ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,243, issued on May 6.
"Dental mirror cleaner" was invented by Hari Reyes (Ridgefield, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental mirror cleaner that utilizes a spray of high pressure water and air at an angle across the reflective face of a dental mirror while in a patient's mouth to clean debris, blood and condensation from the mirror. It redirects the flow of the water and or air away from the centerline or linear axis of the mirror handle and sprays it offset from this centerline in a hemispherical pattern at an approximate 35 to 45 degree angle across the mirrored face."
The patent was filed on Oct. 6, 2021, under Application...