US Patent Issued to Align Technology on March 18 for "Full-scanner barrier for an intra-oral device" (Israeli, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,186, issued on March 18, was assigned to Align Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Full-scanner barrier for an intra-oral device" was invented by Ariel Shalev (Beit Shemesh, Israel), Eran Green (Haifa, Israel), Zakhar Ginzburg (Netanya, Israel), Matthew Durban (San Jose, Calif.), Roee Gorfinkel (Yavne, Israel), Ofer Saphier (Rehovot, Israel), Tal Verker (Ofra, Israel), Nir Makmel (Tel Aviv, Israel), Eran Ishay (Tel Aviv, Israel) and Raphael Levy (Jerusalem).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Removable barrier devices for covering an intraoral scanner. The barrier device includes a cover that is adapted to fit over a probe of the scanner...