46results about "Dental surgery" patented technology

An image processing apparatus is disclosed. The image processing apparatus includes a communicator configured to transmit or receive information to or from an intraoral scanner, a memory storing one or more instructions, and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory to identify an oral image obtainment mode based on tip information about a tip included in the intraoral scanner, and obtain an oral image based on two-dimensional image data received from the intraoral scanner through the communicator and the identified oral image obtainment mode, wherein the tip information may include at least one of tip fastening direction information and tip size information.

Blank for the production of dental prosthetic components by material processing using a CAD / CAM machine, with a blank body made of a dental restoration material and a holding attachment connected to the blank body for holding the blank body in the CAD / CAM machine, the holding element is made of plastic.

A wireless intraoral scanner and an intraoral scan image forming apparatus including the same are disclosed. The intraoral scan image forming apparatus comprises: an intraoral scanner (10) that optically scans and captures intraoral structures to obtain two-dimensional shape image data of the intraoral structures; a data processor (22) that outputs a control signal for the intraoral scanner (10) and forms a three-dimensional shape image of the intraoral structures from the two-dimensional shape image data of the intraoral structures obtained from the intraoral scanner (10); a wireless auxiliary device (30) that supplies power for driving the intraoral scanner (10) to the intraoral scanner (10) through a wired signal line (19), receives a wired signal transmitted from the intraoral scanner (10) through the wired signal line (19), converts it into a wireless signal and transmits it to the data processor (22), receives a wireless signal transmitted wirelessly from the data processor (22), converts it into a wired signal and transmits it to the intraoral scanner (10); and a wireless transmission / reception device (80) that receives the wireless signal transmitted from the wireless auxiliary device (30), converts it into a wired signal and transmits it to the data processor (22), receives a wired signal transmitted from the data processor (22), converts it into a wireless signal and transmits it to the wireless auxiliary device (30).

The present disclosure relates to an oral irrigator. In one embodiment, the oral irrigator includes a motor, a pump body, a connecting rod, and a diaphragm seal. The connecting rod is at least partially received within the pump body and is movably connected to the motor such that the motor moves the connecting rod between a first position and a second position within the pump body. The diaphragm seal is connected to the connecting rod and the pump body and deforms from a first orientation to a second orientation as the connecting rod moves from the first position to the second position.

The application discloses a support assembly of an electric toothbrush and the electric toothbrush, wherein the support assembly of the electric toothbrush comprises a support body and an elastic buffering component; the support body comprises a main body part and a connecting structure which are connected to each other, a battery mounting bin is formed in the main body part, and the connecting structure is provided with a plug-in matching part; the elastic buffering component comprises a mounting cylinder, a motor mounting cavity is formed in the mounting cylinder, and the mounting cylinder is provided with a motor buffering part; the motor buffering part is plug-in fixed with the plug-in matching part in the axial direction of the mounting cylinder, so as to connect the support body and the elastic buffering component; the motor buffering part is provided with a circumferential buffering surface and an axial buffering surface; the plug-in matching part is provided with a circumferential matching surface and an axial matching surface, the circumferential matching surface is in abutting matching with the circumferential buffering surface in the axial direction of the mounting cylinder, and the axial matching surface is in abutting matching with the axial buffering surface in the axial direction of the mounting cylinder. The support assembly of the electric toothbrush can realize multidimensional shock absorption, and effectively improves the shock absorption effect of the whole support assembly.

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 first component comprising a first housing having an inner surface that defines a first cavity and a second component comprising a second housing having an inner surface that defines a second cavity. When the tracking attachment is coupled to the oral care implement, a first portion of the handle is positioned within the first cavity and a second portion of the handle is positioned within the second cavity.

The present disclosure discloses an oral cleaning apparatus, device and system, where the oral cleaning apparatus includes a shell body, a bracket assembly, a power assembly, and a charging receiver assembly. The bracket assembly, the power assembly, and the charging receiver assembly are all arranged in an inner cavity of the shell body, and both the power assembly and the charging receiver assembly are assembled on the bracket assembly.

