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Smart toothbrush that tracks and removes dental plaque

Grant US12582319B2 Kind: B2 Mar 24, 2026

Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation

Inventors

Guy M. Cohen, Lior Horesh, Raya Horesh, Amos Cahan

Abstract

The exemplary embodiments disclose an apparatus, a system and method, and a computer program product for removing dental plaque. The exemplary embodiments may include emitting light, detecting reflections of the light, analyzing the reflected light, and determining an amount or location of dental plaque based on the reflected light.

CPC Classifications

A61B 5/0088 A61B 5/486 A61B 5/6887 A61B 2576/02 A63F 13/80 G16H 20/30 G16H 50/50 G16H 10/60 A46B 9/04 A46B 13/02 A46B 15/0022 A46B 15/0036 A46B 15/0038 A46B 15/004 A46B 15/0044 A46B 15/0046 G06T 7/0012 G06T 2207/30036

Filing Date

2020-03-19

Application No.

16823436

Claims

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