US Patent Issued to Wichita State University on Dec. 23 for "Systems and methods for evaluating oral function" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,112, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Wichita State University (Wichita, Kan.).

"Systems and methods for evaluating oral function" was invented by Heidi A. VanRavenhorst-Bell (Wichita, Kan.), Jeremy Patterson (Wichita, Kan.) and Ryan Z. Amick (Wichita, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intraoral apparatus for evaluating oral function of a patient. The intraoral apparatus comprises a dental-engagement element configured to engage with one or more teeth of the patient. The intraoral apparatus additionally comprises an oral media configured to be positioned adjacent to a palate of the patient. The intraoral apparatus further comp...