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Dental bleaching systems listed among 14 new patents

By Karl R. Cannon

Published: Wednesday, July 7, 2004 7:24 a.m. MDT

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Fourteen patents were awarded to Utah inventors on June 8, including:

• Turbo system and method of installing. Richard K. Squires, Lindon. Filed March 27, 2003. Patent No. 6,745,568.

• Dual flow inflator for a vehicular air bag system. Karl K. Rink, Princeton, Idaho; David J. Green, Brigham City; Anthony M. Young, Malad, Idaho; C. Paul Dinsdale, Farr West, Weber County. Assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc., Ogden. Filed March 19, 2002. Patent No. 6,746,046.

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• Methods for cleaning and shaping asymmetrical root canals in an anatomical fashion. Francesco Riitano, Soverato, Italy; Dan E. Fischer, Sandy. Assigned to Ultradent Products Inc., South Jordan. Filed Feb. 21, 2002, a continuation of Patent No. 6,379,155, filed March 27, 2000, which is a continuation-in-part of Patent No. 6,217,335, filed Jan. 27, 2000, which is a continuation-in-part of Patent No. 6,059,572, filed June 3, 1999, which is a continuation-in-part of Patent No. 6,045,362, filed Jan. 28, 1998, which is a continuation-in-part of Patent No. 5,775,904, filed June 30, 1997, which is a continuation of Patent No. 5,642,998, filed June 6, 1996, which claims priority to Italian Application No. RM95A0377, filed June 6, 1995. Patent No. 6,746,245.

• Method of measuring transcutaneous access blood flow. Robert R. Steuer, Pleasant View, Weber County; David A. Bell, Farmington; David R. Miller, Morgan. Filed Dec. 29, 2000. Patent No. 6,746,407.

• Method of blood constituent monitoring using improved disposable extracorporeal conduit. Robert R. Steuer, Pleasant View, Weber County; David R. Miller, Morgan. Assigned to Hema Metrics Inc., Kaysville. Filed May 25, 2000, a continuation-in-part of Patent No. 6,746,485, filed Aug. 6, 2001, a divisional of Application Ser. No. 08/955,989 filed on Oct. 22, 1997, now Patent No. 6,090,061, which claims priority to provisional patent Application No. 60,029,586, filed Oct. 23, 1996. Patent No. 6,746,415.

• Multipart dental bleaching systems and methods for bleaching teeth using such systems. Peter M. Allred, Riverton. Assigned to Ultradent Products Inc., South Jordan. Filed Aug. 5, 2002, a continuation-in-part of Patent No. 6,503,485, filed Aug. 6, 2001. Patent No. 6,746,664.

• Method for making a semiconductor light source. Densen Cao, Sandy. Filed Aug. 24, 2001. Patent No. 6,746,885.