US Patent Issued to Convergent Dental on Feb. 25 for "Laser system for enhancing remineralization and strength of hard tissue" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,278, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Convergent Dental Inc. (Waltham, Mass.).

"Laser system for enhancing remineralization and strength of hard tissue" was invented by Charles Kerbage (Arlington, Mass.), Ali Badreddine (Boston), Stephen Couitt (Auburndale, Mass.) and Roni Cantor-Balan (Natick, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser-based system and method for treatment of hard tissue enhances remineralization and fluoride uptake to improve resistance to demineralization. The system can include a laser source, an optic, and a controller for controlling the laser source and/or the optic to deliver radiation to a treatment regi...