ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,006, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Mouthpiece for a dental cleaning system and the dental cleaning system" was invented by Ravindra Bhat (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Mart Kornelis-Jan Te Velde (Helmond, Netherlands), Lutz Christian Gerhardt (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Mark Thomas Johnson (Arendonk, Belgium), Edward Theodorus Maria Berben (Herten, Netherlands) and Bart Gottenbos (Budel, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a mouthpiece for dental cleaning system and the dental cleaning system itself. The mouthpiece has a base and inner and outer arches....