US Patent Issued to Solmetex on March 24 for "Detachable canisters for use with dental amalgam separation and recycling systems" (Massachusetts, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,502, issued on March 24, was assigned to Solmetex LLC (Northborough, Mass.).

"Detachable canisters for use with dental amalgam separation and recycling systems" was invented by Robin Schofield (Lancaster, Mass.), Richard Goulston (Stuart, Fla.), Edward M Morassi (Chelmsford, Mass.) and Nick Mozzicato (Acton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides detachable canisters for use with dental amalgam recycling systems, useful for recycling particles drawn from dental liquid effluent, for example, using a dental amalgam recycling apparatus using an air-water separation tank."

The patent was filed on March 3, 2...