ES2635049A1 - Bow-brush for oral hygiene without hands (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Bow-brush for oral hygiene without hands. Passive elastic device for hands-free oral hygiene by hygienic brushing of teeth, gums and soft parts of the mouth, especially designed for people with physical limitations of mobility or handling; comprises a stem (1) for control and clamping between the dental arches (10), divided into handle (2) and stop (5), and joined in the middle, a bow-brush (6) itself, flat, curved and perpendicular , whose convex (7) and concave (8) faces have superficial mini-bristles (9) that cleanse by friction through the smooth movements of arches, tongue, lips and cheeks; after elastically adjusting the arch-brush in parallel to the arches, supporting the incisor teeth alternately in two positions, in the neck of the stop (4) to clean the external dental face in the buccal vestibular cavity (Fig. 5), or in the neck of the handle (3), to clean the internal dental face in the oral cavity proper (Figs 6). (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

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DESCRIPTION

Bow-brush for oral hygiene without hands.

Technology Sector

This invention by its function could be framed in the technical sector A46B of brushes and brushes.

Background of the invention

Currently, daily oral hygiene is carried out by means of toothbrushes with handles, more or less sophisticated, being able to be manual, electric by means of rotation, vibration, ultrasound, among others. And there are also the dental floss for cleaning the inter-proximal spaces of the teeth, in dispensers of various designs.

All these devices and models for use generally use one or two hands, handling them from outside the mouth and are applied inside the mouth, with more or less success according to the characteristics of the device as well as the user's skill.

Reviewing the patents within the A46B Technique sector, it has not been possible to find one that describes an apparatus such as the one that presents this patent application, being some of use without even hands, such as ES2379170A1 or Oral self-cleaning by chewing, however Other existing patents are:

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MX2009011596A.- Device for dental and / or oral cleaning.

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VE1992000008A1.- Integral device for oral cleaning.

Explanation of the invention

The oral toothbrush is a device that aims to innovate a method of oral hygiene adjusted, soft and not harmful. In essence it is an anatomically adjusted object that interposed within our mouth helps us to clean it quickly by simply moving the tongue, lips, cheeks and dental arches, comfortably and as many times as we want, because in its use there is no time limitation or frequency and all without hands.

This device has been designed to solve the problem in the face of the need to clean your mouth after each meal, and the difficulties posed to weakened people, who have physical limitations of mobility or handling, with neuromotor diseases, paralysis, with their movements depleted, with sore mouths, post-traumatized or after having undergone surgical interventions, that is, in situations compromised with delicate mouths after all, so that they themselves with this device are self-sufficient in their oral hygiene. It can also be used by any other person, who simply wants to clean his mouth while his hands are busy, that is, without hands.

All this without having to think at any moment which area should be cleaned, since its cleaning design covers once and for all the surface of the dental arches practically, yes, it will have to alternately change between 2 support positions of the incisors on the device. In the case of having third molars at the ends, it is enough to tilt the device a little with the lips to reach them.

Involuntarily during chewing, all parts of our mouth become dirty with food debris, after scrubbing with the doughy paste of solid foods more or less chewed, crushed and ensalivated. That deposit of food porridge that stays between the hard surfaces of the teeth and the other areas of the buccal surface, remains as a shallow layer of slime, because it escapes the removal that continuously and simultaneously try both the tongue and saliva to remove it Well, just by interposing this device between the dental arches and the other soft structures, tongue, lips or cheeks, so that passively when pressed, it is enough for them to self-clean with delicacy, only with similar smooth movements to those of the chewing among others, with a simple rubbing with the multiple roughnesses and bristles of the brush-bow, the slime will be released and both the tongue and the saliva will remove them. With which we can avoid having to withstand those brushes as energetic as with existing manual brushes with the risk of damaging the oral mucous membranes in case of misuse, or electric brushes that produce tickling and are heavy with the arm raised especially if they carry batteries to power them.

In short, it is about taking advantage of the usual movements of chewing, of moving the lips, tongue, etc., which are carried out with small efforts so that they serve to clean our mouth at that time with the intercalated device. We have to take into account that with the mouth and the + muscular area of the next face, we can perform a large multitude of movements, with variations in their direction, sense, intensity,

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organ or structure participants, etc., as it happens when we usually talk, chew, swallow, gesture, breathe, kiss, make throats, blow, etc .; where all of them involve changes in the shape of our mouth structures and position between them, whether hard or soft, bone, muscular or mucous-like texture, and that result in contraction, relaxation, thinning, distension, slippage , shock, compression, etc., in addition all this is done in the humid environment and therefore lubricated by the saliva of the mouth.

