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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2016
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Steven Charles Deane, Cambridge, GB;
Vincent Jeanne, Migne Auxances, FR;
Gregory Russ Goddard, Kenmore, WA (US);
Toon Hardeman, S'Hertogenbosch, NL;
Martin John Edwards, Solihull, GB;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A system and method of determining and notifying a user when to replace a worn dental cleaning head (104), comprises receiving, from a sensor (106), at least one measured value; calculating, using the measured value, a burn metric of the dental cleaning head; modeling, using the burn metric, an estimated lifetime of the dental cleaning head; determining, from the lifetime model, whether the dental cleaning head is in need of replacement; and notifying the user upon determining that the dental cleaning head is in need of replacement.