US Patent Issued to DURR DENTAL on May 12 for "Suction handpiece for a dental treatment unit" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,770, issued on May 12, was assigned to DURR DENTAL SE (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany).

"Suction handpiece for a dental treatment unit" was invented by Martin Durrstein (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany) and Andreas Hagele (Weinstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suction handpiece for a dental treatment unit has a negative pressure connection which can be connected with a negative pressure source of the treatment unit. A saliva connection of the suction unit can be connected with a saliva suction cannula and an atomized spray connection that can be connected with an atomized spray suction cannula. A branched flow path connects...