Patents
US 12440591 B2: Handle for oral-care implement for safe and hygienic use by multiple users and method of disinfecting the same
- Granted
- 2025-10-14
- Filed
- 2022-03-09 application 17690461
- Type
- Utility · 13 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A handle for an oral-care implement, the handle comprises an electrical motor arranged to drive an output element structured and configured to couple the handle and a head attachable to and detachable from the handle; and a microcontroller for controlling the motor and to cause the output element to vibrate in (a) at least one oral-hygiene mode during which the oral-care implement is being used for an oral-hygiene routine, wherein the output element is vibrating at a substantially constant frequency, and (b) a disinfection mode during which the handle is being disinfected, before or after being used for the oral-hygiene routine, wherein the output element is continuously vibrating at a modulated frequency alternating within a frequency range of between about 140 Hz and about 250 Hz, for a duration of the disinfection mode.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg251014.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Braun Corporation 659 patents | US company or organization | Kronberg, DE | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joern Utsch | Eschborn, DE | 19 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Ulrich Stoerkel | Bad Nauheim, DE | 20 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Bianka Becker-Salzsaeuler | Liederbach, DE | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Boris Atlas | Wiesbaden, DE | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Michael Anthony Kaminski | Cincinnati, OH | 5 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Todd Lynn Watterson | Kyles, OH | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Darcie Ann Ohlman | Monroe, OH | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Andrea Schuering | Eschborn, DE | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Alexander Hilscher | Oberursel, DE | 22 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Kervin Heinrich Kuechler | Darmstadt, DE | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Andreas Maennchen | Frankfurt, DE | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Erwin Mark | Eschborn, DE | 25 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A61L | Methods or apparatus for sterilising materials or objects in general; disinfection, sterilisation or deodorisation of air; chemical aspects of bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles; materials for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles | A61L2/186 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A46B | Brushes | A46B13/02 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A61C | Dentistry; apparatus or methods for oral or dental hygiene | A61C17/221 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B08B | Cleaning in general; prevention of fouling in general | B08B3/12 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-19 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | KAMINSKI, MICHAEL ANTHONY signed 2022-03-11 HILSCHER, ALEXANDER signed 2022-03-12 MARK, ERWIN PAUL signed 2022-03-12 STOERKEL, ULRICH signed 2022-03-12 ATLAS, BORIS signed 2022-03-14 OHLMAN, DARCY ANN signed 2022-03-14 BECKER-SALZSAEULER, BIANKA signed 2022-03-23 KUECHLER, KERVIN HEINRICH signed 2022-03-25 SCHUERING, ANDREA signed 2022-03-25 MAENNCHEN, ANDREAS signed 2022-06-02 UTSCH, JOERN signed 2022-06-02 WATTERSON, TODD LYNN signed 2022-07-19 | BRAUN GMBH KRONBERG | 60552/457 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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