US Patent Issued to SWIV on Feb. 18 for "Pivoting brush head apparatus and system for cleaning teeth and methods for manufacturing thereof" (Pennsylvania, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,274, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to SWIV LLC (Highland Park, Ill.).

"Pivoting brush head apparatus and system for cleaning teeth and methods for manufacturing thereof" was invented by Victoria N. Fishman (Philadelphia), Kevin R. Paroda (State College, Pa.) and Jenna L. Borges (San Mateo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toothbrush apparatus and system designed to simplify the cleaning of all surfaces of the teeth, by simplifying the brushing process to a single motion performed on the top and bottom rows of teeth, and thereby by reducing the cognitive difficulty of learning the brushing task. Simplification is accomplished...