US Patent Issued to 3SHAPE on May 19 for "Intraoral scanner with optical system for minimizing stray light" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,862, issued on May 19, was assigned to 3SHAPE A/S (Kobenhavn K, Denmark).

"Intraoral scanner with optical system for minimizing stray light" was invented by Alexander Bruun Christiansen (Copenhagen O, Denmark), Christoph Vannahme (Holte, Denmark) and Petur Gordon Hermannsson (Copenhagen K, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an intraoral scanning device including a light source configured for emitting light; a beam splitter configured for outputting linearly polarized light of a predefined orientation, wherein the beam splitter is arranged such that light from the light source is transmitted throug...