US 11,717,169 B2
Toothbrush with removable smart device
Wen Jin Xi, Shanghai (CN); and Guang Sheng Guo, Yangzhou (CN)
Assigned to Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US)
Filed by Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/868,937.
Application 17/868,937 is a continuation of application No. 16/568,677, filed on Sep. 12, 2019, granted, now 11,419,502.
Application 16/568,677 is a continuation of application No. 15/391,372, filed on Dec. 27, 2016, granted, now 10,441,175, issued on Oct. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 201511036171.0 (CN), filed on Dec. 31, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0354368 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A46B 15/00 (2006.01); A46B 5/02 (2006.01); A46B 9/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/103 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 1/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/0088 (2013.01) [A46B 5/02 (2013.01); A46B 9/04 (2013.01); A46B 15/0004 (2013.01); A46B 15/0034 (2013.01); A46B 15/0036 (2013.01); A46B 15/0055 (2013.01); A61B 1/24 (2013.01); A61B 5/0022 (2013.01); A61B 5/082 (2013.01); A61B 5/1032 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01); A46B 2200/1066 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An oral care system comprising:
an oral care implement comprising a handle, a head, and tooth cleaning elements located on the head, the handle comprising a cavity;
a smart device comprising one or more electronic sensors and being alterable between: (1) an assembled position whereby the smart device is at least partially located within the cavity of the handle of the oral care implement; and (2) a disassembled position whereby the smart device is completely detached from the oral care implement; and
an electronic device comprising a display, the electronic device being operably coupled to the smart device so that information obtained by the one or more electronic sensors of the smart device are transmitted to the electronic device;
wherein when the smart device is in the assembled position during a toothbrushing session, the electronic device displays a duration of the toothbrushing session and a coverage area of a user's teeth that have been brushed during the toothbrushing session as a percentage;
wherein, with the smart device in the assembled position, the smart device is configured to sense position and movement of the oral care implement, and with the smart device in the disassembled position, the smart device is configured to sense oral health data associated with the user's teeth.