Patent classifications
A61C17/0202
TOOTHBRUSH WITH DISPOSABLE IRRIGATOR
An electric toothbrush is disclosed, having a handle including a drive motor and a head portion removably coupled to the handle. The head portion includes a brush, an exit port fed by an internal irrigation lumen, and a drive shaft operatively connecting the drive motor to the brush. A disposable irrigant reservoir is removably coupled directly to the head portion. The irrigant reservoir is in fluid communication with the internal irrigation lumen of the head portion. The head portion is configured to be replaceable with respect to the handle, and the irrigant reservoir is configured to be replaceable independent of the head portion. In some examples, the irrigant reservoir is a disposable bulb (e.g., a capsule), and is positioned such that the user can hold the handle while also squeezing the reservoir with the same hand. In some examples, the toothbrush head includes a suction mechanism.
Portable multifunctional oral cavity cleaner
Disclosed is a portable multifunctional oral cavity cleaner which includes a tongue scraper, a material storage bottle, a material spraying device and a detachable housing; the tongue scraper can be changed into a contracted state from a stretched state via bending, rotating or folding, so as to reduce the volume of the oral cavity cleaner; an oral cavity cleaner body including the tongue scraper in the contracted state is housed in an inner cavity of the housing; and the housing can be reversely combined at the bottom of the oral cavity cleaner after being detached and used as a handle for prolonging the length of the oral cavity cleaner. The present application, featured with small size, light weight and portability, ensures hygiene in the carrying process and realizes multiple functions such as tongue coating removal, oral spray sterilization and interdental cleaning at one time.
INTEGRATED ENDODONTIC IRRIGATION AND ASPIRATION SYSTEM
Methods and apparatus(es) for improving irrigation and aspiration of chemical irrigants (e.g., NaOCl) from root canals and/or a pulp chamber of a tooth during a dental procedure are provided. The methods and apparatus(es) enable a dental practitioner to single-handedly perform irrigation and aspiration substantially simultaneously during a dental procedure, thereby simplifying the procedure and mitigating the risk of chemical spillage onto the gums and into the mouth of a patient. Single-handed operation by the practitioner enables the dental technician (or assistant) to perform other duties, while enabling the practitioner to use an available hand to utilize or pass other instruments, hold a mirror to observe the irrigation process, or the like. The irrigation hose may be connected to low-volume suction, rather than the high-volume suction, thereby increasing the time for the chemical irrigant to interact with the root canal surface and reducing the production of droplets that may spatter chemicals and/or debris onto the patient.
Portable teeth cleaning apparatus
Disclosed is a portable teeth cleaning apparatus, which implements, through a pump in a teeth cleaner, a function of supplementing a teeth cleaning liquid from a connecting seat connected to the teeth cleaner. Therefore, it is no longer necessary to connect the teeth cleaner to a teeth cleaning liquid source through a connecting hose during teeth cleaning, and liquid leakage is avoided during liquid supplement. Further, a seating/unseating status and whether a liquid reservoir is filled up are detected automatically, and a controller controls on/off and switching of a series of valves, thereby implementing automatic liquid supplement of the teeth cleaner.
A Basic Device for Water Flossing
The subject invention comprises methods and an apparatus for making a non-electric dental water flosser. It connects a water flosser tip to a household faucet. The water flosser tip is an outlet for pressurized water to floss teeth. The flosser comprises only eight major parts: a water flosser tip (10), a quick connect fitting (20), a flexible plastic tubing (30), a faucet diverter valve (40), a faucet adapter (50), a supplement tubing (60), a water flosser tip rest holder (70), and an U-shaped shim (80).
The uniqueness of this flosser is its simplicity. All of its parts are commercially available in many hardware or online stores, and each part has many vendors. The parts are inexpensive, easy to assemble, easy to fix/replace, and it does not use electricity. For consumers, it costs less to own and to operate. If it breaks, there are multiple vendors for replacement parts.
ORAL IRRIGATOR
This disclosure provides an oral irrigator including a base, a reservoir, a handle and a starter. The base has a pumping assembly, a controller and a starting part. The reservoir has a storage cavity and is removably connected to the base and communicates the storage cavity with the pumping assembly. The handle is configured to guide fluid from the pumping assembly. The starter is provided on the handle or removably connected to the handle. One of the handle and the starter has a signal processor, and when the starting part is operated, the signal processor may receive a first starting signal and send it to the controller. The pumping assembly, the controller and the starting part are electrically connected, and when the starting part is operated, the controller receives a second starting signal. The controller controls the pumping assembly to work after receiving the first and second starting signals.
Water flosser
The present disclosure discloses a water flosser comprises a housing, a tooth irrigation portion, a water nozzle portion, a winding mechanism, and a water pipe configured to be bent and wound. The tooth irrigation portion is disposed in the housing and comprises a water inlet and a water outlet. The water nozzle portion is in communication with the water outlet of the tooth irrigation portion.
Disposable flosser head attachment for a water floss pick
An apparatus for performing dental hygiene includes a concave support member integrally coupled to an upper end of a handle portion, and a floss attachment coupled to the concave support member between a first end and a second end of the concave support member. A hollow passage extending from a lower end of the handle portion to the second end of the concave support member is provided, which receives a water flosser tip such that water from the water flosser tip traverses and exits from an aperture shaped end of the hollow passage at the second end of the concave support member onto the floss attachment in a direction substantially parallel to the floss attachment for the apparatus to work as a water floss pick.
Water-pic toothbrush
A toothbrush including: a body, the body having a head with bristles; and a manually operated pump formed in the body, the pump having a nozzle for drawing a liquid into the body and expelling the water from the body. The nozzle can be disposed on the head on a surface opposite to a surface on which the bristles are disposed. The pump can further include: a reservoir disposed in the body for containing the liquid, the nozzle being in fluid communication with the reservoir; a shaft movably disposed in the reservoir, the shaft having a first seal substantially disposed at a free end of the shaft; and a second seal disposed in the body for sealingly engaging with an outer surface of the shaft. The first seal can be a piston a grip can be disposed at an other end of the shaft.
LASER-ASSISTED ORAL SURGERY SYSTEM
Periodontal disorders such as disorders associated with a dental implant are treated. An average power for a laser is selected via a user interface on a tablet, along with a set of permissible laser parameters provided in response to the selected average power. A gingival trough or flap is created around the implant with the laser. Infected tissue is selectively ablated or denatured via photothermolysis, and a pocket is lased around the affected implant. Marginal tissues are compressed against the implant.