ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,207, issued on March 24.

"Contact lens cleaning case" was invented by Sherri Ball (Reseda, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contact lens cleaning apparatus for cleaning contact lenses outside of a user's hands includes a housing containing a pair of motors. A pair of fluid permeable containers are positioned outside of the housing and are attached to respective motors via shafts. The motors are operable to rotate the shafts, thus rotating the fluid permeable containers."

The patent was filed on Sept. 13, 2023, under Application No. 18/367,830.

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