US Patent Issued to Engle Dental Systems on Feb. 4 for "Traverse dental chair and a sensor assembly for monitoring positions thereof" (Oregon Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,924, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Engle Dental Systems LLC (Hillsboro, Ore.).

"Traverse dental chair and a sensor assembly for monitoring positions thereof" was invented by David Maynard (North Plains, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment of the present disclosure a dental chair a chair assembly configured to support a patient. The dental chair also includes a traverse motion assembly coupled to the chair assembly that move the chair assembly in a forward-backward direction. The dental chair also includes a sensor assembly having a rod rotatably fixed to the traverse motion assembly. The rod defines a first end, a se...