1026 results about "Tooth brushing" patented technology

Disclosed are a toothbrushing pattern analyzing/correcting device, a toothbrushing pattern analyzing/correcting method, a method and a system for interactively correcting toothbrushing behavior. The toothbrushing pattern analyzing/correcting device of the present invention includes: a body part formed in the same direction as a toothbrush surface; a sensing unit having a sensor with at least one or more axes for sensing a user's toothbrushing motion and a sensor with one or more axes for sensing two or more toothbrushing positions; and a controller for operating signals input from the sensing unit to classify a user's toothbrushing motion into at least two or more patterns and at least two or more toothbrushing parts. Further, the toothbrushing pattern analyzing/correcting method includes the steps of: detecting the start of a user's toothbrushing; displaying a guiding screen in response to the start of a user's toothbrushing; detecting a user's toothbrushing pattern; analyzing the user's detected toothbrushing pattern; and providing a toothbrushing correction screen with the intention of increasing compliance in accordance with the analyzed result. Accordingly, toothbrushing behavior correction compliance can be further enhanced with a method of interactively correcting a user's toothbrushing behavior through multimedia image substances in real time, and more systematic management and health consultation are possible by building a database of information of the user's toothbrushing behavior.

One embodiment of the present invention includes a signaling device capable of assisting a child to develop a tooth brushing technique. The signaling device includes a toothbrush and an extension device, which is affixed to the tooth brush. The extension device is coded with a plurality of patterns that can be converted into motion and orientation information associated with the tooth brush in a tooth brushing session, and the motion and orientation information is further compared to a predetermined set of expected conditions that correspond to the tooth brushing technique to determine a reward tailored to promote learning of the tooth brushing technique.

An instructional hygiene method includes providing an instructional hygiene device, the instructional hygiene device configured to provide an instruction to a user during operation, and delivering said instruction from said instructional hygiene device to said user in response to activation of a user input of said instructional hygiene device. The instructional hygiene device can include a toothbrush or a dentifrice dispenser. The delivering an instruction step can include instructing the user regarding a tooth-brushing technique, instructing the user to move a toothbrush head in a circular motion, instructing the user to brush a tongue, and/or providing music to the user. In addition, the step of delivering the instruction can include retrieving the instruction from a memory of the instructional hygiene device.

A toothbrush device used for a unique teaching method for proper teeth brushing techniques by means of prerecorded audio commands emanating from the handle of the toothbrush. The toothbrush with audio is a product that is designed to easily and quickly provide a new and unique motivation for young children to brush their teeth correctly. This special toothbrush combined with an integral audio device to encourage and coach children on proper tooth brushing habits. The configuration comprises a handle that is slightly larger than a conventional toothbrush and the handle contains a waterproof speaker, a power switch, and a battery compartment. The extension neck and bristle are similar to conventional toothbrushes.

A toothbrush assembly with a sound generating function for providing excitement and entertainment to a user and for encouraging a young child to brush his or her teeth is provided. The toothbrush assembly has a contact-type switch and a sound generator. The contact-type switch has a swingable contact and generates a pulse when a power switch of the assembly is instantaneously closed for every swing of the swingable contact according to the tooth-brushing movement of a user. The sound generator has a counter for counting pulses from the contact-type switch and a sound recording and play back unit for generating a voice message or musical tone when the sum of the pulses counted by the counter reaches a predetermined value. The sound recording and play back unit of the sound generator outputs different voice messages or musical tones according to different predetermined values reached by the sum of the pulses counted by the counter.

A tooth brushing system adapted to simultaneously clean a set of maxilla teeth or a set of mandible teeth. The system comprises a vibration inducer, a controller for the vibration inducer, a power source and a handle adapted to enclose the vibration inducer, the controller for the vibration inducer and the power source. The system further comprises a plurality of brushes adapted to simultaneously contact the set of maxilla teeth or the set of mandible teeth, a vibration isolation plate integral with the handle and a vibration transfer plate connected to the vibration inducer and the plurality of brushes and releasably connected to the vibration isolation plate, wherein the handle is adapted to be effectively held within a hand of a user and the vibration isolation plate is adapted to isolate vibration from the set of maxilla teeth or the set of mandible teeth not contacted by the plurality of brushes.

