121 |
Oral health care implement and system with oximetry sensor |
US13650693 |
2012-10-12 |
US09724001B2 |
2017-08-08 |
Daniel E. Dykes; Alex X. Frommeyer; Alexander D. Curry |
An oral health care implement and system are provided for use during oral health care activities. The oral health care implement has an oximetry sensor, most often in the embodiment of a transmissive or reflective pulse oximeter. The oximetry sensor provides blood oxygen saturation and heart rate measurements. The oral health care system has an oral health care implement, a first data transfer medium, and any combination of: a second data transfer medium, a network storage device, and a third data transfer medium. The system provides means for collecting a user's vital signs and transmitting data into a readable, usable form for the user via an oral health care implement. |
122 |
System and method for automating medical procedures |
US13972273 |
2013-08-21 |
US09675419B2 |
2017-06-13 |
Hadi Akeel; Yaz Shehab; George Wong |
A system and a method for automating a medical process including a memory storing a software program, a computer connected to the memory for running the software program, a display connected to the computer for generating a visual representation of output data generated by the computer running the program, a user interface connected to the computer for obtaining image data representing a configuration of a patient treatment space and fixed markers in the treatment space and storing the image data in the memory, a robot arm connected to the computer, and a medical tool mounted on the robot arm wherein when a human inputs a selected treatment procedure into the computer, the computer runs the software program to generate a tool path based upon the treatment procedure and the image data, and the computer operates the robot arm to move the medical tool along the tool path without human guidance, and wherein the data generated during the treatment procedure is stored, analyzed, and shared among collaborating computer systems. |
123 |
Methods, devices, and systems for treating bacteria with mechanical stress energy and electromagnetic energy |
US14665074 |
2015-03-23 |
US09649396B2 |
2017-05-16 |
Mark E. Schafer; Tessie Brown McNeely |
A portion of a treatment device for treating bacteria may be coupled with the bacteria through direct or indirect contact. Mechanical stress energy and electromagnetic energy are generated with the treatment device, and are transmitted from the treatment device to the bacteria during the coupling. The bacteria are treated with both the mechanical stress energy and the electromagnetic energy to produce a killing effect on the bacteria. A treatment device may include a mechanical stress energy emitting portion, an electromagnetic energy emitting portion, and a contacting portion for coupling into direct or indirect contact with the bacteria and transmitting mechanical stress energy to the bacteria during the coupling. The mechanical stress energy emitting portion and the electromagnetic energy emitting portion are operable to treat the bacteria with a combination of mechanical stress energy and electromagnetic energy to produce a killing effect on the bacteria. |
124 |
PERIODONTAL TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD |
US14670035 |
2015-03-26 |
US20170027647A1 |
2017-02-02 |
Enrico E. DiVito; Douglas L. Glover; Kemmons A. Tubbs; Mark P. Colonna; Robert E. Barr |
Methods and apparatuses for treating a root canal in a tooth or hard and/or soft tissue within a tooth and surrounding tissues by pulsing a laser light into a reservoir, preferably after introducing liquid fluid into the reservoir, so as to disintegrate, separate, or otherwise neutralize pulp, plaque, calculus, and/or bacteria within and adjacent the fluid reservoir without elevating the temperature of any of the dentin, tooth, bones, gums, other soft tissues, other hard tissues, and any other adjacent tissue more than about 5° C. |
125 |
Generating a chemical agent in situ |
US14107663 |
2013-12-16 |
US09445878B2 |
2016-09-20 |
Eduardo J. Jimenez; Douglas J. Hohlbein; Heng Cai; Sharon Kennedy; Thomas Mintel; Bruce M. Russell |
