The Trustees of Indiana University on Aug. 4 for "Orthodontic force measurement system for personalized treatments" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,198, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to The Trustees of Indiana University (Bloomington, Ind.).

"Orthodontic force measurement system for personalized treatments" was invented by Jie Chen (Carmel, Ind.) and Dongcai Wang (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthodontic force measurement system that enables duplication of the patient's dentition for the application of appliances in a simulated clinical condition. Six components of the load system on individual teeth can be measured. The device can take patient-specific information, such as shapes and locations of the teeth, and duplicate them on the device. Clinicians will be ...