US Patent Issued to I-PEX on Jan. 27 for "Oral cavity attachment tool and halitosis measurement system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,048, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to I-PEX Inc. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Oral cavity attachment tool and halitosis measurement system" was invented by Kenji Ogata (Ogori, Japan), Reiji Konishi (Machida, Japan) and Ayako Sato (Machida, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mouth cavity attachment tool (1A) is attachable to a mouth cavity (M) of a person (P) under examination. The mouth cavity attachment tool (1A) includes a partitioning portion (10A) and a gap forming portion (11A). The partitioning portion (10A) partitions a mouth cavity (M) into a first portion (M1) where objects of measurement of halitosis are located and a second port...