Dental data mining
CA 2557573 C · Owner: Align Technology, Inc. · Inventors: Van Nguyen, Cuong; De Smedt, Philippe; Overton, Christopher W.
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Systems and methods are disclosed providing a database comprising a compendium of at least one of patient treatment history; orthodontic therapies orthodontic information and diagnostics; employing a data mining technique for interrogating said database for generating an output data stream the output , data stream correlating a patient malocclusion with an orthodontic treatment; and applying the output data stream to improve a dental appliance or a dental appliance usage.
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- Filed February 22, 2005 and granted July 17, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 22, 2025.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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