ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,935, issued on Oct. 21.
"Plate for insertion into the palate and a method for its production" was invented by Carsten Matuschek (Falkensee, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a plate (1) for insertion into the palate, the plate (1) having wings (4) on both sides of an imaginary center plane (9) running perpendicular to the plate (1), the wings being designed such that they bear against the palate at least in regions. The two webs (3) run on both sides of the central plane (9), so that a free space (6) running between the webs (3) is formed for receiving the vomer (13)."
The patent was filed on Dec. 9, 20...