MUMBAI, India, Oct. 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411019657 A) filed by Sanskriti University, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, on March 16, 2024, for 'automated straw cleaning device.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. Sriom.

The application for the patent was published on Oct. 10, under issue no. 41/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An automated straw cleaning device, comprises a housing 1 crafted with an opening 2 for inserting a straw, an artificial intelligence-based imaging unit 3 for capturing multiple images and detecting the dimensions of the straw, an inductive proximity sensor 4 for determining the material of the straw, different kind of cleaning solutions are...