A toothbrush with a refillable toothpaste chamber which provides for the storage of toothpaste of choice within the handle section is disclosed. The toothpaste tube mates with a matching threaded connection on the lower surface of the handle to allow filling of the present invention with no or minimal wasted toothpaste. When the conventional toothpaste tube is removed, a pressurizing pump is installed to allow the user to pressurize the toothpaste chamber. To dispense the toothpaste product, the user simply activates a valve to allow the flow of toothpaste up the handle of the toothbrush where it exits from within the brush assembly of the toothbrush. The toothpaste chamber holds a sufficient amount of toothpaste to allow for several tooth brushing cycles or for a period of use during short travel times. When the internal supply is depleted, the present invention is refilled by repeating the above process.

This invention contemplates a toothbrush construction which features a novel and unique assembly of parts comprising (1) an elongate handle end and (2) a disposable bristle containing end, said handle end serving as a reservoir storage place for music generating components; said disposable bristle containing end and handle end being constructed and arranged for end to end engagement and securement, said hollow handle serving as a reservoir/storage place for music generating components and having on its outer surface a solar panel for collecting energy suitable for powering the music generating components within, all to assist in the promotion of a healthy tooth brushing ritual.

A device for promoting effective oral hygiene by a child includes a base, a model of a set of teeth connected to the base, an indicator connected to the model or the base and configured to indicate a first subset of the set of teeth, and a processor connected to the indicator. The processor is configured to cause the indicator to indicate the first subset to thereby instruct the child to brush the child's teeth corresponding to the first subset, and to cause the indicator to subsequently indicate a second subset of the set of teeth, different from the first set, to thereby instruct the child to brush the child's teeth corresponding to the second subset. The first subset corresponds to a first recommended tooth-brushing zone of the child's mouth and the second subset corresponds to a second recommended tooth-brushing zone of the child's mouth.

A portable multi purpose machine having removable head attachments primarily for personal grooming. The removable head attachments used for multiple purposes include: cutting and vacuuming, shaving, hair clipping, tooth brushing, vacuuming, and massaging. The multi purpose machine comprises a housing having first and second walls and a motor assembly. The motor assembly has an electrically powered drive member to operate each of the heads. A power cord assembly provides power to rechargeable batteries.

A hand-worn article includes enclosures for thumb and fingers and a plurality of raised elements, such as bristles, extending in a generally perpendicular direction from the article. The raised elements are attached by heat sealing to the hand enclosure and may be used for a variety of applications, such as tooth brushing, cleaning, polishing, massaging and the like.

The article may be constructed as a glove, mitten, an enclosure with an extension, or a hand covering with no receptacles for fingers or thumb.

The invention provides an intelligent toothbrush device. The intelligent toothbrush device comprises a toothbrush head and a toothbrush handle. According to a display module, a voice module, a data transmission module, a power supply module and a microcircuit controller arranged in a toothbrush, the tooth brushing habit can be fed back, the health indicators and physiological parameters of a user can be monitored, and the diet regulation can be prompted.

The invention provides a system suitable for monitoring the usage of a toothbrush, the system comprising: (a) a toothbrush; (b) a sound sensor which is located in or on the toothbrush; (c) a programmable data logger which is located in or on the toothbrush, the data logger incorporating a motion sensor and a data store for the logging of data; (d) switching means for triggering the operation of the sound sensor in response to initial signals of toothbrush motion generated by the motion sensor, and (e) a data analysis device which is adapted to analyse data transmitted or acquired from the system to provide information about tooth brushing behaviour; in which the duration of data logging is controllable in response to the combined signals received from the sound sensor and the motion sensor respectively.

An interactive oral cleaning tool set comprises a toothbrush head used for cleaning teeth, a tongue coating brush head used for cleaning tongue coatings, a clearance brush head used for cleaning gaps of trigona where the teeth and gingiva are connected, a bacterial plaque brush head used for cleaning bacterial plaque on the teeth and a brush handle which is detachably connected with the four brush heads in a clamping mode, and the lower end of each four brush head is arranged on an insertion column of a base in an inserted mode; a DMP module integrates a three-axis accelerometer and six-axis data provided by a three-axis gyroscope into Euler angles so as to directly reflect a moving posture of a current brush head, brush head moving data collected by an MPU6050 chip are read in an STM32L0 ARM microprocessor, when a tooth brushing gesture is incorrect, the STM32L0 ARM microprocessor enables a vibration motor to vibrate, APP application software of a mobile terminal gives out corresponding prompt words, and brush moving data in the mobile terminal are transmitted to a developer cloud database through WIFI. The interactive oral cleaning tool set has the advantages of being capable of conducting cleaning guidance and error correction and saving energy and environmentally friendly.

