STOMATITIS TREATMENT DEVICE

Abstract

A stomatitis treatment device which is equipped with a light emitting means inside a housing to enable inflammations on the roof of the mouth and the upper side of the tongue to be treated, and to which a coupling module is attached to allow inflammations occurring on the lower side of the bottom of the mouth, etc. to be treated, is proposed. The stomatitis treatment device allows the roof of the mouth, the tongue, and the bottom of the mouth to be simultaneously irradiated with light for treatment by attaching and detaching the coupling module to and from the housing having the cell regeneration lamp therein, and thus can be used by patients having severe stomatitis with multiple lesions.

Claims

1. A stomatitis treatment device comprising: a housing inserted into an oral cavity and mounted on a palate and a top side of a tongue; a body comprising the housing and a connection portion; a cell restoration lamp provided inside the housing and configured to output a near-infrared ray; an external device configured to supply power to the cell restoration lamp; and a coupling module coupled to the housing, mounted on a bottom side of the tongue and a floor of a mouth, and comprising a light transfer body, wherein it is possible to output near-infrared rays to the palate, the top side of the tongue, the bottom side of the tongue, and the floor of the mouth at the same time.

2. The stomatitis treatment device of claim 1, wherein the housing comprises a first upper portion formed to be convex to be mounted on the palate and a first lower portion formed to be concave to be mounted on the top side of the tongue, and wherein the first lower portion comprises a plurality of coupling grooves formed at a distance of 5 mm to 10 mm from an apex of the tongue mounted thereon.

3. The stomatitis treatment device of claim 2, wherein the light transfer body is embedded in and protrudes from the coupling module, and wherein the coupling module comprises a second upper portion formed to have a gradient decreased in a direction from a surface coupled to and coming in contact with the housing toward a frenum of the tongue to allow the bottom side of the tongue to be mounted thereon and a second lower portion having a flat bottom side to be mounted on the floor of the mouth.

4. The stomatitis treatment device of claim 3, wherein the housing further comprises a transfer lamp configured to output the near-infrared rays, wherein a protruding part of the light transfer body is coupled to the coupling groove, wherein an embedded part of the light transfer body comprises a plurality of ends and transfers light emitted from the transfer lamp to the plurality of ends, and wherein a plurality of light-inducing grooves are formed outside the coupling module and the housing.

5. The stomatitis treatment device of claim 1, wherein the connection portion comprises a terminal formed of a silicone material and provided to be connected to the external device, a plurality of separation prevention portions protruding from an outside of the terminal to increase a coupling force of the terminal connected to the external device, and an oral secretion prevention portion provided on one side of the terminal to prevent an oral secretion from flowing into the terminal.

6. The stomatitis treatment device of claim 5, wherein the oral secretion prevention portion is formed to be concave toward the terminal so that the oral secretion is collected therein.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0019] FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a stomatitis treatment device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0020] FIG. 2 is a side cross-sectional view according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[0021] FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the side cross-sectional view according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[0022] FIG. 4 is an exemplary view of using the stomatitis treatment device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

MODES OF THE INVENTION

[0023] Hereinafter, an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings.

[0024] FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a stomatitis treatment device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side cross-sectional view according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the side cross-sectional view according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is an exemplary view of using the stomatitis treatment device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[0025] A stomatitis treatment device 1 according to the present invention may include a body 10, a coupling module 20 coupled to one side of the body 10, and an external device 30 coupled to one end of the body 10.

[0026] The body 10 includes a housing 110 which is inserted into an oral cavity, a substrate portion 120 formed inside the housing 110 to emit light, and a connection portion 130 configured to electrically connect the substrate portion 120 to an outside and has an exterior formed by molding with transparent silicone. A method of manufacturing the body 10 is not limited thereto and any manufacturing processes in which the substrate portion 120 is insertable and installable inside the body 10 may be applied.

[0027] As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the housing 110 includes a first upper portion 111 formed to have a shape insertable into an oral cavity of a patient and be convex upward to be mounted on a palate, a first lower portion 112 formed to be concave downward to be mounted on a top side of a tongue, a plurality of coupling grooves 114 formed at a distance of 5 mm to 10 mm from an apex of the tongue mounted on the first lower portion 112, and a uvula evasion portion 115 formed to have a concave center so as not to allow a uvula to come into contact therewith.

[0028] The substrate portion 120 includes a substrate 121, a cell restoration lamp 122, and a transfer lamp 123 as shown in FIG. 2.

[0029] The substrate 121 includes a flexible material like the housing 110, and the substrate 121 is embedded in an intermediate plane between the first upper portion 111 and the first lower portion 112.

