ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,990, issued on Sept. 30.
"Handpiece adapter for an endodontic file" was invented by Arie Becker (Kibbutz Afikim, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, the current invention relates to a method and/or system for using a standard dental handpiece for endodontic cleaning. For example, a dental adapter is disclosed having a fitting for a standard dental handpiece, a torque limiter and/or a mount for an endodontic file. For example, the adapter may be single use and/or multi use. In some embodiments, the mount includes the torque limiter. For example, an endodontic file may be connected to the mount with a friction f...