ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,719, issued on June 10, was assigned to MAGIC-TRIX Ltd. (West Yorkshire, Great Britain).

"Dental apparatus" was invented by Prem-Pal Sehmi (Wakefield, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a clamp (100) for a tooth. The clamp (100) comprises a body (105) for adjustably supporting a band (110) such that a looped section (115) of the band (110) projects from the clamp (100). The clamp (100) further comprises a removable implement (120) configured to adjust a shape of the looped section (115) of the band (110) once the removable implement (120) has been removed from the clamp (100). The clamp (100...