US Patent Issued to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University on June 30 for "Dental handpiece for drilling and suctioning" (Saudi Arabia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,447, issued on June 30, was assigned to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

"Dental handpiece for drilling and suctioning" was invented by Maryam Ibrahim Suwayyid (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental handpiece for drilling and suctioning includes a handle including multiple tubes extending along the handle from a first end of the handle to a second end of the handle. The dental handpiece also includes a head, connected to the first end of the handle, including a fluid nozzle connected to a first tube and a turbine operatively connected to an attachment unit to engage a dental burr a...