The invention discloses an intelligent nursing device for preventing a child oral cavity from being swallowed by mistake, belongs to the technical field of child oral cavity nursing equipment, and aims to solve the technical problems that an existing device is incomplete in mistake swallowed prevention mechanism, insufficient in adaptability and safety and prone to bucking. The device adopts a modular design of a main body unit, a replaceable cleaning head unit and an intelligent mistaken swallowing prevention control unit, the main body unit (a handle part) is an integrally formed hollow shell, double independent liquid inlet cabins (used for preheating pretreatment of cleaning liquid) and a vortex negative pressure pump set are arranged in the main body unit (a handle part), and a deep groove is formed from the top to the middle of the main body (the shell); the bottom of the groove (the top of the inner core) is provided with an electromagnetic adsorption and mechanical locking mechanism used for being connected with a head function module. The bottom of the whole handle is in butt joint with an external water tank through two pipelines and used for conveying cleaning liquid and recycling waste liquid. The replaceable cleaning head comprises a toothbrush type (liquid outlet holes are formed in the centers of bristles) and a water flushing type (a flushing head is arranged in the middle), innovative layouts of discharging liquid from the middle and absorbing liquid on two sides are adopted, and an infrared sensor (detecting the distance of gingiva and whether water in the mouth submerges the cleaning head) is integrated. Therefore, the replaceable cleaning head needs to be inserted into the main body through the long rod-shaped structure at the tail part to realize multiple fixed locking with the main body part. Meanwhile, when water in the mouth of the patient submerges the infrared sensor, the central processing unit reduces water output and enhances the water absorption function according to the reaction of middle and far infrared bands, and the problems of flushing fluid overflow and bucking are ingeniously solved; the intelligent control unit part is integrated with a central processing unit, a tightness detection sensing system and an alarm module, identifies the distance from the oral cavity tissue through an infrared sensor, and adaptively adjusts the cleaning mode (the negative pressure is increased by reducing the liquid outlet amount too close, and the pressure is increased too far, and the out-of-range prompt); and a quadruple error swallowing prevention mechanism (deep insertion butt joint, double fixation, tightness detection sound-light alarm and mobile phone APP linkage early warning) is synchronously constructed, and the operation of the pump set is suspended in case of abnormality. The oral care solution has the advantages that the effects of preventing mistaken swallowing and bucking are remarkable, the temperature and the cleaning force of the cleaning solution are controllable, and an implementation thought and method are provided for improving the oral care requirements of children of different age groups and achieving safety and practicability at the same time.

A method, user interface and system for detecting and monitoring development of a dental condition. In particular, detecting and monitoring such a development by comparing digital 3D representations of the patient's set of teeth recorded at a first and a second point in time. For example, determining tooth movement for at least one tooth between the first and second point in time based on derived distances.

The present invention provides a method for controlling the operation of an electric toothbrush with a replaceable brushhead. The method includes obtaining an existing operational mode of the electric toothbrush and, when a new replaceable brushhead is provided to the electric toothbrush, identifying the new replaceable brushhead. A new operational mode associated with the new replaceable brushhead is identified, the new operational mode being different from the existing operational mode. A user input is requested to confirm that the operation of the electric toothbrush should change to the new operational mode. The operational mode of the electric toothbrush is then changed to the new operational mode or maintained in the existing operational mode based on the user input.

