US Patent Issued to Force Impact Technologies on Feb. 25 for "Mouth guard having internal components for sensing impact forces" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,889, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Force Impact Technologies Inc. (Gilbert, Ariz.).

"Mouth guard having internal components for sensing impact forces" was invented by Anthony M. Gonzales (Canoga Park, Calif.), Robert M. Merriman (Gilbert, Ariz.), Susan M. Merriman (Gilbert, Ariz.) and Christopher T. Cooper (Stiftsville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mouth guard senses impact forces and determines if the forces exceed an impact threshold. If so, the mouth guard notifies the user of the risk for injury by haptic feedback, vibratory feedback, and/or audible feedback. The mouth guard system may also remotely communicate th...