ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,731, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Colgate-Palmolive Co. (New York).
"Thin, flexible powered oral care device" was invented by Patrik Johansson (Hoboken, N.J.), John Gatzemeyer (Hillsborough, N.J.), Harsh Mahendra Trivedi (Hillsborough, N.J.) and James Masters (Ringoes, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, an oral care device includes a flexible base substrate, a power source disposed on the base substrate, and a flexible light source disposed on the base structure or on the power source. The flexible light source is in electrical communication with the power source. Also disclosed are methods of using the same...