ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,262, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to FERTON HOLDING S.A. (Delemont, Switzerland).

"Tool for a medical treatment, tool tip, moving part and/or handpiece for such a tool and method for producing such a tool for a medical treatment" was invented by Alex Bienaime (Les Rousses, France), Romain Vuillet (Kiruna, Sweden), Etienne Lebreton (Crissier, Switzerland), Laurent Mosimann (Commugny, Switzerland) and Florent Beani (Gex, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool (1) for a medical treatment, in particular for a dental treatment, comprising: -a handpiece (40) having an ultrasound vibration source (30), -a moving part (10), performi...