Device Description

Therefore this invention is an elastic, anatomical and adjusted device for hands-free passive oral hygiene, which is introduced into the mouth for hygienic self-brushing of teeth, gums and soft parts of the mouth. It comprises a rod (1) to facilitate its handling and control, which is to be held with the 2 upper and lower dental arches (10), and which is divided into a handle (2) to grab it and a stop (5) to the tongue, each with its own narrowing or neck, that is to say, the neck of the handle (3) and the neck of the stop (4) and in between the two and joined together in a cross, the arch-brush itself (6) which is flat, curved , thin and perpendicular, whose faces, convex (7) and concave (8), have mini-bristles (9) and other surface roughnesses that will facilitate cleaning by friction, through the smooth movements of arches, tongue, lips and cheeks, after elastically adjusting the arch in parallel to the arches, upper and lower, when supporting the incisive teeth in two positions in alternating sequence and consecutively, either resting on the neck of the stop (4) to clean the external dental face of the arches , lips, cheeks and adjoining surfaces in the vestibular cavity of the mouth (figures 5a and 5b), or in the neck of the handle (3) to clean the internal dental face in the oral cavity itself, in addition to the tongue and surfaces adjacent to it (figures 6a and 6b) .

It is worth highlighting the different dynamics of the cleaning elements, that is to say, the bristles in the plume of the conventional brushes versus the distributed and ungrouped mini-bristles that the device presents, without counting the other additional cleaning elements (other bristles, mamelons and radulas).

While in a conventional brush, the dynamics of the bristles placed on the plume when cleaning will be by a linear and unidirectional movement, either straight or circular, but always all the bristles moving in unison and in parallel, determining a contact surface drawn only Due to the sliding of the set of its points projected on the organ where it is being applied, since they are rather rigid, they are twisted all together unidirectionally, in unison and in parallel, the scanning surface being determined by the projection of the whole set of points that often, when used with great intensity, there is a risk that sweeping shadows appear, that we could define as those areas whose scanning has been defective, because they sweep some bristles but not those that follow next or do so with less force, due to the rebound of the whip effect, due to the jump effect, for different lengths, for spaces between plumes, for resions or waves caused on soft surfaces, etc.

However, in the bow-brush device that we present, its mini-bristles are not grouped in plume, they have a more distributed and diaphanous distribution between them, and thanks to their great flexibility and elasticity when not being joined together, they twist each one for different sides in a random and multidirectional way, the dynamics of the mini-bristles are therefore more varied and complete, each one not only acts with the tip but with its entire length allowing the projected contact in a circle or hemisphere, according to it is considered a plane or in three dimensions, since it is almost the entire filament of the mini-

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sows the one that is going to bend and rub when pressed against the organ (tooth or mucosa), which will increase the contact surface and cleaning sweep, in addition to allowing a greater degree of freedom of movement between all, since each one is twisted to a different side, according to the angle of incidence at the point of contact between each mini-cerda and the buccal surface being cleaned. Although this method is less energetic, however it is softer and of much greater amplitude, the result of its action would be similar to that of a windshield wiper, by adding all the actions of each of the sows.

Advantages

Many and in several aspects can be reviewed: in the organic and sanitary, management, efficiency, ecological, manufacturing and durability, maintenance, energy expenditure, adaptability, design, etc. often coinciding several at the same time, we could cite among others the following advantages:

01. - Pollution and contagion.- Unlike other existing brushes whose bristles are more aggressive but in exchange they get more dirty, after becoming contaminated with pathogenic microbes that cantonize between their sows inside the plume, then increasing the risk of cause contagion by unconsciously taking them from a diseased area to another healthy area of the same mouth. This invention, however, being a fixed position device with respect to the dental arch and more diaphanous distribution between the mini-bristles, this risk of contagion is minimized during cleaning. Also helping the short length of the mini-bristles that makes the retention of food residues more difficult than the consequent cantonment of microbes between them and subsequent formation of the dental microbial plaque, which alter and deteriorate the different oral surfaces causing cavities, sores, inflammation, bad breath, etc.

02. - Safe utilization.- Unlike aggressive brushing that can cause lesions in the oral mucosa, as in the stillman cracks of the gums, for example, in the case of this device, its use does not present a risk since it does not It is aggressive or painful, therefore indicated to clean very sensitive mouths, inflamed, with wounds and sores, in addition to preventing us from forgetting to clean an area since the application of cleaning elements (mini-bristles) covers the entire arch .

