ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,537, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to J. MORITA MFG. CORP. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Dental treatment apparatus and method for controlling dental treatment apparatus" was invented by Tomoaki Ueda (Kyoto, Japan), Koichiro Adachi (Kyoto, Japan), Kyohei Kato (Kyoto, Japan), Seiichiro Yamashita (Kyoto, Japan) and Kazunari Matoba (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental treatment apparatus includes a holder, a high-frequency signal generation circuit, a detector, and a control circuit. The holder holds an electrode placed at a dental treatment site. A power supply energizes the electrode with a high-frequency current. A detector det...