US Patent Issued to DENTCA on April 7 for "Clip for coupling to scan body for accurate intraoral scanning" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,150, issued on April 7, was assigned to DENTCA INC. (Torrance, Calif.).

"Clip for coupling to scan body for accurate intraoral scanning" was invented by Tae Hyung Kim (La Canada, Calif.) and Sun Kwon (Fullerton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to at least one embodiment, a method of performing intraoral scanning includes: positioning a first scan body at a location of a first implant; positioning a second scan body at a location of a second implant; coupling a first clip to the first scan body; and coupling a second clip to the second scan body. The coupled first clip extends from the positioned first scan body toward...