ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,501, issued on March 24, was assigned to TriAgenics Inc. (Redmond, Ore.).
"Therapeutic tooth bud ablation" was invented by Leigh E. Colby (Lino Lakes, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system including a sensored ablation probe tip and a virtual stent, said sensored ablation probe tip for use in a tooth bud ablation procedure that results in tooth agenesis, said sensored ablation probe tip for use with an ablation probe unit. A system including a sensored ablation probe tip and a stent, said sensored ablation probe tip for use in a tooth bud ablation procedure that results in tooth agenesis, said sensored ablation probe tip for...