Oral appliance capable of monitoring wearing or not

Abstract

The utility model relates to the field of oral correction, and particularly provides an oral appliance capable of monitoring wearing or not, the oral appliance comprises an appliance component and a monitoring component cooperatively connected with the appliance component, the appliance component is enclosed by a U-shaped occlusal pad, a lip block and a tongue block together to form a shape adaptive to tooth occlusion, and the monitoring component comprises a shell; the signal acquisition module, the control module and the power supply module are arranged in the shell; the monitoring part is detachably connected to one side, far away from the U-shaped occlusal pad, of the lip shield of the appliance part, and the shell and the appliance part respectively comprise a signal receiving hole and an air outlet hole which are oppositely arranged and are used for transmitting signals from the oral cavity. The oral appliance can monitor whether the oral appliance is worn or not, and the monitoring parts are detachably connected, so that the oral appliance is convenient to use and clean.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application relates to the field of oral orthodontics, and particularly to an oral appliance that can monitor whether it is worn or not. Background Art

[0002] Functional silicone orthodontic appliances are a type of removable orthodontic appliance. Since they do not need to be fixed to the teeth and are easy to clean, they can better maintain oral hygiene and reduce the occurrence of dental caries. At the same time, since the orthodontic appliance is not fixed to the teeth, it can be worn at night, reducing the psychological impact on the wearer during the orthodontic process. However, due to the lack of self-discipline of patients or the unconscious detachment during night wear, the wearing time may be insufficient, which will affect the orthodontic effect. Therefore, there is a need for an oral orthodontic appliance that can monitor whether it is worn or not. Utility Model Content

[0003] The purpose of this application is an oral orthodontic appliance that can monitor whether it is worn or not. The embodiments of this application can be achieved through the following technical solutions:

[0004] An oral orthodontic appliance that can monitor whether it is worn or not includes an orthodontic appliance component and a monitoring component connected in cooperation. The orthodontic appliance component includes a U-shaped occlusal pad. The outer edges of the U-shaped occlusal pad extend upward and downward respectively to form lip stops, and the inner edges extend upward and downward respectively to form tongue stops. The U-shaped occlusal pad, lip stops, and tongue stops together enclose a shape suitable for tooth occlusion. The monitoring component includes a housing, and a signal acquisition module, a control module, and a power supply module disposed in the housing. The monitoring component is detachably connected to the side of the lip stop of the orthodontic appliance component away from the U-shaped occlusal pad. The housing and the orthodontic appliance component respectively include a signal receiving hole and an air outlet hole disposed opposite to each other for transmitting signals from the oral cavity.

[0005] Further, the receiving end of the signal acquisition module is located on the side of the signal receiving hole away from the air outlet hole.

[0006] Further, the air outlet hole penetrates through the orthodontic appliance component.

[0007] Further, the signal receiving hole and the air outlet hole are coaxially arranged.

[0008] Further, the signal acquisition module is a thermal infrared sensor or an infrared ranging sensor.

[0009] Further, the housing further includes a limiting portion, which is detachably connected to the orthodontic appliance component.

[0010] Further, the limiting portion includes at least two limiting protrusions, which are respectively located on both sides of the signal receiving hole.

[0011] Further, limiting holes matching the limiting protrusions are provided on the side of the lip stop away from the U-shaped occlusal pad.

[0012] Furthermore, the housing further includes a guide plate portion, and both ends of the guide plate portion are curved and are matched with the curvature of the lip bumper.

[0013] The oral appliance provided by the embodiment of the present application that can monitor whether it is worn has at least the following beneficial effects:

[0014] The oral appliance of the present application determines whether it is worn by monitoring and analyzing signals from the oral cavity; the monitoring component of the present application is detachably connected to the appliance component, which is convenient for disassembly, assembly, use and cleaning at any time; when in use, most of the monitoring component is placed outside the mouth, improving the wearing comfort. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0015] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the oral appliance according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0016] Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the appliance component according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0017] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the monitoring component according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0018] Figure 4 is another perspective view of the oral appliance according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0019] Figure 5 is Figure 4 a sectional view taken along the line B-B in

[0020] The reference numerals in the drawings

[0021] appliance component 1, occlusal pad 11, lip bumper 12, tongue bumper 13, air outlet hole 14, limit hole 15, monitoring component 2, limit portion 21, guide plate portion 22, accommodating portion 23, signal receiving hole 24, signal acquisition module 3. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

[0022] Hereinafter, the present application will be further described based on the preferred embodiments with reference to the drawings.

