Dental appliance case

a dental appliance and case technology, applied in the field of dental appliance cases, can solve the problems of user's similar problems, dental appliance users often face a problem of remembering to wear their appliances, and users may encounter treatment setbacks

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-04-14
WILSON WESLEY +2
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[0007]A dental appliance case is provided. In some embodiments, the case may comprise a power source, one or more alert devices, an occupancy sensor, and a processing unit. An alert device may comprise a light emitting diode, a sound device, and/or a vibration device. A sound device may be configured to create an audible alert such as an audible alert sound. A light emitting diode may be configured to create a visual alert such as an emission of light. A vibration dev

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Users of these appliances face similar problems regardless of the type of appliance.
Dental appliance users often face a problem of remembering to wear their appliance.
By forgetting to wear a retainer, the user may encounter treatment setbacks such as their teeth shifting or not moving correctly requiring a lengthy and uncomfortable treatment period.
Users may also encounter the problem of remembering where they left their dental appliance.
These appliances are usually expensive and difficult to replace.
Much time and energy can be wasted on lo

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[0021]The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the term “and / or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. As used herein, the singular forms “a,”“an,” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well as the singular forms, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises” and / or “comprising,” when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, elements, and / or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, steps, operations, elements, components, and / or groups thereof.

[0022]Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one having ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. It wi...

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Abstract

A dental appliance case for receiving a dental appliance is provided. In some embodiments, the case may include a power source, a sound device, an occupancy sensor, and a processing unit. The sound device may be configured to create an audible alert sound. The occupancy sensor may be operable to detect the presence of a dental appliance. The processing unit may be in electrical communication with the power source, occupancy sensor, and the sound device. The processing unit may be operable to operate the sound device to create an audible alert in response to an electronic communication from the occupancy sensor.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims priority to and the benefit of the filing date of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62 / 063,647, filed on Oct. 14, 2014, entitled “DENTAL APPLIANCE CASE APPARATUS”, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This patent specification relates to the field of dental appliance cases. More specifically, this patent specification relates to dental appliance cases configured to provide information on a dental appliance.BACKGROUND[0003]Dental appliances are used for a variety of purposes and may include retainers, dentures, partial dentures, active aligners, protraction headgear, spring aligners, and the like. Users of these appliances face similar problems regardless of the type of appliance. Dental appliance users often face a problem of remembering to wear their appliance. By forgetting to wear a retainer, the user may encounter treatment setbacks such as their teeth shifting or...

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IPC IPC(8): A61C19/02B65D51/24A61C7/08A45D44/20
CPCA61C19/02A61C7/08B65D51/248A45D44/20A61C2204/005A61C7/00A61C13/00A63B71/085A63B71/0036B60W50/14B60W2050/143B60W2050/146G05D1/00G06N3/08G06N3/084H02J50/10G06V20/56G06V20/58G06N3/044G06N3/045B65D43/163G08B21/18
Inventor WILSON, WESLEYOSIBOV, ANTHONYYEE, JEFF
Owner WILSON WESLEY
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