ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,385, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Interdental cleaning tool" was invented by Tasuku Kikkawa (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interdental cleaning tool is provided, which is capable of suppressing from being broken. The interdental cleaning tool 1 includes: a base material portion 10 including a base section 11 and a shaft section 12 extending from the base section 11; a soft portion 20 including a covering section 21 that covers a distal end part 12a of the shaft section 12, and a plurality of projections 22 extending from the covering section 21; and an extensio...