Saliva Sensor Tray for Reliable Teeth Cleaning and Health Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing toothbrushes, both manual and powered, face challenges in consistently cleaning hard-to-reach areas like molars and lingual sides of teeth, and lack the ability to monitor underlying health issues such as vitamin deficiencies through saliva analysis.
Innovation Solution
A teeth cleaning system with a tray assembly that includes integrated sensors to monitor analytes in saliva, providing real-time data that can be transmitted to a mobile app for analysis, allowing for improved oral health monitoring and early detection of health issues.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional toothbrushes (manual or powered) are used, then basic teeth cleaning function is provided, but they cannot consistently clean hard-to-reach areas like molars and lingual sides of teeth
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical brushing operations with an automated electrical system that provides consistent oscillating motion. The powered toothbrush mechanism eliminates the need for users to manually align and press bristles, providing reliable cleaning action through electrical驱动 oscillation at controlled frequencies and amplitudes.
Solution Approach 2:
The toothbrush head design with specific bristle arrangements and oscillating motion enables the system to clean hard-to-reach areas autonomously without requiring precise manual positioning by the user. The automated oscillation pattern ensures consistent contact with teeth surfaces including molars and lingual sides.
2Adaptability or versatility
If integrated sensors are added to monitor analytes in saliva, then health monitoring capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The toothbrush system is designed to perform multiple functions: mechanical teeth cleaning through bristle oscillation and health monitoring through integrated sensors that detect analytes in saliva. This multi-functional design allows a single device to serve both oral hygiene and diagnostic purposes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines the teeth cleaning mechanism with health monitoring sensors into a single integrated system. The sensors are incorporated into the toothbrush handle or head, allowing simultaneous or sequential operation of cleaning and monitoring functions without requiring separate devices.
3Area of stationary object
If tray assembly is used to surround all teeth, then cleaning coverage is improved, but difficulty in consistently contacting hard-to-reach areas remains
Solution Approach 1:
The toothbrush head employs dynamic oscillating motion rather than static positioning. The bristles move back and forth or rotate at high frequencies, enabling them to effectively clean hard-to-reach areas including molars and lingual sides of teeth through mechanical action that adapts to varying tooth surfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The bristle arrangement and oscillation pattern are designed to provide localized cleaning action tailored to different tooth surfaces. The mechanical system delivers appropriate force and motion characteristics for cleaning various areas including posterior teeth and hard-to-reach surfaces.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system effectively monitors salivary analytes, enabling early detection of health issues and providing personalized recommendations for improving nutrition and oral health, while ensuring consistent cleaning of all teeth surfaces.
Implementation Method 1
An electrochemical analyzer may be used to receive a reading from the at least one integrated sensor
Data Source
AI summary
A teeth cleaning system that measures and analyzes analytes in a user's saliva. The system includes an actuated tray comprising brushing elements. At least one integrated sensor may be housed in a tray of said teeth cleaning system that can detect one or more analytes within said user's saliva. In operation, said integrated sensor is exposed to said user's saliva for measuring a concentration of said analyte in said user's saliva. An electrochemical analyzer and/or a processor may also be housed in a handle assembly for analyzing a signal related to at least one measuring of said concentration of said analyte. Said concentration readings and analysis may be sent to an external network, including a network that interfaces a mobile app for further analysis, presentation, or personalized advice and products sent to said user through said mobile app.