US Patent Issued to INSTITUT STRAUMANN on Nov. 3 for "Electronic dental torque wrench" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,652, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to INSTITUT STRAUMANN AG (Basel, Switzerland).

"Electronic dental torque wrench" was invented by Beat Hanggi (Basel, Switzerland) and Steve Beguin (Nenzlingen, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic dental torque wrench is described, including a head with a receiving opening defining a rotation axis and configured to receive a screwing instrument, a shaft defining a shaft axis and configured for applying a torque to the head, wherein the receiving opening is configured to engage with the screwing instrument upon rotation of the shaft around the rotation axis in a tightening directi...