US Patent Issued on July 8 for "Intra-oral appliance for delivering red, near-infrared and blue light for oral tissue healing" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,119, issued on July 8.

"Intra-oral appliance for delivering red, near-infrared and blue light for oral tissue healing" was invented by Kurt Mackie (Boerne, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intra-oral appliance for delivering light waves from inside the mouth directly to the oral tissues via a clear, mouthguard positioned on the user's upper and lower teeth, having a series of light emitting diodes disposed on buccal and lingual sides of the appliance and an antenna or data connector for wireless or wired control and application of light waves of a variety of wavelengths to the oral tissues via the LEDs."

The patent was filed o...