ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,224, issued on March 24, was assigned to Colgate-Palmolive Co. (New York).
"Determining a pressure associated with an oral care device, and methods thereof" was invented by Hrebesh Molly Subhash (Somerset, N.J.) and Benny E. Urban Jr. (Westfield, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oral care system including an oral care device and a processor. The oral care device includes a head having cleaning elements and a vibrational sensor configured to determine vibrational data emitted by the oral care device in use. The processor is operably coupled to the vibrational sensor and is configured to: determine, based on the vibrational data...