[0023] In addition, for the convenience of understanding, various components in the drawings are enlarged or reduced, but this is not intended to limit the protection scope of the present application.

[0024] Singular terms also include plural meanings, and vice versa.

[0025] In the description of the embodiments of the present application, it should be noted that if terms such as "upper", "lower", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, or the orientation or positional relationship in which the products of the embodiments of the present application are customarily placed during use, it is only for the convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be construed as a limitation to the present application. In addition, in the description of the present application, in order to distinguish different units, terms such as first and second are used in this specification, but these are not restricted by the manufacturing order and cannot be construed as indicating or implying relative importance. In the detailed description and claims of the present application, their names may be different.

[0026] The terms used in this specification are for the purpose of describing the embodiments of the present application, but are not intended to limit the present application. It should also be noted that unless otherwise clearly specified and defined, if terms such as "set", "connected", "connected to" are understood in a broad sense. For example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection, a direct connection, or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium, and it can be the communication inside two elements. For those skilled in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present application can be specifically understood.

[0027] Combined with Figures 1-5 As shown, an oral appliance provided by the present application that can monitor whether it is worn or not includes an appliance component 1 and a monitoring component 2, which are detachably connected to each other;

[0028] Specifically, the appliance component 1 includes a U-shaped occlusal pad 11. The outer edges of the U-shaped occlusal pad 11 extend upward and downward respectively to form labial shields 12. The inner edges of the U-shaped occlusal pad 11 extend upward and downward respectively to form lingual shields 13. The U-shaped occlusal pad 11, the labial shields 12 and the lingual shields 13 together enclose the appliance component 1 that fits the tooth occlusion. Further, an air outlet hole 14 is provided in the middle of the labial shield 12. The air outlet hole 14 sequentially penetrates through the labial shield 12, the U-shaped occlusal pad 11 and the lingual shield 13 to provide a transmission path for signals from the oral cavity. Further, a limiting hole 15 is also provided on the side of the labial shield 12 away from the U-shaped occlusal pad 11 for connecting with the appliance component 1.

[0029] Specifically, the monitoring component 2 includes a housing, and the housing includes a limiting part 21, a guide plate part 22 and a containing part 23 arranged in sequence. The limiting part 21 is used for detachably connecting with the appliance component 1. Further, when the limiting part 21 is connected with the appliance component 1, the containing part 23 is located outside the mouth.

[0030] Specifically, the limiting part 21 includes two limiting protrusions, which are respectively arranged at both ends of the guide plate part 22 facing the oral cavity side end face, and cooperate with the limiting holes 15 on the orthodontic appliance component 1; preferably, the limiting protrusions are cylindrical, and an interference fit is formed between them and the limiting holes 15; when the limiting part 21 is connected to the limiting holes 15, the end face of the guide plate part 22 close to the limiting part 21 contacts the outer side face of the lip bumper 12 of the orthodontic appliance component 1; further, in order to improve the wearing comfort, both ends of the guide plate part 22 are set to be curved and the degree of curvature matches that of the lip bumper 12; further, the accommodating part 23 is connected to the end face of the guide plate part 22 away from the oral cavity side, and is smaller than the thickness of the guide plate part 22, so as to reduce the volume of the entire monitoring component 2 and thus improve the use comfort.

[0031] Further, a signal acquisition module 3, a control module and a power supply module are arranged inside the housing of the monitoring component 2;

[0032] The signal acquisition module 3 is used to acquire signals that change significantly when the orthodontic appliance component 1 is moved from inside the mouth to outside the mouth. Further, the signals acquired by the signal acquisition module 3 can be at least temperature signals or distance signals; further, the signal acquisition module 3 is a thermal infrared sensor or an infrared ranging sensor.

