ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,234, issued on July 1, was assigned to CREATECH MEDICAL S.L. (Mendaro, Spain).

"Dental anchoring system for fastening prostheses" was invented by Arkaitz Ortega Trucios (Mendaro, Spain), Julen Gimeno Eguia (Mendaro, Spain), Mikel Gomez Picaza (Mendaro, Spain), Ruben Urzainki Beristain (Mendaro, Spain) and Antxoka Urzainki Beristain (Mendaro, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental anchoring system for fastening prostheses having a male component, a female component which is coupled to the male component, and a connection element which is coupled to the female component and makes up the retaining element of the prosthesis configu...