ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,218, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SONENDO INC. (Laguna Hills, Calif.).
"Apparatus and methods for treating teeth" was invented by Mehrzad Khakpour (Laguna Hills, Calif.), Bjarne Bergheim (Mission Viejo, Calif.) and Ryan Evans (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for treating a tooth or gum tissue is disclosed. The apparatus can include a tooth cap for supporting a treatment device during a treatment procedure. The tooth cap can comprise a platform to support the treatment device. The platform can include an access port to provide a portion of the treatment device with access to a treatment region of the t...