ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,645, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Groman Inc. (Margate, Fla.).
"Flexible face mask for various dental and medical uses" was invented by Boaz Barry Groman (Boca Raton, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible mask substrate (MS) with a rigid front plate (FP) which may be a viewing window (VW) causing the mask substrate to extend forward from a patient's face, forming a chamber in front of the patient's mouth. Instrument ports (IP) allow instruments to be introduced through the mask into the patient's oral or nasal cavity to perform dental or medical procedures. An elastic band (CE) on the mask substrate to conform the mask...