US Patent Issued to Johann Lechner on Feb. 24 for "Shaped gel body, method for producing same, and use thereof" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,061, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Johann Lechner (Munich).

"Shaped gel body, method for producing same, and use thereof" was invented by Johann Lechner (Munich), Bernd Zimmermann (Starnberg, Germany) and Michael Sturm (WeBling, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A molded gel body used in ultrasonography in the medical or dental field, and the production and use thereof. The molded gel body is used to detect and localize dental cavities in the jawbone by means of through-transmission alveolar ultrasonography (TAU). The molded gel body has a receptacle for receiving an ultrasound transmitter and/or receiver. The molded gel bo...