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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2022
Braun Gmbh, Kronberg, DE;
Joern Utsch, Eschborn, DE;
Ulrich Stoerkel, Bad Nauheim, DE;
Bianka Becker-Salzsaeuler, Liederbach, DE;
Boris Atlas, Wiesbaden, DE;
Michael Anthony Kaminski, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Todd Lynn Watterson, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Darcie Ann Ohlman, Monroe, OH (US);
Andrea Schuering, Eschborn, DE;
Alexander Hilscher, Oberursel, DE;
Kervin Heinrich Kuechler, Darmstadt, DE;
Andreas Maennchen, Frankfurt, DE;
Erwin Paul Mark, Eschborn, DE;
Braun GmbH, Kronberg, DE;
Abstract
A handle for an oral-care implement for safe and hygienic use by multiple users includes an electrical motor and a detachable head. The handle has a display for displaying instructions to control functional operation of the handle, a microcontroller for controlling the motor and the display, and at least one switch to allow a user to control the functional operation of the handle, including causing the output element to vibrate in at least one oral-hygiene mode having an oral-hygiene frequency and causing the output element to vibrate in a disinfection mode when the handle is being disinfected before or after being used for the oral-hygiene routine. The disinfection mode has a modulated frequency, different from the oral-hygiene frequency, and alternating up and down between a low modulated frequency and a high modulated frequency, wherein the high modulated frequency is at least 50 percent greater than the low modulated frequency.