ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,014, issued on July 8, was assigned to SAEUM MEDITEC Co. LTD. (Bucheon-si, South Korea).

"Dental caries diagnostic device" was invented by Sang Won Yun (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical dental caries diagnostic device can include a body unit, a light-emitting member located in front of the body unit and configured to radiate visible light, and a power supply unit electrically connected to the light-emitting member, where a filter unit detachably coupled to the light-emitting member is provided in front of the light-emitting member. The body unit includes a first body having a first sealed surface a...