ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,344, issued on May 20, was assigned to KAVO DENTAL GMBH (Biberach an der Riss, Germany).
"Angled-head rotary cleaning device for dental purposes" was invented by Matthias Maier (Biberach an der Riss, Germany), Andreas Thanner (Biberach an der Riss, Germany), Thomas Classen (Herbertingen, Germany), Marcel Ott (Zwiefalten, Germany), Dennis Krueger (Geislingen, Germany) and Alexander Klee (Biberach an der Riss, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An angled-head rotary cleaning device for dental purposes includes a plastic housing having an elongated neck portion that defines a sleeve with a wall. The neck portion includes a first end...