US Patent Issued to International Business Machines on March 24 for "Smart toothbrush that tracks and removes dental plaque" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,319, issued on March 24, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Smart toothbrush that tracks and removes dental plaque" was invented by Guy M. Cohen (Ossining, N.Y.), Lior Horesh (North Salem, N.Y.), Raya Horesh (North Salem, N.Y.) and Amos Cahan (Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The exemplary embodiments disclose an apparatus, a system and method, and a computer program product for removing dental plaque. The exemplary embodiments may include emitting light, detecting reflections of the light, analyzing the reflected light, and determining an amount or location of dental plaque based ...