The invention provides a monitoring method and a device for a tooth brushing behavior and an intelligent toothbrush, wherein the method comprises the following steps: receiving an activation instruction triggered by a user; acquiring hand-holding information and initial position information of a toothbrush through a sensing unit, wherein the hand-holding information at least comprises left hand-holding or right hand-holding identification information; according to the hand-holding information, the initial position information, and toothbrush movement information collected by the sensing unit,counting the tooth brushing behavior of the user, wherein the tooth brushing behavior at least comprises a tooth brushing area and a tooth brushing direction corresponding to the tooth brushing area;and according to preset tooth brushing rules, monitoring the tooth brushing behavior of the user. The monitoring method and the device for the tooth brushing behavior and the intelligent toothbrush provided by the invention can reliably track the tooth brushing behavior of the user, timely prompt, guide and correct an incorrect tooth brushing behavior, effectively help the user gradually follow good brushing behavior rules, and improve the health degree of teeth.

A toothbrush is disclosed, in which wing hairs are arranged in a V-shape in left and right sides with respect to the center hairs which are the center toothbrush hairs planted in forward and backward directions in a toothbrush head, and the V-shaped wing hairs of the left and right sides are arranged in a X-shape, and auxiliary hairs are arranged between the forward and backward wing hairs in part of the X-shaped toothbrush hairs. With the above arrangements, a contact surface area of each tooth is widened, and a more effective tooth brushing can be performed in three fossas (mesial fossa (mesial pit), a central fossa (central pit) and a distal fossa (distal pit)), a buccal developmental groove, a lingual developmental groove, an accessory groove, a triangular groove and a buccal groove of a buccal aspect, which correspond to a dental caries portion, an interproximal space in which a food debris might be accumulated, and a contact area peripherals of a buccal aspect in which a food debris might be impacted, so dental caries and tooth diseases (periodontitis) can be advantageously prevented, and a pain due to a temporomandibular disorder and a facial muscle fatigue might be reduced and recovered by protruding a cushion layer from an upper side of a toothbrush.

Tooth brushing monitoring system is disclosed that includes a toothbrush with sensors and a base station. The sensors record data regarding the quality, quantity and location of brushing and the system can analyze the data to provide feedback on the quality of brushing. This feedback provides motivation for users to increase their brushing habits, leading to a decrease in plaque, tooth decay and gingivitis.

The invention belongs to the field of electronic toothbrushes and in particular relates to a children electronic toothbrush capable of adjusting intensity automatically and a use method. The inventionprovides the children electronic toothbrush capable of adjusting intensity automatically. The children electronic toothbrush comprises an MCU, a memory, a driving module and a toothbrush handle, wherein the MCU, the memory and the driving module are arranged inside the toothbrush handle; the MCU is used for transmitting signals to the driving module to drive the toothbrush to rotate; a database is arranged inside the memory; the database comprises appropriate tooth brushing intensity information of corresponding children of different ages and genders in different provinces. The invention further provides a method for using the children electronic toothbrush capable of adjusting intensity automatically. By adopting the children electronic toothbrush capable of adjusting intensity automatically, the most appropriate tooth brushing intensity for teeth of children in different areas is set up, areas, characters and ages can be selected, and the most appropriate tooth brushing intensity can be automatically selected by the children electronic toothbrush.

The invention relates to a cleaning device, in particular to an efficient cleaning device for a tooth brushing cup.The efficient cleaning device for the tooth brushing cup aims at achieving the technical purposes of being simple in structure, convenient to operate and good in cleaning effect.For achieving the technical purposes, the efficient cleaning device for the tooth brushing cup comprises a bottom plate, a rotating motor I, a fixing base, a machine box, a belt pulley I, a flat belt, a rotating shaft I, a deep groove ball bearing, a belt pulley II, a shaft sleeve, a rotating shaft II, a suction cup, a cleaning cup sleeve, a cleaning brush I, a right frame, springs, cleaning brushes II, a horizontal push rod, an electronic control valve I, a pipeline I, a rotating motor II, a top plate, a pipeline II, an electronic control valve II, a fixing rod and a supporting rod.The machine box is arranged on the left side of the upper portion of the bottom plate, the rotating motor I is arranged on the left side of the bottom in the machine box, and the rotating shaft I is arranged at the upper end of the rotating motor I.The efficient cleaning device for the tooth brushing cup has the advantages of being simple in structure, convenient to operate and good in cleaning effect.