The present application relates to a toothbrush kit with an external toothpaste box and a multifunctional charging base, which comprises an electric toothbrush, a transparent toothpaste box and a multifunctional charging base; the toothbrush comprises a brush head and a brush handle, the front end of the brush head is provided with bristles, the rear end surface of the brush head is provided with a brush head cavity, the brush head cavity is provided with a brush head connecting piece; the front part of the brush handle is provided with a high-frequency vibration motor, the output shaft of the high-frequency vibration motor is fixedly connected with the brush head connecting piece; the brush head is provided with a brush head internal pipeline which is communicated with the root of the bristles; the middle part of the brush handle is provided with a water pump, the water outlet of the water pump is communicated with the brush head internal pipeline; the rear opening of the brush handle is provided with a rear cover, the inner cover surface of the rear cover is provided with a water inlet pipe, the outer cover surface of the rear cover is provided with a jack which is communicated with the water inlet pipe, the water inlet of the water pump is communicated with the water inlet pipe; the brush handle is provided with a circuit board which is electrically connected with the high-frequency vibration motor and the water pump, the inner rear part of the brush handle is provided with a battery which is electrically connected with the circuit board; the inner cover surface of the rear cover is provided with a charging coil which is electrically connected with the circuit board. The present application is more convenient to use.

The Invention discloses a dental care device with water flossing and brushing integration, comprising a device body whose inner wall is provided with a metal main shaft. For use, inject clear water into a water tank, and then enable sealing via a fully softened plug cover; press a start key, supply water via a water absorption tube, conduct filtration via a filter bulb; subsequently, choose different gear control and time reminder functions, and then start a built-in servo motor to make soft bristle brush oscillate and vibrate at a high frequency and join ultrasonic wave in cleaning oral cavity; finally, enable charging via a wireless charging base, so the dental care device with water flossing and brushing integration is completed.

The present application discloses an oral cleaning apparatus, device and system. The oral cleaning apparatus comprises a housing, a support assembly, a power assembly and a charging receiving assembly. The support assembly, the power assembly, and the charging receiving assembly are all arranged in an inner cavity of the housing, and the power assembly and the charging receiving assembly are both mounted to the support assembly. The oral cleaning apparatus, device and system provided in embodiments of the present application have the advantages of modular mounting and high mounting efficiency.

A locking apparatus for a whip arm of a unit chair is disclosed. The locking apparatus for a whip arm of a unit chair is configured to lock and unlock a whip arm configured to support a handpiece tubing of the unit chair, the locking apparatus comprising: a main roller coupled to an end of the whip arm and configured to rotate about a rotational axis, the main roller including a pawl protruding from one side thereof; a latch plate configured to guide the pawl such that, as the main roller rotates, the pawl is engaged at a locking position to lock the whip arm, and, when the handpiece tubing is pulled and the pawl is disengaged from the locking position, the whip arm is unlocked; a spring unit configured to provide an elastic force to return the main roller and the latch plate to pre-rotation positions thereof; and a cover unit to which the main roller and the latch plate are axially coupled, the cover unit covering the main roller and the latch plate, wherein the latch plate includes a pawl guide hole configured to guide a movement path of the pawl, and the pawl guide hole may be formed in an irregular zigzag shape.

Disclosed is a wear assessment for an oral care system 14 (e.g., an oral cleaning device). A sensor unit 16 of the oral care system is configured to provide a sensor signal related to the cleaning effectiveness of a cleaning function of the oral care system. The sensor unit 16 may be or be coupled to an element used during the performance of the oral care function of the device. The element may be, for example, a sensor for detecting intraoral cleaning progress or an element that drives intraoral cleaning or treatment operations. The sensor signal 20 is used to perform a wear assessment by monitoring a characteristic of the signal indicative of the progress of oral cleaning effectiveness (e.g., intraoral cleaning level) during an operation session and monitoring the length of time it takes for the session to reach a certain threshold of effectiveness. If this length of time is equal to or exceeds a certain threshold, this may be an indication that the associated element of the oral care system is worn out.

Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for examining bone formation of alveolar bone using an oral scanner having a tomographic function. The bone formation inspection method for alveolar bone comprises: a step of filling a bone graft material into an alveolar bone to be subjected to bone graft, suturing gingiva, and then acquiring a surface shape image of a portion where the alveolar bone is formed by using a surface shape acquisition optical system; a step for acquiring an internal cross-sectional image showing the state of the alveolar bone and the bone graft by means of an internal cross-sectional acquisition optical system at a predetermined position in the acquired surface shape image; a step of moving the oral scanner to acquire a gingival surface shape after a predetermined period of time has elapsed, and when the gingival surface shape at a position at which the internal cross-sectional image was previously acquired is detected, acquiring an internal cross-sectional image showing the state of the alveolar bone and the bone graft at the position using an internal cross-sectional acquisition optical system of the oral scanner; and a step for comparing the internal cross-sectional images acquired at predetermined intervals.

Disclosed is a method, user interface and system for detecting and monitoring development of a dental condition. In particular the invention relates to detecting and monitoring such a development by comparing digital 3D representations of the patient's set of teeth recorded at a first and a second point in time.

The present disclosure relates to an electric toothbrush, including: a handle assembly including a measurement module; and a brush head assembly provided with a measured block to be identified. The brush head assembly is in contact with the handle assembly, and the measurement module is electrically connected to the measured block. A difference of the measured block forms a signal difference measured by the measurement module, and a type of a brush head is identified according to the signal difference. Thus, the electric toothbrush is capable of achieving the function of identifying the type of the brush head on the basis of reducing production costs and design costs.

A brush for a sonic toothbrush with longitudinal axis vibration having an elongated base body has a frustoconical base portion with a drive adapter for rotation-fixed coupling to a sonic toothbrush drive with longitudinal axis vibration, and a head portion with a bristle support in which a plurality of bristles are anchored, and an elongated neck portion connecting the base portion and the head portion is disclosed. The base body forms a kink angle in that a geometric base portion longitudinal axis and a geometric head portion alignment axis include an angle γ in the range of 5° to 12°. A geometric kink position in the base body has a distance from an end face of the base portion of at least 50% of a total length of the base body.

Disclosed herein is a drive train mount (114) for an oral cleaning device (100). The drive train mount comprises a mounting component (116) comprising a first fastening interface (210) configured for receiving the drive train of the oral cleaning device and comprising at least one first gripping element (204). The drive train mount further comprises a clamping component (118) comprising at least one second gripping element (206) paired with the at least one first gripping element and a second fastening interface (211). The clamping component and the mounting component are configured to form a wedged mechanical interlock (500). Actuation of the wedged interlock causes the paired at least one first gripping element and the at least one second gripping element to form at least one parallel jaw clamp (300) configured to grip at least one interior structural element (106) of the oral cleaning device.

The present disclosure relates to an oral irrigator. In one embodiment, the oral irrigator comprises: a housing; at least one rechargeable battery received within the housing; and at least one housing magnet connected to the housing; and a charging unit selectively connectable to the housing of the oral irrigator and configured to provide a charge to the at least one rechargeable battery, the charging unit comprising at least one charger magnet connected to the charging unit. The at least one housing magnet and the at least one charger magnet cooperate to removably connect the charging unit to the housing of the oral irrigator.

The present disclosure relates to a low-cost toothbrush with an easy-to-manufacture design that provides a tapping motion of the brush head. In one embodiment, a dental cleaning device includes an eccentric rotating mass motor and a drive shaft mechanically coupled to the motor. A spring element is attached to the drive shaft in a configuration that acts in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the drive shaft. The spring element and the drive shaft form an assembly having a resonant frequency. A power source supplies sufficient power to the motor to cause the motor to operate near the resonant frequency of the assembly.

A carrier element for supporting at least one medical or dental instrument in a cleaning or care device, wherein the instrument comprises a first transmitting and receiving unit for wireless transmission of electromagnetic radiation having data and / or energy with a second transmitting and receiving unit. A coupling antenna is provided on the carrier element, which receives and in turn emits the electromagnetic radiation wirelessly transmitted between the first and second transmitting and receiving units in order to support the wireless transmission of the electromagnetic radiation between the first transmitting and receiving unit and the second transmitting and receiving unit. A method for wireless transmission of electromagnetic radiation with a corresponding carrier element is also described.

