US Patent Issued to Dentsply Sirona on Dec. 16 for "Sensor holder and method for optimum positioning during intraoral imaging" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,031, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Dentsply Sirona Inc. (York, Pa.).

"Sensor holder and method for optimum positioning during intraoral imaging" was invented by Wolf Blecher (Hemsbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining the optimum relative position of at least one sensor and/or at least one imaging source of an imaging device for at least one intraoral imaging, and for the non-overlapping imaging of at least two tooth root canals. The disclosure also relates to a sensor holder (1) for intraoral imaging including at least one biting device (2) that is insertable into the mouth of a patient, at least ...