ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,438, issued on July 15.
"System for improved cleaning of teeth" was invented by Stephen Ruffa (Oak Hill, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental hygiene device for cleaning surfaces between adjacent teeth is disclosed. The dental hygiene device includes a housing configured to be held by a hand during flossing; where the housing includes a chamber within the housing; a toothpaste dentifrice solution contained within the chamber; and dental floss disposed within the housing on a spool, the dental floss and the spool configured to thread through the chamber, where the chamber comprises one or more apertures configured to allow the ...