An intraoral imaging device comprises a base and a removable probe coupled to the base. The base comprises a processing device configured to control operation of the intraoral imaging device and a first connector at a distal end of the base. The removable probe comprises one or more structured light projectors configured to project a light pattern, a plurality of cameras configured to image the projected light pattern to produce intraoral image data, and a second connector at a first end of the removable probe. The second connector mates with the first connector to provide a power connection between the removable probe and the base and a data connection between the removable probe and the base.

Methods and systems for delivering drug particles to a target site are disclosed. An example method for implementing the subject matter described herein includes applying a drug delivery patch to a target site. The drug delivery patch can include a substrate, an electrode integrated with the substrate, and a fluid in the substrate having drug particles suspended in the fluid. The method further includes transmitting a signal to the drug delivery patch to power the drug delivery patch by inductive coupling. Powering the drug delivery patch causes the electrode in the drug delivery patch to motivate the drug particles towards a target site of the drug delivery patch.

Disclosed herein is a drive train mount (114) for an oral cleaning device (100). The drive train mount comprises a mounting component (116) comprising a first fastening interface (210) configured for receiving the drive train of the oral cleaning device and comprising at least one first gripping element (204). The drive train mount further comprises a clamping component (118) comprising at least one second gripping element (206) paired with the at least one first gripping element and a second fastening interface (211). The clamping component and the mounting component are configured to form a wedged mechanical interlock (500). Actuation of the wedged interlock causes the paired at least one first gripping element and the at least one second gripping element to form at least one parallel jaw clamp (300) configured to grip at least one interior structural element (106) of the oral cleaning device.

A charger for charging a rechargeable energy source of a personal care device has a housing having a charging region for positioning the personal care device, a circuit for performing a charging procedure of the rechargeable energy source of the personal care device, a motion sensor for detecting a motion of at least a portion of the charger, preferably wherein the charger comprises a motion enhancer, a controller coupled with the charging circuit and the motion sensor. The controller is arranged to activate the charging circuit when the controller receives a motion signal from the motion sensor indicating a placement of the personal care device in the charging region and / or to deactivate the charging circuit when the controller receives a motion signal from the motion sensor indicating a removal of the personal care device from the charging region.

The present disclosure relates to an electric toothbrush comprising a brush handle assembly including a measuring module and a brush head assembly provided with a measuring element for identification, wherein the brush handle assembly is in contact with the brush head assembly, the measuring module is electrically connected to the measuring element, and different measuring elements lead to different signals which are measured by the measuring module, wherein a brush head type is identified based on the difference of signals. Thus, the electric toothbrush enables a function for identifying the brush head type based on reduced manufacturing and design costs.

A power toothbrush device (100) including a brush head member (104) having a set of bristles (116); a body portion (102) coupled with the brush head member; and a drivetrain assembly (122). The drivetrain assembly includes an actuator (840) configured to generate periodic linear movement and a drivetrain shaft (124, 824) configured to transmit the generated periodic linear movement to the brush head member. The set of bristles are configured to be driven in a first direction (TM) at an amplitude equal to or greater than 0.25 mm and less than 3 mm and a frequency equal to or greater than 0.25 Hz and less than 520 Hz in the first direction. The drivetrain shaft is further configured to periodically rotate the set of bristles in a second direction (SM) about a central axis of the power toothbrush device.

The present disclosure is directed to a low-cost toothbrush with a simple-to-manufacture design that provides a tapping motion of the brush head. In an embodiment, a dental cleaning device includes an eccentric rotating mass motor and a drive shaft mechanically coupled to the motor. A spring element is mounted to the drive shaft in a configuration in which it acts in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the drive shaft. The spring element and drive shaft form an assembly having a resonant frequency. A power source supplies to the motor power sufficient to cause the motor to operate near the resonant frequency of the assembly.