ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,082, issued on Aug. 4.

"Laser line projector for lateral cephalograms digital radiography" was invented by Il Gon Kim (Gwangju, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a laser line projecting device having a new structure, which is provided in a lateral cephalometric radiograph device to check whether a center of a user's face is accurately located on a sagittal plane by vertically or horizontally projecting light onto the user's face.The laser line projecting device for a lateral cephalometric radiograph device according to the present invention includes a support rod (10) extending downward from a...