ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,269, issued on July 14, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Mouthpiece for an oral care device" was invented by Amir Hussein Rmaile (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Lutz Christian Gerhardt (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Mark Thomas Johnson (Arendonk, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An approach for obtaining measurements of mechanical properties of a gripping performed by masticatory apparatus. A mouthpiece provides a sensing arrangement (for obtaining the measurement) and one or more mouth contacting elements for protecting, cleaning or treating teeth/gums. In this way, measurements indicative of potenti...