US Patent Issued to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY on April 15 for "Dental appliance" (Saudi Arabia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,598, issued on April 15, was assigned to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Dental appliance" was invented by Lama Ahmed Alkahlan (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to a dental appliance. The dental appliance includes a first band adapted for mounting about a first tooth, such as a second molar, the first band having a mesial hook facing toward a root of the first tooth. A second band is included, the second band adapted for mounting about a second tooth, such as a premolar, wherein the second band has a distal hook facing toward a crown of the second tooth. A spring is s...