CN105738156A - Oral cavity diagnosis apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

In some embodiments, an oral cavity diagnosis apparatus is provided and includes: a container for collecting samples from oral cavity, a detector for detecting whether a marker exists in the samples or not, and an indicator which is driven by a signal from the detector. In other embodiments, the container is detachably fixed in an oral nursing appliance. In some other embodiments, the container comprises a bio-adhesive.

Description

Diagnosis oral-cavity device

Background

Oral health issue can take many forms, such as decayed tooth, periodontal and halitosis.Antibacterial plays a major role in many oral health issue.Such as, decayed tooth and periodontal are generally caused by antibacterial less desirable in oral cavity.Antibacterial also forms the film of tray covered teeth with the protein interaction being present in saliva, is called dental plaque.If do not removed by this dental plaque, bacteriogenic acid erodable tooth cause decayed tooth.The soft gingiva tissue in dental plaque also erodable oral cavity causes adult's loss of teeth.

The oral cavity health detection system before attempted has been widely adopted and has had limited functional.Such as, adopting the test strip of the conventional method for diagnosing risk dental caries not yet obtain business success or extensively adopted by the public, described test strip uses antibody to detect the existence of oral cavity bacterium.It addition, use the system of indicator that color exists as concrete antibacterial or enzyme to bear the needs of the color development treatment to other or equipment, for instance colorimeter or exometer.Except multiple steps are implemented in inconvenience, use other reagent and equipment can increase risk and increase cost.

General introduction

Some embodiments of the present invention provide for identifying the device that there is oral conditions (condition), and described device comprises: for from the container of oral collection sample；The detector that there is mark in described sample can be detected；With can origin self-detector signal drive indicator.

Other embodiment provides for identifying the method that experimenter exists oral conditions, and described method comprises: use the container oral collection sample from experimenter；There is one or more marks in detection sample；And experimenter is shown there is at least one in one or more marks.

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Fig. 1 is the schematic fragmentary sectional explanation of the Tooth-brush structure of embodiment of the present invention.

Describe in detail

Some embodiments of the present invention provide for identifying the device that there is oral conditions, and described device comprises: for from the container of oral collection sample；The detector that there is mark in described sample can be detected；With can origin self-detector signal drive indicator.In other embodiment, container is detachably secured to oral care implement.In other embodiment, container comprises biological adhesive.

In some embodiments, container comprises gathering element and bin.In some embodiments, gathering element collects the sample from oral cavity.In some embodiments, bin stores the sample from oral cavity.In some embodiments, container contains the fluid passage fluidly connecting gathering element and bin to provide mouth cavity fluid to bin.In some embodiments, detector configures in a reservoir.In certain embodiments, indicator configures in a reservoir.

In some embodiments, detector is arranged in bin.In some embodiments, indicator is arranged in bin.

Fig. 1 schematically illustrates toothbrush 100, its have gathering element 200 and and bin 155, bin 155 provides for storing the mixture of mouth cavity fluid medium such as saliva and/or saliva and dentifrice.In some embodiments, bin 155 may be provided in the cervical region 105 of toothbrush 100 or at the far-end of handle 103.

In some embodiments, fluid passage 140 such as capillary channel is used for delivering sample from oral cavity to bin 155 from least one entrance 150 at the longitudinal extension of toothbrush 100.In some embodiments, passage 140 uses capillarity from entrance 150 to bin 155 pipette samples.In some embodiments, capillary channel 140 has capillary structure.

In certain embodiments, passage 140 exists with the form of porous material.The example of porous material includes fibrous material, pottery and aerated plastics and is such as available from those materials of PorexTechnologies, Atlanta, Georgia.One example of fibrous material, for being called model C 10010, is available from the acryhic material of TeibowHanbaiCo., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.In some embodiments, it is possible to provide there is the porous of bigger and less capillary tube distribution and/or the mixture of fibrous material.In some embodiments, passage 140 can be taken pride in how interconnective little capillary tube and be formed, or as bigger single capillary tube.

In some embodiments, can direct oral cavity inspection and the oral disease, disease or the patient's condition that detect be analyzed the sample in bin 155.

In some embodiments, bin comprises removable box.In some embodiments, container comprises the receptor being connected to gathering element further, and it is suitable for accepting sample from oral cavity.

In some embodiments, fluid passage includes fibrous material, pottery, aerated plastics or its combination, for providing the capillary tube of the sample from oral cavity to reclaim.

In some embodiments, sample is saliva, Gingival crevicular fluid or tissue.In some embodiments, mark shows that mouth care is bad.In other embodiment, mark is selected from IL-1 β, PGE2, arginine and gingipain.

In some embodiments, indicator is dyestuff.In some embodiments, indicator is depleted after single detection event.In some embodiments, indicator is structure directing agent (structuralindicator).

In some embodiments, oral care implement is toothbrush.In other embodiment, oral care implement is dental floss.

In some embodiments, container, detector and indicator are arranged in paster (patch).In other embodiment, paster can be fixed on the surface in oral cavity.

Some embodiments of the present invention provide for identifying the method that experimenter exists oral conditions, and described method comprises: use the container oral collection sample from experimenter；Detect in described sample and there are one or more.

Claims (10)

1. for identifying that experimenter exists a device for oral conditions, described device comprises: for from the container of oral collection sample；The detector that there is mark in described sample can be detected；Can origin self-detector signal drive indicator.

2. the device of claim 1, wherein said container comprises: for from the gathering element of oral collection sample；With the bin for storing described sample；With fluidly connect gathering element and bin with to bin provide sample fluid passage.

3. the device of claim 1, wherein said container is detachably secured to oral care implement.

4. the device of claim 1, wherein said container comprises biological adhesive.

5. the device of claim 2, wherein said detector is arranged in described bin.

6. the device of claim 5, wherein said indicator is arranged in described bin.

7. the device of claim 1, wherein said sample is saliva, Gingival crevicular fluid or tissue.

8. the device of claim 1, wherein said mark shows that mouth care is bad.

9. the device of claim 1, wherein said mark is selected from IL-1 β, PGE2, arginine and gingipain.

10. the device of claim 1, wherein said indicator is dyestuff.