ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,104, issued on May 20, was assigned to 3SHAPE A/S (Kobenhavn K, Denmark).
"Sheath for a tip of a scanning device and system thereof" was invented by Alexander Bruun Christiansen (Copenhagen O, Denmark), Petur Gordon Hermannsson (Gentofte, Denmark), Soren Greve Jensen (Copenhagen S, Denmark) and Mike Van Der Poel (Rodovre, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheath for an intraoral scanning tip, where polarization is not substantially altered during scanning."
The patent was filed on Sept. 9, 2019, under Application No. 17/275,441.
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