Interdental Cleaning Tip With Fluid Channel for Oral Hygiene
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current oral cavity cleaning devices, such as toothbrushes, tube brushes, and toothpicks, are limited in their ability to effectively clean all areas of the mouth, including narrow interstices, and cannot deliver antiseptic or phytotherapeutic fluids simultaneously, requiring multiple devices and fluids for comprehensive hygiene.
Innovation Solution
A device with a stem having a pointed profile and fluid channel for delivering fluids, combined with a bristled tip for brushing, allowing for teeth cleaning, removal of food residues from narrow interstices, and delivery of antiseptic or phytotherapeutic fluids, effectively combining the functions of a toothbrush, tube brush, and toothpick.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a toothbrush is used for cleaning teeth, then teeth cleaning is effective, but it cannot reach narrow interstices and cannot deliver antiseptic fluids
Solution Approach 1:
The device integrates multiple functions into a single tool: the bristled tip provides toothbrush functionality for teeth cleaning, while the interchangeable tips include a toothpick tip for narrow interstices and a tube brush tip for interdental spaces. The fluid delivery channel enables antiseptic and phytotherapeutic fluid application, making one device replace multiple separate tools.
Solution Approach 2:
The device is divided into modular components: a handle with fluid delivery channel, interchangeable tips (bristled, toothpick, tube brush), and separate fluid reservoir. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function while maintaining overall system versatility.
2Ease of operation
If a tube brush is used for cleaning interdental spaces, then hygiene of large interdental spaces is improved, but it cannot reach narrow interstices and is not suitable for use with toothpaste
Solution Approach 1:
The device includes a tube brush tip that can be interchanged with bristled and toothpick tips, allowing the same handle to perform multiple functions: cleaning large interdental spaces with the tube brush tip, reaching narrow interstices with the toothpick tip, and using with toothpaste through the bristled tip with fluid delivery capability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a toothpick is used for removing food residues from narrow interstices, then access to narrow spaces is achieved, but it cannot clean teeth surfaces and cannot deliver antiseptic fluids
Solution Approach 1:
The device integrates the toothpick tip with a handle containing fluid delivery channels and reservoirs, enabling the same tool to reach narrow interstices, clean teeth surfaces with bristled tips, and deliver antiseptic or phytotherapeutic fluids through the integrated fluid delivery system.
4Reliability
If multiple devices and fluids are used for comprehensive oral hygiene, then cleaning effectiveness is maximized, but device complexity and ease of use are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The device merges the functions of toothbrush, tube brush, and toothpick into a single handle with interchangeable tips. It also combines fluid delivery capabilities with the mechanical cleaning elements, integrating multiple previously separate devices and fluids into one unified tool that provides comprehensive oral hygiene.
Solution Approach 2:
The universal handle design with interchangeable tips and integrated fluid delivery system allows one device to replace multiple separate tools, simplifying the user's routine while maintaining comprehensive cleaning effectiveness through the appropriate tip selection.
5Ease of operation
If a toothbrush with flexible bristles is used, then teeth cleaning is achieved, but it cannot effectively substitute for the tube brush or toothpick in narrow areas
Solution Approach 1:
The device provides multiple tip options including bristled, toothpick, and tube brush tips that can be interchanged on the same handle, allowing the user to select the appropriate tip for different cleaning needs rather than relying on the flexibility of a single bristled tip.
Data Source
AI summary
An oral cavity cleaning device includes a stem having a mainly longitudinal extension and a pointed profile at a first end; a fluid channel enclosed within the stem and extending along such stem; a fluid reservoir operably connected to the second end of the stem to establish a hydraulic connection with the channel; and a tip having bristles and designed to be removably associated with the first end of the stem, the tip having a plurality of through holes for the passage of fluids from the channel to the area external to the tip, at the bristles.