ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,043, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Smylio Inc. (Fremont, Calif.).
"Oral appliance holder" was invented by Henry Hanh Chan (San Jose, Calif.) and Irene Vincenza Laudeman (Boise, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In certain aspects, devices and methods for an oral appliance holder that can detect analyte information originating from oral appliances stored in the appliance holder. The analyte information can be derived from found in volatilized compounds detected within the appliance holder. The appliance holder can directly or indirectly communicate with a server that is configured to process the analyte information. The analyt...