ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,388, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Aerosol Control Co. (Stroudsburg, Pa.).

"Dental aerosol protection system" was invented by Michael E. Gonsky (Stroudsburg, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental aerosol protection system for controlling dispersion of aerosol and splatter particles produced during dental procedures, the system including a ring assembly, a support mask for supporting the ring assembly on a patient, and a suction generating device, the ring assembly and support mask having suction ports which are connectable to the suction generating device to provide a negative suction force around the oral cavity, wherein ...