US Patent Issued to Ivoclar Vivadent on March 17 for "Exposure device for illuminating a dental object" (Swiss, Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,917, issued on March 17, was assigned to Ivoclar Vivadent AG (Schaan, Liechtenstein).

"Exposure device for illuminating a dental object" was invented by Christian Niedrig (Ruthi, Switzerland), Christian Ritzberger (Grabs, Switzerland), Marc Dittmer (Feldkirch, Austria) and Markus Rampf (Seewis Dorf, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exposure apparatus (100) for illuminating a dental object (101), including a chamber (103) for receiving the dental object (101); and a radiation source (105) for emitting radiation having a wavelength shorter than 350 nm into the chamber (103)."

The patent was filed on Oct. 13, 2022, under ...