US Patent Issued to Playbrush on July 22 for "Electric toothbrush system with pressure detection" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,584, issued on July 22, was assigned to Playbrush Ltd (London).

"Electric toothbrush system with pressure detection" was invented by Tolulope Ogunsina (London), Wiktor Grajkowski (London), Matthaus Ittner (London), Paul Varga (London) and Patrick Diem (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric toothbrushing device is disclosed, the device comprising means for producing vibration of a toothbrush head, means for producing an orientation signal indicating of an area of the mouth being brushed, and means for producing a pressure signal indicating a pressure applied to the toothbrush head. The device further comprises processing m...