US Patent Issued to Solmetex on June 2 for "Intraoral device" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,632, issued on June 2, was assigned to Solmetex LLC (Northborough, Mass.).

"Intraoral device" was invented by Thien Nguyen (Santa Ana, Calif.) and Tam Thanh Pham (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental mouthpiece is provided that may be attached to a high-suction dental adapter for the purpose of assisting the dental staff during dental procedures through chair-side, hands-free suction, and isolation. Such a mouthpiece may include a main body portion, a cheek retractor portion, and a suction connector portion. In some embodiments, the main body portion, cheek retractor portion, and suction connector portion (and sub-por...