A method of cleaning teeth by providing a device for generating a chemical agent in situ on an as-needed basis via the application of an electrical potential across a pair of conductors in communication with an electrolyte. The chemical agents may include ozone, hydrogen peroxide, peroxide, chlorine and/or hypochlorite. The device may include a voltage source and a first set of electrodes for applying an electrical potential to the electrolyte. The device may also include a second set of electrodes disposed about an anode of the first set of electrodes. The first and second sets of anodes cooperate to produce ions, peroxides, ozone and/or other chemical agents via the application of electrical potential to the electrolyte. |
126 |
MOUTH CLEANER |
US15002252 |
2016-01-20 |
US20160135934A1 |
2016-05-19 |
Dany Unger; Jakob Dichtenberg |
A single use flexible disposable oral device, which is operated either by the tongue or by a chewing action, for cleaning the entire mouth cavity. The oral device contains a dentifrice and is made of a spongy material. It is formed as a cube having faces and is provided with voids at its external envelope. The edges and vertexes of the external envelope may be harder than the faces and an internal core of the cube. The oral device is contained within a package that may be flat and may contain flushing liquid. |
127 |
Methodology of dental caries detection |
US14743501 |
2015-06-18 |
US09310355B1 |
2016-04-12 |
Shigemi Nagai; Masazumi Nagai |
Disclosed are methods for detecting demineralization of a surface of a tooth, comprising a) contacting the tooth of a subject with an orally acceptable, binding composition comprising a binding agent that binds to a demineralized surface of the tooth; b) removing unbound binding compound; c) contacting the tooth with an orally acceptable, detector composition comprising a probe compound that reacts with the binding agent to form a visually detectable reaction product; and d) detecting formation of the reaction product as an indication of the presence or extent of surface demineralization of the tooth. Systems, kits, and compositions for practicing the methods are also provided. |
128 |
Tongue-mounted cleaning article |
US13838843 |
2013-03-15 |
US09179764B2 |
2015-11-10 |
Adel Elseri |
The invention is directed to a tongue-mounted cleaning article for caring for the teeth and gums having an elongated body defining an inner cavity formed in the configuration of the tongue for receiving and accommodating the tongue, and a slot for receiving and accommodating the frenulum on the undersurface of the tongue; an open end sized to permit insertion of tongue; and a closed end being narrower than the open end and configured in the shape of the tip of the tongue, the closed end comprising a plurality of pyramidal protuberances or bristles disposed over a portion or entirety of its surface, wherein the pyramidal protuberances or bristles project outwardly for cleaning the teeth and gums by appropriate movement of the tongue. |
129 |
Therapeutic gum irrigator |
US13489116 |
2012-06-05 |
US09095296B2 |
2015-08-04 |
Christine M. Paxton; Keith Dirks |
A therapeutic gum irrigator is provided for subgingival periodontal irrigation with a chemotherapeutic fluid. The irrigator includes a housing surrounding at least a portion of the irrigator, a reservoir connected to the housing to retain the fluid, and a cannula configured for subgingival periodontic insertion in fluid communication with the reservoir. The irrigator further includes a neck connected to the housing and separating the reservoir from the cannula. A pump in fluid communication with the reservoir and the cannula includes a displacing element movable between first and second positions and a biasing element that biases the displacing element to the first position. A lever connected to the housing can mechanically move the displacing element to the second position, expelling a predefined volume of the fluid through the cannula. The biasing element causes the displacing element to return to the first position upon release of the thumb lever by the user. |
130 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATING MEDICAL PROCEDURES |
US13972273 |
2013-08-21 |
US20150057675A1 |
2015-02-26 |
Hadi Akeel; Yaz Shehab; George Wong |
