US Patent Issued to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY on March 31 for "Orthodontic pliers with force scale" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,975, issued on March 31, was assigned to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Orthodontic pliers with force scale" was invented by Abdullah Mohammad Aldayel (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Ahmed Ali Alfawzan (Alrass, Saudi Arabia), Eman Abdulbaset Alnamnakani (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Faycal Ben Yahia (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The orthodontic pliers with a force scale is an orthodontic tool with an integrated force scale for measuring the force of an elastic band or a power train during attachment thereof to a fixed orthodontic appliance. The orthodontic pliers include first and second members each havin...