US Patent Issued to Ivoclar Vivadent on Oct. 7 for "Dental sensor system for mounting a dental sensor" (Austrian, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,539, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Ivoclar Vivadent AG (Schaan, Liechtenstein).

"Dental sensor system for mounting a dental sensor" was invented by Robert Wolfgang Krybus (Malans, Switzerland) and Florian Moosmann (Zwischenwasser, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental sensor system (100), including a first tooth attachment device (101-1) for attachment to a first tooth (103-1); a second tooth attachment device (101-2) for attachment to a second tooth (103-2); a sensor rail (105) between the first and second tooth attachment devices (101-1; 101-2); and a dental sensor (107) positionable along the sensor rail (105)."

The ...