ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,200, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Bite Ease LLC (Langhorne, Pa.).

"Devices for treating trismus and methods of use" was invented by Virginia C. Monson (Langhorne, Pa.) and Stephen H. Monson (Langhorne, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and method treating Trismus in a patient. The device is configured to be located completely within the mouth of the patient and includes a pair of teeth-receiving plates and at least one adjustable biasing assembly. The adjustable biasing assembly pivotably interconnects the teeth-receiving plates and is adjustable to establish a desired spacing between anterior portions of the teeth-rece...