MUMBAI, India, June 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641056382 A) filed by Saveetha Institute Of Medical And Technical Sciences on May 04, 2026, for A Self- Sterilizing Dental Mirror Handle Coated With photocatalytic Titanium Dioxide.
Inventors include R Gayathri; Vishnupriya V; and Deepak Nallaswamy Veeraiyan.
The application for the patent was published on June 26, 2026, under issue no. 26/2026.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a self-sterilizing dental mirror handle designed to reduce cross-contamination in clinical dental settings. The invention comprises a conventional dental mirror handle coated with a photocatalytic layer of titanium dioxide (TiCh). Upon exposure to routine de...