ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,302, issued on June 30, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Oral body device" was invented by Toru Shimuta (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Keisuke Danno (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Kouki Ejiri (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Hideki Ejima (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oral body device is provided for attaching to and detaching from an oral appliance that has an electrical connection portion. The device includes a body, and an attachment/detachment operation unit that has an electrical connection conductor and is configured to detachably attach the oral appliance to the body portion by operating application...