US Patent Issued to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY on March 18 for "Endodontic irrigation needle with apical plug and methods of use" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,279, issued on March 18, was assigned to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Endodontic irrigation needle with apical plug and methods of use" was invented by Mohammed Abdullah Alshehri (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Ibraheem Rshood Alqwizany (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Hesham Abdullah Alzedan (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endodontic irrigation needle includes a connection fitting, needle, and apical plug. The needle includes a proximal end joined to the connection fitting, is hollow and forms a conduit for irrigation fluid and a plurality of exit ports for discharging irrigation fluid. An apical plug is ...