A system and a method for automating a medical process including a memory storing a software program, a computer connected to the memory for running the software program, a display connected to the computer for generating a visual representation of output data generated by the computer running the program, a user interface connected to the computer for obtaining image data representing a configuration of a patient treatment space and fixed markers in the treatment space and storing the image data in the memory, a robot arm connected to the computer, and a medical tool mounted on the robot arm wherein when a human inputs a selected treatment procedure into the computer, the computer runs the software program to generate a tool path based upon the treatment procedure and the image data, and the computer operates the robot arm to move the medical tool along the tool path without human guidance, and wherein the data generated during the treatment procedure is stored, analyzed, and shared among collaborating computer systems. |
131 |
Oral care implement |
US13992268 |
2010-12-21 |
US08959696B2 |
2015-02-24 |
Wen Jin Xi; Liu Yu; Jian Rong Zhou |
An oral care implement, such as a toothbrush. In one aspect, the invention is an oral care implement comprising a handle and a head. A plurality of tooth cleaning elements may extend from a front surface of the head, which is formed by a plurality of spaced-apart segments formed of a rigid material, wherein the plurality of segments include a cruciform segment integrally formed with and extending from a distal end of the handle, a first pair of segments located on opposite sides of a longitudinal portion of the cruciform segment, and a second pair of segments located on opposite sides of the longitudinal portion of the cruciform segment, the first pair of segments located on an opposite side of a transverse portion of the cruciform segment from the second pair of segments. The segments of the first and second pairs are flexibly connected to the cruciform segment. |
132 |
Chewing-Based Oral Self-Cleaning Device |
US14126549 |
2012-06-15 |
US20140123421A1 |
2014-05-08 |
Fernando Miñano Fernandez |
A chewing-based oral self-cleaning device includes a pair of tubes (2, 3) placed back to back either directly or separated by a base plate (13), optionally provided with an external handle (1) and a positioning flange (15). Each of the tubes includes a channel (14) into which the teeth are inserted and each channel is provided with side drag elements and descaling elements on the base thereof. |
133 |
Generating a chemical agent in situ |
US13435726 |
2012-03-30 |
US08708700B2 |
2014-04-29 |
Eduardo J. Jimenez; Robert Dickson; Douglas J. Hohlbein; Heng Cai; Sharon Kennedy; Thomas Mintel; Bruce M. Russell |
A method of cleaning teeth by providing a device for generating a chemical agent in situ on an as-needed basis via the application of an electrical potential across a pair of conductors in communication with an electrolyte. The chemical agents may include ozone, hydrogen peroxide, peroxide, chlorine and/or hypochlorite. The device may include a voltage source and a first set of electrodes for applying an electrical potential to the electrolyte. The device may also include a second set of electrodes disposed about an anode of the first set of electrodes. The first and second sets of anodes cooperate to produce ions, peroxides, ozone and/or other chemical agents via the application of electrical potential to the electrolyte. |
134 |
GENERATING A CHEMICAL AGENT IN SITU |
US14107663 |
2013-12-16 |
US20140106309A1 |
2014-04-17 |
Eduardo J. Jimenez; Douglas J. Hohlbein; Heng Cai; Sharon Kennedy; Thomas Mintel; Bruce M. Russell |
A method of cleaning teeth by providing a device for generating a chemical agent in situ on an as-needed basis via the application of an electrical potential across a pair of conductors in communication with an electrolyte. The chemical agents may include ozone, hydrogen peroxide, peroxide, chlorine and/or hypochlorite. The device may include a voltage source and a first set of electrodes for applying an electrical potential to the electrolyte. The device may also include a second set of electrodes disposed about an anode of the first set of electrodes. The first and second sets of anodes cooperate to produce ions, peroxides, ozone and/or other chemical agents via the application of electrical potential to the electrolyte. |
135 |
MULTILAYER MOUTHPIECE, MANUFACTURING METHOD AND MANUFACTURING DEVICE THEREOF |
US14116613 |
2012-05-09 |
US20140087332A1 |
