US Patent Issued to L'Oreal on July 7 for "Hair cleansing device for sebum reduction and removal" (California, New Jersey, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,708, issued on July 7, was assigned to L'Oreal (Paris).

"Hair cleansing device for sebum reduction and removal" was invented by Dominic Akerele (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Maya Kelley (San Francisco) and Fred Orsita (Wayne, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for reducing sebum, including a dispenser component configured to dispense a formula, a transducer component configured to apply an energy treatment, a vacuum component configured to apply suction, and a scraper component comprising one or more sebum extraction channels, where the scraper component is configured to contact a scalp of a user. Further, a method of reducing sebum wit...