Patent classifications
A61C17/225
Oral care system including an oral care implement and a tracking attachment, tracking attachment thereof, and method of assembling the same
An oral care system that includes an oral care implement and a tracking attachment. The oral care implement may include a handle and a head. The tracking attachment is detachably coupled to the oral care implement. The tracking attachment may include a housing including a first housing portion having an inner surface that defines a first cavity and a second housing portion having an inner surface that defines a second cavity. The tracking attachment may also include a tracking unit configured to facilitate tracking at least one of a position, orientation, or movement of the oral care implement to which it is attached. A first portion of the handle may be positioned within the first cavity and a second portion of the handle may be positioned within the second cavity.
Vibration cancellation for personal care device
A personal care cleaning device (10) including a housing (12), a resonant drive actuator (20), which includes a rotor (24) having a first moment of inertia (J.sub.r) and a stator (22) having a second moment of inertia (J.sub.s); a first plurality of leaf spring elements (60) having a first spring constant (k.sub.rh), each leaf spring element of the first plurality of leaf spring elements (60) being connected the housing (12) and to the rotor (24) such that each leaf spring element of the first plurality of leaf springs elements (60) extends radially from the rotor (24) to the housing (12), each leaf spring element of the second plurality of leaf spring elements (62) being connected to the housing (12) and engaging with the stator (22), wherein the ratio of the first (k.sub.rh) and second (k.sub.sh) spring constants is sufficiently similar to the ratio of the first (J.sub.r) and second moments (J.sub.s) of inertia such that there is substantially no resulting torque transmitted to the housing (12) during operation.
Electric toothbrush
The present application discloses an electric toothbrush, which relates to the technical field of toiletries, and specifically comprises a body and a toothbrush head, wherein two through holes are integrally formed at an end of an end cover at the front of the body, and two groups of lamp beads are installed on the inner side of the end cover near the top through the lamp control circuit board. The toothbrush head is composed of a sleeve, a central main rod and a vibrator docking unit as a whole, wherein the central main rod and the vibrator docking unit are all made of PMMA high light-transmitting plastic by integral injection molding. The present application improves the design on the basic structure of the existing split-type electric toothbrush, so that it can realize the disinfection and sterilization of each dead corner of the toothbrush head.
Electric toothbrush
A brush head is provided on the front surface at a distal-end-side part of a neck of a replaceable brush. A fitting shaft portion is provided on a planting base of the brush head so as to protrude rearward and penetrate through a support wall portion of the neck. A shaft hole is formed at a rotation center of a brush head body of the brush head so as to extend frontward from a rear surface of the brush head body. The neck has ahead support shaft mounted to the shaft hole so as to rotatably support the brush head. A front end of the head support shaft is located frontward of a rear surface of the planting base, and power from the driving portion is transmitted to a rear part of the fitting shaft portion.
Electric toothbrush and a brush head for the same
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.
Oral care system
An oral care implement including a handle and an oral care refill head. The handle has a gripping portion, an engagement component coupled to a distal end of the gripping portion, and a stem. The engagement component includes a plate portion and a first engagement feature. The stem extends through an opening in the engagement component and protrudes from the plate portion. The oral care refill head includes an oral care treatment portion and a sleeve portion. The sleeve portion has an inner surface that defines a sleeve cavity having a cavity axis and a second engagement feature. When the oral care refill head is detachably coupled to the handle, the first and second engagement features mate with one another to at least one of: (1) position the oral care refill head and the handle in an operational alignment; and (2) lock the oral care refill head to the handle.
PROVIDING AN INDICATION OF A PERSON'S GUM HEALTH
An optical analysis of saliva or a fluid-saliva mixture is performed in order to check whether the saliva or fluid-saliva mixture contains blood, which allows for determining whether or not a person may suffer from gingivitis or another condition affecting gum health. Light received from a representative volume of fluid (23) containing saliva is detected and analyzed. The analysis involves determination of at least one measurement value of light received by a light-receiving unit (25) for only a single wavelength of the light, particularly a wavelength that is associated with high absorption by a constituent of blood. It this respect, it is practical if the light-receiving unit (25) is configured to receive reflected light back from the volume of fluid (23). The optical analysis may be performed real-time during an action in a person's mouth involving a gum agitation effect, or after such action has taken place, for example.
Chassis of an oral cleansing device
A chassis of an oral cleansing device is provided. The oral cleansing device may include a first chassis half including a first threaded portion, a second chassis half including a second threaded portion, and a nut threaded onto the first threaded portion and the second threaded portion to at least partially secure the first chassis half to the second chassis half. The threaded portions may be defined on respective ends of the first chassis half and the second chassis half. The nut may engage chamfered edges of the first chassis half and the second chassis half. Engagement of the nut with the first chamfered edge and the second chamfered edge may produce a radial compressive force on the chassis halves. The first chassis half and the second chassis half may at least partially define a chassis that is positioned within a handle of the oral cleansing device.
TRACKING ATTACHMENT FOR AN ORAL CARE IMPLEMENT
A tracking attachment for an oral care implement that includes a housing and a tracking unit configured to track position, orientation, or movement of the oral care implement. The housing may define a receiving cavity that is configured to receive a portion of the oral care implement. The housing may include a first housing portion having an inner surface that defines a first portion of the receiving cavity that is open at both of the first and second ends of the first housing portion and a second housing portion that mates with the first housing portion to detachably couple the second housing portion to the first housing portion. The second housing portion may have an inner surface that defines a second portion of the receiving cavity that is open at the second end of the second housing portion.
Toothbrush with controlled suction and/or irrigation
A toothbrush system configured to be coupled to an external suction source. The toothbrush system includes a shaft with a main body with a first end and a second end, and a bristle array and a suction port arranged at the second end. The bristle array and the suction port both extend away from the shaft so that an opening of the suction port is proximal to a distal end of the bristle array. The shaft also includes a stem arranged at the first end. The stem includes a passageway that extends through the main body to provide a fluid connection to the suction port, and is configured to be coupled to the external suction source. Also, the handle is removably coupled to the shaft and includes a drive system operably coupled to the bristle array to actuate motion of the bristle array.