Oral care device with sacrificial electrode

    公开(公告)号:US10179038B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-15

    申请号:US14983724

    申请日:2015-12-30

    Abstract: An oral care implement includes a housing defining a cavity and configured for at least partial insertion into an oral cavity. An opening in the housing fluidly connects the cavity to an environment of the housing. First and second spaced electrodes are disposed in the cavity. An electrical connection electrically connects the first electrode and the second electrode to a power source. At least one of the first electrode or the second electrode is a sacrificial electrode and passing a current through the electrical connection causes the sacrificial electrode to oxidize.

    Oral care device
    13.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11786034B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-17

    申请号:US17302104

    申请日:2021-04-23

    Abstract: An oral care device may include: a body including a head; a plurality of teeth cleaning elements extending from the head; a first electrode on the head; a second electrode on the head and spaced apart from the first electrode, wherein at least one of the first and second electrodes is a sacrificial electrode; a power source; and a controller configured to operably couple the power source to the first and second electrodes to create an electric potential between the first and second electrodes so that ions are released from the sacrificial electrode during a brushing session; wherein the controller is configured to change a magnitude of the electric potential the brushing session ends.

    Oral care implement
    14.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11071854B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-27

    申请号:US15634936

    申请日:2017-06-27

    Abstract: An oral care implement having electrodes thereon. In one aspect, the oral care implement may include a handle and a head, the head having a transverse through hole defined by an upper surface and a lower surface. A first electrode and a second electrode are located on the head and operably coupled to a power source to have opposite electrical charges. At least one of the first and second electrodes may be located on one of the upper and lower surfaces of the transverse through hole. In some embodiments, the first electrode is located on the upper surface of the transverse through hole and the second electrode is located on the lower surface of the transverse through hole.

    Powered oral care implement
    15.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11065091B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-20

    申请号:US16508395

    申请日:2019-07-11

    Abstract: A powered toothbrush includes a handle, a power source disposed in the handle, a head including a cavity disposed at a distal end of the handle, an electrically conducting element disposed in the cavity and electrically connected to the power source, and a movable cleaning element connected to the head and movable relative to the cavity. The movable cleaning element includes a tooth cleaning support member, a tooth cleaning element mounted on the support member, and a ferromagnetic member. Application of an electrical current to the electrically conducting element generates a magnetic field at the electrically conducting element. The magnetic field selectively at least one of attracts and repels the ferromagnetic member to move the movable cleaning element relative to the electrically conducting element.

    Oral care device with sacrificial electrode

    公开(公告)号:US10932893B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-02

    申请号:US16215236

    申请日:2018-12-10

    Abstract: A container, a toothbrush, or a device including at least one sacrificial electrode. In one aspect, the container may include a body adapted to contain an oral care solution and a cap selectively removable from the body. The cap may include a cavity configured to contain a fluid, a first electrode comprising a sacrificial metal, a second electrode spaced from the first electrode, and an electrical connection electrically connecting the first electrode and the second electrode to a power source. Activation of the power source may generate an electric field between the first and second electrodes, thereby causing the sacrificial metal of the first electrode to release ions into the fluid in the cavity of the cap.

    Powered oral care implement
    18.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10390917B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-27

    申请号:US14977151

    申请日:2015-12-21

    Abstract: A powered toothbrush includes a handle, a power source disposed in the handle, a head including a cavity disposed at a distal end of the handle, an electrically conducting element disposed in the cavity and electrically connected to the power source, and a movable cleaning element connected to the head and movable relative to the cavity. The movable cleaning element includes a tooth cleaning support member, a tooth cleaning element mounted on the support member, and a ferromagnetic member. Application of an electrical current to the electrically conducting element generates a magnetic field at the electrically conducting element. The magnetic field selectively at least one of attracts and repels the ferromagnetic member to move the movable cleaning element relative to the electrically conducting element.

    POWERED ORAL CARE IMPLEMENT
    19.
    发明申请
    POWERED ORAL CARE IMPLEMENT 审中-公开
    动力口腔护理实施

    公开(公告)号:US20160184065A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-06-30

    申请号:US14977151

    申请日:2015-12-21

    Abstract: A powered toothbrush includes a handle, a power source disposed in the handle, a head including a cavity disposed at a distal end of the handle, an electrically conducting element disposed in the cavity and electrically connected to the power source, and a movable cleaning element connected to the head and movable relative to the cavity. The movable cleaning element includes a tooth cleaning support member, a tooth cleaning element mounted on the support member, and a ferromagnetic member. Application of an electrical current to the electrically conducting element generates a magnetic field at the electrically conducting element. The magnetic field selectively at least one of attracts and repels the ferromagnetic member to move the movable cleaning element relative to the electrically conducting element.

    Abstract translation: 动力牙刷包括手柄,设置在手柄中的动力源,包括设置在手柄远端的空腔的头部,设置在空腔中并电连接到动力源的导电元件,以及可动清洁元件 连接到头部并相对于腔体可移动。 可移动清洁元件包括牙齿清洁支撑构件,安装在支撑构件上的牙齿清洁元件和铁磁构件。 将电流施加到导电元件在导电元件处产生磁场。 该磁场选择性地吸引并排斥铁磁部件中的至少一个以相对于导电元件移动可动清洁元件。

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