ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,573, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to FERTON HOLDING S.A. (Delemont, Switzerland).
"Cyclodextrins as dental cleaning powders" was invented by Marcel Donnet (Saint Jean de Gonville, France), Simone Gatti (Chavannes-pres-Renens, Switzerland) and Qin Zhang (Zurich, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the use of a powder in a powder jet device for cleaning tooth surfaces by powder spraying, wherein the powder comprises cyclodextrin. The invention also relates to a process for cleaning tooth surfaces with a powder jet device, wherein the powder comprises cyclodextrin and the invention relates to a powder ...