ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,715, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to MUREVA PHOTOTHERAPY INC. (Strongsville, Ohio).
"Intraoral phototherapy probe" was invented by Vedang Kothari (San Diego), Jordan W. Oja (Stow, Ohio), Jason D. Lazzara (Cleveland) and Samuel J. Shelnutt (Olmsted Township, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an exemplary embodiment, an intraoral phototherapy device is provided for that improves tissue illumination. Oral tissue illumination is particularly difficult in the oral cavity inside of the teeth. That is, it is particularly difficult to illuminate the roof of the mouth and tissues located towards the back for the throat. The ...