US Patent Issued to ELOS MEDTECH PINOL on Jan. 27 for "Dental abutment for inter-oral scanning or for extra-oral scanning" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,217, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to ELOS MEDTECH PINOL A/S (Gorlose, Denmark).

"Dental abutment for inter-oral scanning or for extra-oral scanning" was invented by Henrik Andersen (Gorlose, Denmark), Soren Olsen (Gorlose, Denmark), Andreas Bak Ingemann (Gorlose, Denmark) and Nichlas Holst Buch-Larsen (Gorlose, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the field of devices for implantation. More specifically, the invention provides a scan body or scanning abutment for dental implants, which is suited for high precision inter-oral scanning while mounted on a dental implant. The scan body is also suited...