The invention aims at providing a multi-degree-of-freedom intelligent oral cavity cleaning system which can guide a user to use the system on the basis of tooth brushing actions of a horizontal vibration whisking brushing method. The system comprises a mechanical transmission device which achieves multi-degree-of-freedom motion and is used for completing the tooth brushing actions of the horizontal vibration whisking brushing method, an ARM processor used for an embedded system of a systematic intelligent control module, a wireless communication device, a micro-electro-mechanical system module composed of sensors used for transmitting the tooth brushing time, the tooth brushing strength, the motion and the positions and a voice broadcast device used for reminding the user to achieve the tooth brushing actions. Through interaction of the system and intelligent equipment and statistics and collection on oral cavity related data information of different crowds, big data support can be supplied to relevant policies of oral hygiene, oral hygiene products and instruments and oral healthcare.

The invention provides an omnidirectional scientific brush, comprising a handle and a head. The head is of a U-shaped structure. A central gear set, a tooth outside bristle roller, a tooth inside bristle roller and a tooth end face bristle roller are mounted in the head. A power output mechanism driven by a miniature motor is disposed in the handle and drives the central gear set to rotate so that the tooth outside bristle roller and the tooth inside bristle roller on two sides of a same tooth rotate in opposite directions both from tooth root to tooth end, and rotational motion of the tooth end face bristle roller brushes end faces of upper and lower rows of teeth in the mouth along tooth gaps. A user can automatically finish washing all teeth at a time without manually controlling the head to move during tooth brushing, thus cleaning quality and efficiency of tooth brushing are greatly improved, time cost and labor consumption for tooth bushing are substantially reduced, and intelligent full-automatic tooth brushing is easy to implement.

The invention provides a method and a device for controlling an electric toothbrush. The method comprises the following steps: a switch trigger signal sent by a user is received after initialization configuration of the electric toothbrush is finished; a working mode matched with trigger time is started according to the trigger time of the switch trigger signal; whether the current operating state of a brush head is matched with the standard state is judged when normal operation of the brush head in the current working mode is detected; when the current operating state of the brush head is not matched with the standard state, an indication prompt is given to the user. According to the method, the user can select the working mode of the electric toothbrush according to the trigger time of the switch trigger signal, the operating state of the brush head in the current working mode is detected in real time, and the prompt is given to the user according to a detection result of the operating state of the brush head to instruct the user in a correct tooth brushing way, so that the tooth brushing way of the user can be corrected in real time in the tooth brushing process of the user and the user can develop a good tooth brushing habit.

The invention discloses a tooth brushing evaluation method and a tooth brushing evaluation system. The method comprises the following steps: S1, acquiring a three-axis acceleration signal output by a three-axis accelerometer arranged in an intelligent toothbrush and a three-axis angular velocity signal output by a three-axis gyroscope; S2, segmenting the acquired sampling data into multiple time window data by using a fixed length window segmentation method; S3, calculating the mean of three-axis acceleration data of each time window data, variance of resultant acceleration data, variance of resultant angular velocity and variance of three-axis angular velocity data, and performing attitude solution on quaternion of the calculated sampling data so as to obtain a relative eulerian angle; S4, obtaining the tooth brushing duration, tooth brushing coverage and tooth brushing positive attitude rate according to calculation results in the step S4; and S5, respectively multiplying the tooth brushing duration, tooth brushing coverage and tooth brushing positive attitude rate by respective weight, and adding so as to obtain the tooth brushing evaluation result. According to the method disclosed by the invention, the tooth brushing duration, tooth brushing coverage and tooth brushing positive attitude rate can be comprehensively analyzed so as to obtain quantitative tooth brushing evaluation results.

A disposable toothbrush 1 includes a handle portion 2; a head portion 10 connected with the handle portion 2 and provided with a plurality of elastomeric bristles 10a at least at the central area of the front surface part; and a fabric medium 20 attached to the front surface part of the head portion 10 while exposing the upper end of the elastomeric bristles 10a, and made of a microfiber material provided with at least one kind of a rapidly releasable agent 21. In the toothbrush, the rapidly releasable agent can be stably attached to the fabric medium, and in use, the rapidly releasable agent can be easily separated from the fabric medium, so that the rapidly releasable agent separated from the fabric medium can be easily dissolved to increase the tooth brushing effects.