US Patent Issued to NODK on July 21 for "Manual amalgamator for compounds" (Oregon Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,979, issued on July 21, was assigned to NODK LLC (Wilsonville, Ore.).

"Manual amalgamator for compounds" was invented by Marcus Duffin (Hillsboro, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental amalgamator for automatic controlled manual mixing of compound capsules with operator controlled rotated drive input. The manual amalgamator comprises a self-contained capsule holder and integral gear drive means with a capsule access and placement. Controlled drive input determines proper capsule associated speed and duration assuring proper capsule preparation in a lightweight self-contained portable user-friendly platform."

The patent was fi...