ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,097, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to DURR DENTAL SE (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany).

"Device for holding a storage medium" was invented by Andreas KuhfuB (Ludwigsburg, Germany) and Enes Mustajbegovic (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device for holding a storage medium in the oral cavity of a patient for at least one X-ray exposure."

The patent was filed on Sept. 9, 2024, under Application No. 18/829,142.

*For further information, including images, charts and tables, please visit: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsea...