US Patent Issued to Ormco on Sept. 8 for "Orthodontic devices and methods for using those devices" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,968, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Ormco Corp. (Brea, Calif.).

"Orthodontic devices and methods for using those devices" was invented by Jessica Elivier Grande (Placentia, Calif.) and Sammel Shahrier Alauddin (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for use by a clinician includes a tip structure that is configured to extend from a handle and to be inserted into a patient's mouth and at least one light source that is capable of emitting incoherent actinic radiation from the device. The light source is on the tip structure or within the handle. A light device includes a shell that is configured to engage ...