US Patent Issued to Ultradent Products on Dec. 23 for "Dental cleaner discharge guard systems and methods" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,263, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Ultradent Products Inc. (South Jordan, Utah).

"Dental cleaner discharge guard systems and methods" was invented by Bruce S. McLean (Sandy, Utah), Scot N. Andersen (Draper, Utah) and Dan E. Fischer (Sandy, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Rotating dental systems and related guards and methods are disclosed. In some instances, a guard may be configured to prevent material from building up on at least a portion of the dental system. The guard may be configured to prevent materials from being discharged from the dental system. In some embodiments, the guard may also be configured to direct the f...