ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,012, issued on Sept. 9.
"Dental device" was invented by Paul Moore (Galway, Ireland) and Hazel Hendy (Galway, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present invention relate to a dental retractor for controlling the position of soft tissue within a mouth, the dental retractor comprising: a lip retractor for controlling the position of a lip; and a cheek retractor comprising a pair of arms for controlling the position of a cheek; and wherein the dental retractor comprises a tongue retractor removably coupled to the dental retractor for controlling the position of a tongue."
The patent was filed on Feb. 25, 2020, under...