ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,209, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to DENTALEZ INC. (Malvern, Pa.).
"Dental handpiece with embedded wireless communication device" was invented by Robert Young (Bethlehem, Pa.), Doug Cahill (Lititz, Pa.), David Reagan (Conestoga, Pa.) and Luther Gates (Gap, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental handpiece includes a head portion supporting a turbine for a removable rotating dental tool, and a handle portion having an internal cavity. One or more conduits extend at least partially through the internal cavity toward the head portion. At least one of the conduits is a drive fluid tube delivering drive fluid to the head portion fo...