US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on Sept. 16 for "Oral irrigator with interdental space sensing" (Dutch, Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,846, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Oral irrigator with interdental space sensing" was invented by Mark Thomas Johnson (Arendonk, Belgium), Bart Gottenbos (Budel, Netherlands) and Mart Kornelis-Jan Te Velde (Helmond, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for oral irrigation comprises a fluid delivery tube with a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end is configured to receive fluids for oral irrigation. The system also comprises a nozzle at the distal end of the fluid delivery tube with an aperture for fluid delivery. The nozzle is configured to at least ...