US Patent Issued to Brushy on Oct. 6 for "Combined container and orthodontic retainer cleaning apparatus" (New York, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,806, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Brushy LLC (Ketonah, N.Y.).

"Combined container and orthodontic retainer cleaning apparatus" was invented by Alan Katz (Katonah, N.Y.) and Thomas Wright (S. Deerfield, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container for cleaning an orthodontic appliance comprising a first component having a first set of bristles arranged in a first array and a second component having a second set of bristles arranged in a second array, the second set of bristles extending toward the first set of bristles when the container is in a closed condition. The first component is rotatable relative to the second componen...