A61C 17/221
Control arrangements therefor
Official title: {Control arrangements therefor}
A61C17/221 (Control arrangements therefor) appears on 468 US grants and 742 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Method for controlling overpressure in oral-care implement22 Sep 2026US 12,743,113 B2Braun GmbH
- Methods and systems for dynamically adjusting an oral care routine based on interproximal space15 Sep 2026US 12,734,023 B2Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Oral treatment device8 Sep 2026US 12,727,981 B2Dyson Technology Limited
- Switch assembly for cleaning and caring appliance and cleaning and caring appliance1 Sep 2026US 12,721,709 B2Shanghai Shift Electrics Co., Ltd.
- Oral care mode determination device, oral care mode determination method, and recording medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305810 A1Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Control method of electric toothbrush, and electric toothbrush1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294605 A1Cixi Seago Electronics Co., Ltd
- Electrolysis device and method of operating the same24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283767 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Powered Oral Care Implement24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283768 A1Colgate-Palmolive Company
- Smart toothbrush control method, device, terminal and readable storage medium17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272632 A1Dimi Life Technology Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electric toothbrush1,257US 5,561,881 AU. S. Philips Corporation · 1996
- Short-life power toothbrush for trial use736US 6,883,199 B1Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V. · 2005
- System and method for maintaining performance of battery-operated toothbrushes685US 8,368,327 B2Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V. · 2013
- Automatic power adjustment system for introductory use of a vibrating device on a human body452US 5,994,855 AOptiva, Inc. · 1999
- Saliva-monitoring biosensor electrical toothbrush240US 6,623,698 B22003