ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,426, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).
"Dental product with reduced extrusion forces" was invented by Marc Peuker (Schondorf am Ammersee, Germany), Bernd Anich (Frieding, Germany), Andreas J. Boehm (Reichling, Germany), Henry Loll (Gilching, Germany) and Timothy D. Dunbar (Woodbury, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a dental product comprising a packaging device comprising a compartment with a front end and a rear end, an inner surface and an inner diameter, a layer of lubricant composition on the inner surface of the compartment, a dental material...