US Patent Issued to The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, XII Medical on March 24 for "Intra-oral appliances and systems" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,822, issued on March 24, was assigned to The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland) and XII Medical Inc. (Union City, Calif.).

"Intra-oral appliances and systems" was invented by Francis A. Papay (Westlake, Ohio), Kelly B. Emerton (Bay Village, Ohio), Charles P. Steiner (Pepper Pike, Ohio) and Anthony V. Caparso (North Ridgeville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intra-oral appliance to power and/or communicate with a neurostimulator is provided. The intra-oral appliance can include a teeth covering configured to fit over mandibular incisor, canine and/or premolar teeth of a human being and a remote controller in the form of ...