US Patent Issued to Sanderson Macleod on June 24 for "Brush or swab assembly and method of manufacturing a brush or swab" (Connecticut, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,624, issued on June 24, was assigned to Sanderson Macleod Inc. (Palmer, Mass.).

"Brush or swab assembly and method of manufacturing a brush or swab" was invented by Mark Borsari (Wilbraham, Mass.) and Chris Tarling (Southport, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A swab includes a core wire section having a proximal end and a distal end, an integral tip formed on the distal end, and at least one sleeve element received on the core wire section. The at least one sleeve element has a layer of fibers covering the sleeve and disposed on the at least one sleeve element by flocking, the layer of fibers being configured to absorb a quantity...