MUMBAI, India, March 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641025240 A) filed by Meenakshi Academy Of Higher Education And Research; and Meenakshi Ammal Dental College And Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on March 3, for 'multifunctional dental spatula for quantitative cement dispensing and mixing.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. Nikita Ravi; Dr. Jayaseelan; Dr. Aarudra Devi; and Dr. Jaideep Mahendra.

The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to dental hand instruments and discloses a dual-purpose dental spatula for precise cement measurement and mixing. The spatula compr...