[0030] Such cell restoration lamps 122 connected to the substrate 121 are built in the first upper portion 111 and the first lower portion 112.

[0031] The cell restoration lamp 122 is formed of a laser or a light emitting diode (LED) configured to output a near-infrared ray wavelength including 675 nm or 808 nm and which is emittable outward through the silicone of the housing 110. Since the cell restoration lamp 122 is able to output near-infrared rays, cell energy may be increased by activating an adenosine triphosphoric acid reaction of cells of an inflamed part. Due to the increased cell energy, cell restoration becomes vigorous so that it is possible to effectively treat stomatitis. Although the near-infrared lamp is used as the cell restoration lamp 122 in the above description, the present invention is not limited thereto, and any light sources which are effective in cell restoration such as an ultraviolet lamp or the like which is able to activate cell restoration by sterilizing harmful bacteria in the inflamed part through emission of ultraviolet rays may be applied.

[0032] Light output from the cell restoration lamp 122 may be emitted outward from the first upper portion 111 so as to treat inflammations occurring at the palate and buccal mucosa, may be emitted outward from the second lower portion 121 so as to treat inflammations occurring the top side of the tongue and buccal mucosa, and may be emitted outward from the uvula evasion portion 115 so as to treat inflammations occurring at the uvula and tonsils.

[0033] As shown in FIG. 2, the transfer lamp 123, like the cell restoration lamp, is embedded in the coupling groove 114.

[0034] As shown in FIG. 4, the coupling module 20 includes a light transfer body 24 embedded to protrude to be coupled to the coupling groove 114, a second upper portion 21 formed to have a lower gradient in a direction from a surface coming into contact with the housing toward a frenum of the tongue to allow a bottom side of the tongue to be mounted thereon, a second lower portion 22 having a flat bottom side to be mounted on a floor of a mouth, and a support portion 25 having both ends concave inward to be stably supported by the floor of the mouth and side surfaces of the lower gums and includes a transparent silicone material like the housing 110.

[0035] A protruding part of the light transfer body 24 may be forcibly inserted into the coupling groove 114 and the light transfer body 24 may be formed of a light-guiding member such as poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) or include an optical fiber cable embedded therein so as to transmit light output from the transfer lamp 123.

[0036] As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a first end 241 and a second end 242 formed at an embedded part of the light transfer body 24 may transfer light output from the transfer lamp 123 to the second upper portion 21 so as to treat an inflammation occurring on the bottom side of the tongue.

[0037] A third end 243 and a fourth end 244 formed at the embedded part of the light transfer body 24 may transfer light output from the transfer lamp 123 to the second lower portion 22 so as to treat an inflammation occurring on the floor of the mouth.

[0038] Also, a plurality of light-inducing grooves 113 may be formed outside the housing 110 so as to emit light toward not only the palate and the top side of the tongue but also a rear of the gums, the buccal mucosa, and the tonsils.

[0039] A plurality of light-inducing grooves 23 may be formed outside the coupling module 20 so as to emit light toward not only the bottom side of the tongue and the floor of the mouth but also the buccal mucosa when coupled to the housing 110.

[0040] As described above, in the present invention, light may be emitted toward not only the palate, the top side of the tongue, the bottom side of the tongue, and the floor of the mouth but also the rear of gums, the buccal mucosa, and tonsils at the same time so as to treat a serious stomatitis patient having multiple lesions.

[0041] The connection portion 130 includes a terminal 131, a separation prevention portion 132, and an oral secretion prevention portion 133 as shown in FIG. 2.

[0042] The terminal 131 is electrically connected to the substrate 121. The terminal 131 may be connected to a terminal opening 31 of the external device 30, and power supply, light output intensity, an output time, wavelength, and the like of the cell restoration lamp 122 may be adjusted by manipulating a control panel 32.

[0043] A plurality of such separation prevention portions 132 protruding to increase a contact force with the terminal opening 31 are formed outside the terminal 131. A fastening force may be maintained by the separation prevention portions 132 in spite of a slight tremor of the patient who receives light treatment.

[0044] Since the patient who wears the housing 110 has a difficulty in smooth swallowing of the oral secretion, when the oral secretion flows outward from the housing and into the terminal 131 or the terminal opening 31, the stomatitis treatment device 1 may be broken due to a short circuit. To prevent this, the oral secretion prevention portion 133 having a rectangularly protruding shape is provided on one side of the terminal 131.

[0045] As shown in FIG. 1, the oral secretion prevention portion 133 has one concave surface so that lips may be mounted thereon or a certain amount of oral secretion may be temporarily collected.