ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,145, issued on April 7, was assigned to TNS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Orthodontic appliance with orthopedic function" was invented by Wongun Chang (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an orthodontic appliance with an orthopedic function. The orthodontic appliance includes an upper teeth aligner mounted on user's upper teeth to correct arrangement of the user's upper teeth, a lower teeth aligner mounted on user's lower teeth to correct arrangement of the user's lower teeth, and occlusal force conversion units respectively provided on the upper teeth aligner and the lower teeth align...