03. - Repeated and continuous use.- Indeed, now with this device of great simplicity and ease of use, oral hygiene can now be more repeated and continued, keeping, in short, the cleanest and healthiest mouth. Therefore the frequency of use is totally discretionary and practically unlimited, although it was used continuously, it does not cause any irritation, since in addition to its hypo-allergenic constitutive nature, its mechanics are smooth as the lingual, similar to that of sucking a Lollipop or chew food, for example.

04. - It is for personal and anatomical use.- Being anatomically designed and adjusted. its use is particular and personalized, as if it were a shoe, it must be determined in advance what is the model and size of appropriate device for each particular user, by virtue of the adjustment from the taking of simple oral measures of the personal dental arch , obtained for example from the footprint that is left when biting on a suitable tablet of impressionable surface and mock, where the parameters relating to the shape and size of the device on a range or collection of discrete variation are specified, according to the angle of opening, length of dental arches and number of teeth, among other parameters.

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05. - Vitalizer of the mucous membranes.- The mini-friction that it carries out is a reactivator of the blood circulation and vitalizes mucous membranes and endas, in addition to eliminating the layers of dead cells of the inner lining where the microbes take refuge, even of the commissures labial and gingival channels.

06. - Bio-compatible and inert for oral mucous membranes.- The elastomer used for the manufacture of the device is immunologically hypo-allergenic, made of odorless material in principle and is not a substrate susceptible to microbiological contamination.

07. - Simple operation and more natural mechanism of action.- Compared with other brushes of similar function, its handling is simpler, although there are muscular limitations of motor type to grab and manipulate objects, anyone can do it by himself. Its mechanism of action is more natural, as if this cleaning was being done by the tongue itself and rubbed the food itself when during mastication, it can be handled by any user who can move the jaw, tongue and lips, even for those people who have these movements limited.

08. - It can be used even in cases of facial or lingual paralysis. - Indeed, it can also be used but manually, once the device is lodged in the mouth, the stem is grasped by the handle and a small movement of they live, as if it were a manual brush or a lollipop, placing the incisive teeth, alternatively, first on one neck and then on the other. This variant may also be convenient to instruct the user at the beginning of its utilization and handling.

09. - Does not require dentifrice or mouthwash. - Another difference is that it can be used alone, or in any case, if desired accompanied by a gel-type dentifrice or better with a soft mouthwash that are suitable, then combining cleaning with the application, extension and diffusion of these substances, thus facilitating and enhancing their actions as microbicides, while we are cleaning the mouth, all in one operation, obviously once the device is removed you can proceed to mouthwash.

10. - Position, handling and space.- Within the orthodoxy in oral hygiene, in good brushing practice it is indicated that the dental arches must be divided into quadrants, started in an orderly manner one by one and carefully treated, and that the scan according to the area should be linear for the inner and outer sides of the teeth or be circular in molar occlusal areas, with the brush supported with a certain angle (45, 60, 90), do it inside and then by outside, etc. In short, it can be somewhat cumbersome, and let's not say if it's very old or somewhat conditioned people like those indicated above.

Therefore the conventional brushes need variation of their placement, position and space to achieve the appropriate scanning sweep, or in the rotating electric brushes that require space and placement to put the head, often difficult or even heavy for the arm that grabs it and manipulates it; on the contrary, with the arc-brush device the placement, position and space required by the brush element is different, since having a parallel surface with anatomical design that covers the entire arch at the same time, it slides against the 2 buccal faces to be cleaned, that is to say the arcade and related soft tissues or vice versa, both in front and behind, it does not require so much space or even seek as much placement or position, as in the others, in addition to not tired or hand nor the arm because they are not used.

Being elastic and flexible, when traveling it can be accommodated in any hole, even in a forced position.

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11. - Directly cleans the gingival groove.- It is warned in the use of conventional brushes, to be careful not to brush against the encla, in the gingival groove that is between the encla and the tooth, because it is very sensitive and delicate, in the case of the device not only does not matter, but it will be brushed directly, because its mini-bristles are smaller than the bristles of the other brushes, of a few millimeters since its filament is softer, elastic and flexible, reason why the cleaning will be more integral in these gingival anfractuosities.

