ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,984, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Oral irrigator with occlusal surface sensing" was invented by Mark Thomas Johnson (Arendonk, Belgium), Maaike Cornelia Johanna Wilhelmina Van Hulten (Waalre, Netherlands), Lutz Christian Gerhardt (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Amir Hussein Rmaile (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for oral irrigation comprises a fluid delivery tube (102) with a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end is for receiving oral irrigation fluids. A nozzle (104) is placed at the distal end of the fluid delivery tube. The system furt...