ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,721, issued on Sept. 23.
"Dental loupes with black light lens" was invented by Coryn Bodily (St. George, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Dental loupes feature a light source, a composite lens, and a blacklight lens. Each lens may be hingedly coupled to the light source to prevent composite from curing or cause composite to fluoresce. The dental loupes have magnets for securing the position of each lens and/or may have a formfactor configured to allow ease of rotation and positioning. In some examples, the dental loupes include a first bracket coupled to and rotatable about a second bracket via a pin. The first bracket has a firs...