ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,079, issued on July 15, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Full bristle field jet-brush combination" was invented by Bart Gottenbos (Budel, Netherlands), Quintin Oliver Williams (Eersel, Netherlands), Mark Thomas Johnson (Arendonk, Belgium) and Lutz Christian Gerhardt (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a brush head for an oral cleaning device for cleaning teeth with a combination of brushing and emitting of a cleaning agent. The brush head comprises a bristle set for brushing the teeth and a nozzle for emitting the cleaning agent. When actuating the bristle set from a f...