[0033] The control module is used to process and analyze the signals acquired by the signal acquisition module 3 to judge whether the orthodontic appliance component 1 is worn inside the mouth, and the control module can also store the above data for subsequent retrieval and use according to needs. It can be imagined that the control module can adopt any electronic device, system or equipment such as a microprocessor that can achieve the functions of processing, analyzing and storing data;

[0034] The power supply module is electrically connected to the signal acquisition module 3 and the control module respectively for supplying power to them.

[0035] Further, the monitoring component 2 includes a signal receiving hole 24, which is located in the middle of the end face of the guide plate part 22 close to the oral cavity side. When the orthodontic appliance component 1 is connected to the monitoring component 2, the signal receiving hole 24 is arranged opposite to the air outlet hole 14, that is, one end of the signal receiving hole 24 abuts against the air outlet hole 14 to transmit signals from the oral cavity; preferably, the signal receiving hole 24 and the air outlet hole 14 are coaxially arranged; further, the receiving end of the signal acquisition module 3 is located on the side of the signal receiving hole 24 away from the air outlet hole 14;

[0036] The usage principle of this application is as follows: During use, the monitoring component 2 is connected to the orthodontic appliance component 1, and the orthodontic appliance component 1 is worn in the mouth. When the signal acquisition module 3 is a thermal infrared sensor, it can regularly collect the infrared heat generated by oral radiation and convert it into the corresponding temperature through the control module. When the orthodontic appliance component 1 is correctly worn in the mouth, due to the relatively fixed position, the measured temperature value basically remains stable; when the orthodontic appliance component 1 is moved from the mouth to the outside of the mouth, due to the change in the relative position, the measured temperature value will change significantly, and it is judged whether the orthodontic appliance component 1 is worn in the mouth through the change amount of the temperature value. Similarly, when the signal acquisition module 3 is an infrared ranging sensor, the optical signal emitted by the sensor transmitting end reaches the posterior palate of the oral cavity through the signal transmission hole 24 and the air outlet hole 14 and is reflected to the signal receiving end of the sensor. The distance data is calculated through the time difference data of signal generation and reception, and it is judged whether the orthodontic appliance component 1 is worn in the mouth by analyzing the measured distance change amount.

[0037] The specific implementation manners of this application have been introduced in detail above. For those skilled in the art of this technology, without departing from the principle of this application, several improvements and modifications can still be made to this application, and these improvements and modifications also belong to the protection scope of the claims of this application.

Claims

1. An oral appliance capable of monitoring whether it is worn or not, characterized in that: It includes a corrective device component and a monitoring component connected thereto; The orthodontic device component comprises a U-shaped pad, the outer edges of the U-shaped pad extend upward and downward to form a lip stop, and the inner edges extend upward and downward to form a tongue stop, and the U-shaped pad, the lip stop and the tongue stop together form a shape suitable for tooth occlusion; The monitoring component includes a housing, and a signal acquisition module, a control module and a power supply module disposed in the housing; The monitoring component is detachably connected to the side of the lip stop of the orthodontic component away from the U-shaped pad. The shell and the orthodontic component respectively include a signal receiving hole and an air outlet hole arranged opposite to each other for transmitting signals from the oral cavity.

2. The oral appliance according to claim 1, characterized in that: The receiving end of the signal acquisition module is located at a side of the signal receiving hole away from the air outlet.

3. The oral appliance according to claim 1, characterized in that: The air outlet hole passes through the orthodontic device component.

4. The oral appliance according to claim 1, characterized in that: The signal receiving hole is coaxially arranged with the air outlet hole.

5. The oral appliance according to claim 1, wherein: The signal acquisition module is a thermal infrared sensor or an infrared ranging sensor.

6. The oral appliance according to claim 1, wherein: The shell also includes a limiting portion, which is detachably connected to the correction device component.

7. The oral appliance according to claim 6, characterized in that: The limiting portion includes at least two limiting protrusions, which are respectively located on two sides of the signal receiving hole.

8. The oral appliance according to claim 7, characterized in that: A limiting hole matched with the limiting protrusion is provided on the side of the lip stop away from the U-shaped pad.

9. The oral appliance according to claim 1, wherein: The housing further comprises a guide plate portion, and two ends of the guide plate portion are curved to match the curvature of the lip stopper.

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