Dental cleaning device

US7661172B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Braun Corporation · DE

Inventors

• Alexander Hilscher · Oberursel, DE
• Hansjorg Reick · Steinbach, DE
• Martin Stratmann · Meerbusch, DE
• Peter Trawinski · Weiterstadt, DE
• Wolfgang Vorbeck · Idstein, DE
• Armin Schwarz-Hartmann · Wendelsheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 31, 2007
• Grant date: Feb 16, 2010
• Expiry date: Jul 31, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49826
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An electric toothbrush with a removable brush section having a transponder communicating with a handle portion of the toothbrush via a non-contacting inductive coupling.