MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202631062861 A) filed by Siksha O Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, on May 18, for 'device for safe disposal and material-specific recycling of used endodontic instruments.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. Shashirekha Govind; Dr. Amit Jena; Dr. K Sai Kalyan; and Dr. Debiprasad Bisoi.

The application for the patent was published on May 29, under issue no. 22/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A device for safe disposal and material-specific recycling of used endodontic instruments comprising a housing 101 having an input hopper 102 equipped with at least one sensor for detecting insertion of used instruments, a steril...