ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,914, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to STRAUMANN HOLDING AG (Basel, Switzerland).
"Dental drill surface treatment" was invented by Simon Zollinger (Basel, Switzerland) and Sven Schneider (Basel, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of surface treating a drill, the drill including a shaft extending along a central longitudinal axis from a proximal end to a distal end, the proximal end of the shaft including a shank adapted for connection to a rotary driver, the shaft further including, distal of the shank, a fluted section including at least one flute extending along the longitudinal length of the fluted section, the met...