ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,851, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Fresh Health Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Oral health device for simultaneously brushing the surfaces of and cleaning the interproximal spaces between a user's teeth" was invented by Machiko Taylor (Alameda, Calif.), Madison Mount (Oakland, Calif.) and Bruce Michael Schena (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oral insert includes a plurality of bristles and a plurality of fluid nozzles. The plurality of bristles is located on an upper portion and a lower portion of a tray surface of the oral insert. The plurality of fluid nozzles is located at an inner portion and an outer ...