US Patent Issued to KLS MARTIN on July 28 for "Self-retaining occlusal splint" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,001, issued on July 28, was assigned to KLS MARTIN LP (Jacksonville, Fla.).

"Self-retaining occlusal splint" was invented by Travis Simpson (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Elliott Pearson (Jacksonville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An occlusal splint having an occlusal plate portion, two sets of exterior prong members and two sets of interior prong members disposed on the occlusal plate to define a pair of channels to receive the upper and lower dental arches, the prong members configured to match either the interdental regions or the central crown regions of the teeth. The prong members are composed of a material allowing the prong ...