ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,984, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Emanate Biomedical Inc. (Larchmont, N.Y.).

"Oral appliance for delivery of medicaments and/or other substances" was invented by Peter John Zegarelli (Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oral appliance is provided for delivering a medicament to at least a portion of teeth and/or soft tissue areas inside a mouth. The oral appliance contains an interior surface having a medicament disposed in or on at least a portion of and/or the entire interior surface of the oral appliance. The interior surface of the oral cavity is formed to fit contours of at least the portion of the teeth a...