2014-03-27 |
Tomokazu Ueda; Junko Ueda |
The present invention has aimed to provide a multilayer mouthpiece for rubbing teeth and gums to supply stimulation thereto.The multilayer mouthpiece includes: a tray of thermoplastic resin for covering teeth; and a rub stimulation sheet which is on the tray of the thermoplastic resin for supply rub stimulation to the gums and teeth. |
136 |
PROCESS AND RESULTING PRODUCT FOR MATCHING A MOUTHPIECE FOR CLEANING TEETH TO A USER'S ORAL GEOMETRY |
US13993096 |
2011-12-16 |
US20130333133A1 |
2013-12-19 |
Kevin A. Miller |
A method and the resulting product for optimizing the configuration of a mouthpiece for cleaning teeth in which the configuration of the mouthpiece is optimized to the oral geometry of individual users. The method includes a first step (26) of producing a digital scan of the oral geometry of the individual user and then producing a rigid shell (30) for the mouthpiece substantially matching the digital scan. The configuration of the resulting mouthpiece is characterized by the outer surface of the shell not extending from the buccal surface of the individual teeth more than 7 mm (31); further, by the rear edge of the shell not contacting the tissues to the rear of the rearmost teeth (36), and still further by no more than a 2 mm overlap into the gum line (36), when the mouthpiece is operatively positioned in the user's mouth. |
137 |
DEBRIDEMENT PASTE |
US13515728 |
2010-12-14 |
US20130115248A1 |
2013-05-09 |
S. Petter Lyngstadaas; Håvard J. Haugen |
The present invention relates to a new and inventive composition for implant cleaning and/or debridement of hard surfaces in the oral cavity, which comprises optimally activated nanoparticles of TiO2, having a mean particle diameter (D50) of about 10-100 nm at a concentration between 0.5-500 g/L, and H2O2, at a concentration of at the most 7.5% by volume, said composition being antibacterial, without causing microbial resistance, and anti-inflammatory, and wherein said composition further comprises solid microparticles, having a mean particle diameter (D50) of about 100-200 μm at a concentration between 0.5-300 g/L, for improved mechanical debridement and/or cleaning of rough surfaces in the oral cavity and/or on an implant. |
138 |
TOOTHBRUSH TRACKING SYSTEM |
US13515005 |
2010-11-25 |
US20120310593A1 |
2012-12-06 |
Susan Bates; Derek Guy Savill |
A method of monitoring tooth brushing comprising: receiving a position signal from a position sensor (601) disposed on a toothbrush (21) comprising a handle and a head (22); receiving a force signal from a force sensor (602) disposed on the toothbrush (21); and calculating a position of the head of the toothbrush using the position signal in combination with the force signal. |
139 |
Generating a chemical agent in situ |
US11549497 |
2006-10-13 |
US08156602B2 |
2012-04-17 |
Eduardo J. Jimenez; Robert Dickson; Douglas J. Hohlbein; Heng Cai; Sharon Kennedy; Thomas Mintel; Bruce M. Russell |
A device for generating a chemical agent in situ on an as-needed basis via the application of an electrical potential across a pair of conductors in communication with an electrolyte. The device may be a toothbrush that generates chemical agents in a user's mouth by applying an electrical potential to an electrolyte such as saliva and/or a dentifrice located therein. The chemical agents may include ozone, hydrogen peroxide, peroxide, chlorine and/or hypochlorite. The toothbrush may include a voltage source and a first set of electrodes for applying an electrical potential to the electrolyte. The toothbrush may also include a second set of electrodes disposed about an anode of the first set of electrodes. The first and second sets of anodes cooperate to produce ions, peroxides, ozone and/or other chemical agents via the application of electrical potential to the electrolyte. |
140 |
Dental cleanser and stain prevention apparatus |
US12902813 |
2010-10-26 |
US08021067B2 |
2011-09-20 |
Karen L. Ross |
A dental apparatus for cleansing and stain preventing on-the-go is provided in multiple embodiments. One embodiment allows a user to dispose of the apparatus after use. Another embodiment allows a user to seal and refill the dental apparatus for repeated use. Further, packaging of various types allows a user to house the dental apparatus in multiple ways. |