ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,130, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to MONITEX INDUSTRIAL Co. LTD. (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Direct-drive dental material mixing device" was invented by Shu-Lung Wang (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Shen-Yao Chiang (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A direct-drive dental material mixing device includes a motor, a seat and a clamp, the motor includes a stator and a rotor including an output shaft, the seat includes a bottom plate, a bracket disposed on the plate and for disposing the motor, and shock-absorbing connectors respectively connecting with the plate and the bracket, each of the shock-absorbing connectors includes...