An indexed drive system (10) for mechanised tools, in particular an electric toothbrush, for selectively imparting various drive modes to a pair of concentrically-arranged drive shafts (12, 14) thereby imparting various brushing modes to the head (H) of the mechanised tool, in particular an electric toothbrush.

An indexed drive system (10) for mechanised tools, in particular an electric toothbrush, for selectively imparting various drive modes to a pair of concentrically-arranged drive shafts (12, 14) thereby imparting various brushing modes to the head (H) of the mechanised tool, in particular an electric toothbrush.

An electric toothbrush is disclosed herein. The electric toothbrush may include an elongated body portion with opposed first and second ends and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween; a brush head section arrangeable toward the first end and including: a first bristle support member rotatable in a first direction, and a second bristle support member coupled to the first bristle support member and rotatable in a second direction about a centrally defined axis, the second direction being opposite the first direction; and a drive rod coupled to at least the first bristle support member and having an axis oriented so as to extend coincident with, or substantially parallel to, the longitudinal axis of the electric toothbrush, the drive rod being arranged to linearly move along the axis so as to rotate the first bristle support member in the first direction and rotate the second bristle support member in the second direction.

A teeth cleaning system, which provides improved coverage or brushing area. The system includes an actuated tray comprises brushing elements. The brushing elements may be positioned to engage the front, rear, and top surfaces of the upper and lower jaw teeth. The actuation may be configured to oscillate the tray in a lateral direction which may brush all the surfaces of teeth simultaneously. Some embodiments include a higher density of bristles which increases the effectiveness of brushing. In addition, aspects of the system reduce the time spent brushing teeth.

A motor unit having a motor having a stator and an armature, the armature being arranged for relative driven motion with respect to the stator. A motor control unit has a supply circuit for providing a supply voltage at the motor to provide a set power level to the motor for driving the armature into motion. A measurement circuit is measuring a value of a physical variable indicative of a current flow through the motor, The motor control unit is arranged to interrupt the provision of the supply voltage by the supply circuit and to dynamically brake the motor during a braking time interval and further to measure the value of the physical variable during the braking time interval. The motor control unit is further arranged to compare the measured value of the physical variable with a target value that depends on the supplied power level and on an intended motion amplitude of the armature, to determine a new set power level in dependence on the comparison result and to subsequently provide the new set power level to the motor.

The invention relates to a hand-held microneedling device (1; 20) for local puncturing of a skin, comprising a housing (2); a drive device which is arranged in the housing (2) and is configured to provide a drive force; a skin puncturing device (6); a microneedling puncturing tool (8) which is formed on the skin puncturing device (6) and is connected to the drive device such that, during operation, the microneedling puncturing tool (8) can be moved back and forth at a repetition rate by means of the drive force; and a needle plate (9) which is formed on the microneedling puncturing tool (8) and on which a plurality of puncturing needles (10) are arranged distributed over a front-side application surface (11); wherein, during operation, the microneedling puncturing tool (8) can be moved back and forth, between a front working position and a rear working position which is retracted in comparison thereto, by means of the drive force at the repetition rate. Furthermore, a skin puncturing device (6) for a hand-held microneedling device and an article are provided.

A powered toothbrush includes a handle, a power source disposed in the handle, a head including a cavity disposed at a distal end of the handle, an electrically conducting element disposed in the cavity and electrically connected to the power source, and a movable cleaning element connected to the head and movable relative to the cavity. The movable cleaning element includes a tooth cleaning support member, a tooth cleaning element mounted on the support member, and a ferromagnetic member. Application of an electrical current to the electrically conducting element generates a magnetic field at the electrically conducting element. The magnetic field selectively at least one of attracts and repels the ferromagnetic member to move the movable cleaning element relative to the electrically conducting element.

A control method and control system for a smart toothbrush. An App terminal reads the tooth brushing scheme of the cloud. The App terminal recommends a matched tooth brushing scheme according to personal information of a user. Finally, based on the user's selection, the recommended tooth brushing scheme is pushed to the smart toothbrush for parameter adjustment. Alternatively, a customized or re-selected tooth brushing scheme is pushed to the smart toothbrush for parameter adjustment. The control method and control system for the smart toothbrush meet many tooth brushing needs for different people, improving the applicability of the smart toothbrushes.

In one embodiment, the invention may be a teeth cleaning device including: a first support structure comprising a first dentature channel configured to receive at least a first portion of a dentature of a user; a plurality of teeth cleaning pads located within the first dentature channel; a plurality of air bladders operably coupled to the teeth cleaning pads; an air-flow subsystem operably coupled to the air bladders; and a control unit operably coupled to the air-flow subsystem, the control unit configured to: (1) pressurize the air bladders with external air in a pressurization mode; and (2) transfer air between select ones of the air bladders in a cleaning mode.

An eccentric vibration structure of electrical toothbrush includes an eccentric rod. Two ends of the eccentric rod are respectively formed with a transmission section and a weight section. The transmission section is drivable by a driving force to rotate so as to drive the weight section to eccentrically vibrate. The weight section has at least one weight part for partially or totally increasing the weight of the weight section, whereby due to the increased weight, the weight section is unbalanced in weight to deflect from a central axis of the eccentric rod.