ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,322, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SONENDO INC. (Laguna Hills, Calif.).
"Apparatus and methods for cleaning teeth" was invented by Bjarne Bergheim (Mission Viejo, Calif.) and Mehrzad Khakpour (Laguna Beach, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments for cleaning carious regions of a tooth are disclosed herein. For example, a dental apparatus can include a fluid platform having a chamber sized and shaped to retain fluid. The chamber can be configured to be coupled to the tooth over the carious region. A pressure wave generator having a distal end may be configured to be positioned in the chamber. The pressure wave ...