12. - Comfortable and effortless use.- Gently cleans gently, since the device is passive against the usual movements produced by the muscles of the face and mastication, respiration, among others, with the organs (skin, muscles, teeth and mucous membranes) that actively participate in the cleaning of the oral structures themselves, such as the lips, cheeks, tongue, dental arches and gums, for example, and that, in short, are the ones that make the friction with the That cleaning is achieved.

13. - Easy cleaning by washing. - Unlike conventional brushes, whose bristles are usually grouped in tufts, where food remains are cantonned and are a refuge for microbes, which is somewhat difficult to maintain maintenance between their anfractuosities; The invention on the other hand has a diaphanous brush, which is equipped with rough elements that are together but not grouped, as a lawn. Therefore easy cleaning by washing or simple rinsing, it can even be washed under the tap. However, from time to time it may be convenient to pasteurize or sterilize it, simply by immersion in a few minutes in boiling water, which can be done repeatedly.

14. - Ecological and simple fabrication.- By molding and injection of the elastomer, for example liquid silicone, since it is a solid, simple, monomaterial object, of difficult breakage. It has the advantageous properties of silicone as resistance to temperature (-60 to 250 ° C), weather, ozone, radiation, humidity, electricity, compression deformation, it is suitable for sanitary use, Flexible, soft to the touch, does not stain or wear, does not age, does not exude, of difficult deterioration, does not dirty or corrode, great resistance to use and is not polluting.

15. - Cleaning of gadgets in orthodontics.- It is useful for cleaning not only our mouth, but also of the gadgets fixed on the arches in orthodontics, collaborating in the cleaning of brackets and other structures or other corrective or fixative devices, and Whether metallic or not.

16. - Faster and more complete than most known oral hygiene devices.- Because its action is equivalent to that of a set of several toothbrushes that are handled simultaneously all at once in the mouth, without any preparation or assembly of pieces. In fact, it cleans more areas and recesses than any other, since it reaches both sites that are difficult for other oral cleaning devices, mechanically reaching almost the entire mouth, except the nearby and irritable areas of the throat and uvula.

17. - It offers a two-sided brushing.- Unlike others, it is worth highlighting in the cleaning action, the tactics of offering a bi-facial sweeping brush, with simultaneous double action, because in cleaning they are acting at the Once the 2 faces of the arch-brush, concave and convex, both when doing it in the vestibular cavity and when cleaning in the oral cavity itself, as explained above.

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18. - Mini-bristles, other bristles, mamelons and radulas.- Unlike most conventional brushes, the device has cleaning elements with multiple design, and although part of this advantage has been advanced within the explanation itself said (plume bristles versus distributed mini-bristles), we can add that the design in effect, assists you in the entire surface of the arch-brush itself, with various variations of the relief, as well as having rows of longer bristles for reach the inter-proximal spaces between the teeth adjacent to each other, or at their ends of the mini-bristles with diversified, serrated, soft or multiple tips. In addition to having new cleaning elements such as mamelons and radulas. All this is very difficult to put in conventional or electric brushes, with their tufts in plume or grouped where a certain uniformity has to be imposed.

19. - Does not spend external energy.- Unlike electric toothbrushes and others that need to consume external energy (mains or electric current) to operate, the device works with the small work provided by our own facial muscles and buccal, that is, without exogenous energy consumption.

20. - No noise.- Unlike the electric toothbrushes that are noisy due to the action of its small motor, this device does not generate any resenable noise.

21. - In one piece, small in size and not metallic. - The device is often and as light as a mouth guard as those used in sports, for example, and being one piece, does not require assembly , nor does it have spare parts, nor does it require any repair. On the other hand, it is not metallic, so alarms in airport control barriers do not jump, for example.

22. - Finally, it is very important to highlight that this device can be used at all times, for example immediately after finishing eating, while driving a car, or while walking, etc. since it does not require any attention during its operation, and especially because it is a hands-free device or in other words, it works without hands.

Brief description of the drawings

To complement the description that is being made and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, a set of drawings is attached as an integral part of said description, where, with an illustrative and non-limiting nature, the representation has been represented. next:

Fig. 1.- Device in lower longitudinal view against a scheme of the upper dental arch.

Fig. 2.- Para-medial lateral longitudinal section of the somewhat inclined device, where only a few bristles have been represented.

Fig. 3.- Device in somewhat inclined lateral longitudinal view (obviated bristles).

Fig. 4.- Arch-brush in front view (sectioned rod and obviated bristles).

Figures 5.- Arch-brush in front of the dental arches, in the buccal buccal cavity (space between the lips and teeth).

