US Patent Issued to SONENDO on April 8 for "Liquid jet apparatus and methods for dental treatments" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,565, issued on April 8, was assigned to SONENDO INC. (Laguna Hills, Calif.).

"Liquid jet apparatus and methods for dental treatments" was invented by Bjarne Bergheim (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Morteza Gharib (San Marino, Calif.), Mehrzad Khakpour (Laguna Beach, Calif.), Michele Pham (Anaheim, Calif.) and Richard S. Tebbs (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for using a liquid jet apparatus for dental treatments are disclosed. In one implementation, the liquid jet apparatus may include a handpiece configured to deliver a high velocity liquid jet to a desired location in the mouth of a patient. The hand...