US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on Sept. 16 for "Systems and methods for controlling an oral irrigator" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,847, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Systems and methods for controlling an oral irrigator" was invented by Ethan Albright (Mill Creek, Wash.) and Jeffrey Groves (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for electronic control of an operating level of an oral irrigator, particularly when flow from the oral irrigator is paused. Methods for controlling an operational level include: determining an operational level of the oral irrigator, including whether the operational level is a standby mode; receiving sensor data from one...