ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,271, issued on Oct. 20.

"Topical anesthetizing apparatus" was invented by Shane S Hibbetts (Yucaipa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present invention relate to a topical anesthetizing apparatus that includes a first portion, second portion, numbing orb that is configured to be chilled, an open state, and a closed state. The first portion includes a first recess. The second portion comprises a second recess. In the closed state, the first recess and the second recess come together to form a sphere. Here, the numbing orb is selectively positioned within the sphere. In the open state, the first recess is positi...