ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,212, issued on June 23.
"Electronic flossing device comprising disposable flossing cartridge" was invented by Mary C. Marcella (Raleigh, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental flossing device that allows for simplifying the process of flossing by providing a removable flossing cartridge that includes a distribution reel containing clean, unused, flossing material, and a take-up reel which will eventually contain used flossing material, such that a clean flossing material may be used to clean teeth while preventing used flossing material from being repeatedly used. In addition, the collection of the used flossing material within...