US Patent Issued to Dentsply Sirona on March 17 for "Method of identifying dental consumables equipped into a dental tool machine" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,073, issued on March 17, was assigned to Dentsply Sirona Inc. (York, Pa.).

"Method of identifying dental consumables equipped into a dental tool machine" was invented by Hans-Christian Schneider (Einhausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of identifying dental consumables including at least one of a dental blank (2) and a dental tool (3) equipped into a dental tool machine (1). The method includes: a step of colliding the dental tool (3) with the dental blank (2) or a dental blank holder of the dental tool machine (1) and a step of detecting a signal indicative of the collision. The method also includes a step of ana...