ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,486, issued on May 13, was assigned to KOLIBREE (Paris).
"Toothbrush system with sensors for a dental hygiene monitoring system" was invented by Thomas Serval (Paris), Loic Cessot (Paris) and Samuel Landau (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tooth brushing monitoring system is disclosed that includes a toothbrush with sensors and a base station. The sensors record data regarding the quality, quantity and location of brushing and the system can analyze the data to provide feedback on the quality of brushing. This feedback provides motivation for users to increase their brushing habits, leading to a decrease in pl...