ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,121, issued on Nov. 11.
"Dental splatter shield" was invented by Chelsey Mater (Oshawa, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The dental splatter shield is a guard. The dental splatter shield comprises a guard plate, a finger ring plate, a finger ring structure, a plate cant, a caregiver, and a patient. The caregiver provides therapeutic dental services to the patient. The guard plate, the finger ring plate, and the finger ring structure are combined to form a structure that is worn by a caregiver. The plate cant is a cant formed between the guard plate and the finger ring plate. The structure formed by the guard plate, the finger ri...