US Patent Issued to Align Technology on Nov. 3 for "Compact intraoral scanner with improved axial magnification" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,426, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Align Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Compact intraoral scanner with improved axial magnification" was invented by Yossef Atiya (Modiin-Maccabim-Reut, Israel) and Tal Verker (Ofra, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intraoral scanner comprises a light source to emit light, a spatial pattern to output patterned light, a beam splitter, an optical system to focus the patterned light, and a hollow front tip comprising a mirror to redirect the patterned light out of a side exit of the intraoral scanner. The intraoral scanner further comprises an image sensor to receive returning patterned l...