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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
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, the handle comprises an electrical motor arranged to drive an output element structured and configured to couple the handle and a head attachable to and detachable from the handle; and a microcontroller for controlling the motor and to cause the output element to vibrate in (a) at least one oral-hygiene mode during which the oral-care implement is being used for an oral-hygiene routine, wherein the output element is vibrating at a substantially constant frequency, and (b) a disinfection mode during which the handle is being disinfected, before or after being used for the oral-hygiene routine, wherein the output element is continuously vibrating at a modulated frequency alternating within a frequency range of between about 140 Hz and about 250 Hz, for a duration of the disinfection mode.