US Patent Issued to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey on Sept. 8 for "Composition and method for a root canal filling" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,078, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, N.J.).

"Composition and method for a root canal filling" was invented by Mohammad Ali Saghiri (Hackensack, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions and methods for the synthesis of polymer foam materials, wherein the polymer foam materials include expandable polymers, which can be applied to many dental applications, such as for example but not limited to one or more of a filler, a sealer, a filling, and a root canal. The expandable polymers can include a cross linkable material that expands upon crosslinking."

The patent was ...