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Fig. 5a.- Seen from below with the upper incisor teeth resting on the neck of the stop (mini-bristles and other obvious cleaning elements).

Fig. 5b.- Side view in section with oral anatomical scheme, where the incisive teeth rest on the neck of the stop (only some mini-bristles are represented).

Figures 6.- Arch-brush behind the tooth arches, in the oral cavity itself (space between the teeth and the tongue).

Fig. 6a.- Seen from below with the upper incisor teeth resting on the neck of the handle (mini-bristles and other obvious cleaning elements)

Fig. 6b.- Side view in section with oral anatomical scheme, where the incisor teeth rest on the neck of the handle.

Below is a list of the various elements represented in the figures illustrating the invention:

01. - Vastago (handle, stop and their respective necks)

02. - Mango

03. - Mango neck

04. - Stop collar

05. - Tongue stop

06. - Bow-brush

07. - Convex arch face

08. - Concave arch face

09. - Mini bristles that together form the brush

10. - Dental arch (scheme)

11. - Spiracles or windows for respiration

12. - Recesses to accommodate the braces

13. - Grooving (concave face)

14. - Bocel (convex face)

15. - Upper lip

16. - Lower lip

17. - Incisive tooth

18. - Encla

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19.- Language

Preferred Embodiment of the Invention

An embodiment can be inferred directly from the drawings of this description in particular, serving as an example of a materialization of the device always constituted by a material of elastomeric nature suitable for its introduction in the mouth, as cited in the advantages.

Industrial applicability

The fabrication must be by injection or elastomeric molding, since it is preferably a single and mono-material piece. Also with other techniques that achieve a similar result of the device faithful to the design, whose range of Items will always consider the morphological variety, size, age, etc. to meet the requirements of the possible user and their specifications regarding the peculiarities of their dental arches.

For its functionality it must be made of silicone or other inert elastomeric material with similar benefits, but always of great elasticity for the best adaptation of the brush-bow to the buccal relief variable in the movement and in the 2 alternative positions of support in two necks mentioned above. .

As for its industrial applicability, it is the one of its sector of the referred technique, since its function is similar to that of the other cleaning devices of the toothbrush type.

It is possible to talk about the potential market objectives of the device as a complement of oral cleaning to what already exists, without departing from the fact that in principle it has been designed for people with physical or mental limitations due to the self-sufficiency that it offers them, in addition to its characteristics quite ecological, since it does not waste energy and does not necessarily require dentifrice fittings to work, and can even be used without water, except for maintenance cleaning.

It would also be very appropriate for anyone who at any given time wishes to perform their oral hygiene, especially for all types of trips, excursions and expeditions, highlighting the fact that it is a device that works without hands, with which it could be use at all times, even when driving a vehicle, because it does not require the driver's attention, not even to change position, since with a few simple movements of lips, cheeks and tongue, you can make the change, you have to remember that Drive like a lollipop.

Claims (2)

5 10 fifteen twenty 25 30 1. Arch-brush for hands-free oral hygiene, of an elastomeric and biocompatible nature for oral use, which can be used as a conventional toothbrush, whose set is formed by a rod (1) and a bow (6) with brush function , called arch-brush itself, with which it joins perpendicularly. The whole set is characterized because it comprises: - A rod (1) which in turn comprises a handle (2) to catch it, followed by a curved narrowing for support of the teeth, called the neck of the handle (3), which continues with the union with the brush-arch, Then it has another curved narrowing for dental support called the neck of the stop (4) and finally, a tongue stop (5) for support of the same. - And an arc-brush itself (6), which is flat, curved, thin and with blunt profiles, which fits parallel and anatomically, alternatively to both the convex face (7) and the concave face (8) of the dental arcades (10), which is also characterized because its surface is irregular because it has a multitude of small, rough, fixed elements to remove, sweep and drag, which include bristles, mini-bristles (9) and others such as mamelons and radulas, with different direction and length, in addition to possessing different forms such as being curved, hooked, serrated, and / or with its split ends soft or trollid, for greater efficiency in its function. 2. Arc brush for hands-free oral hygiene according to revindication 1, characterized in that the arch (6) on its faces has undulations, grooves (13), sockets (14), cords, grooves and narrowings that facilitate the best fit, contact and friction with the surface of the dental arch and with the rest of the mouth, as well as recesses (12) on the upper and lower edges, to accommodate the labial braces, also and close to the union with the stem and on each side of This, has spiracles (11) that as an ellipsoidal windows facilitate the passage of air when breathing through the mouth.