Devices, systems and methods for the whitening of teeth
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A61C-019/00
A61C-019/06
출원번호
US-0241973
(2012-09-12)
등록번호
US-9539075
(2017-01-10)
국제출원번호
PCT/US2012/054652
(2012-09-12)
§371/§102 date
20140228
(20140228)
국제공개번호
WO2013/039906
(2013-03-21)
발명자
/ 주소
Sanders, Daniel
Spector, Ben Zion
출원인 / 주소
MAVRIK DENTAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
대리인 / 주소
The Dobrusin Law Firm, P.C.
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초록▼
A device, method, and system are provided for aiding the whitening of teeth. The device includes a mouthpiece suitable for implementing a dental treatment, wherein the mouthpiece includes one or more stock dental cover layers suitable for forming a treatment cavity having a vacuum, wherein the denta
A device, method, and system are provided for aiding the whitening of teeth. The device includes a mouthpiece suitable for implementing a dental treatment, wherein the mouthpiece includes one or more stock dental cover layers suitable for forming a treatment cavity having a vacuum, wherein the dental cover layers includes a layer over the upper teeth and/or a layer over the lower teeth; and one or more treatment supply layers wherein the treatment supply layer has one or more flow channel in fluid communication with the treatment cavity so that the treatment supply layer can deliver and/or remove one or more treatment fluids from the treatment cavity.
대표청구항▼
1. A device comprising: an arch shaped mouthpiece having opposing left and right ends configured to fit over dental arches for implementing a dental treatment, wherein the mouthpiece includes: i. one or more stock dental covers suitable for forming one or more treatment cavities having a vacuum seal
1. A device comprising: an arch shaped mouthpiece having opposing left and right ends configured to fit over dental arches for implementing a dental treatment, wherein the mouthpiece includes: i. one or more stock dental covers suitable for forming one or more treatment cavities having a vacuum seal, wherein each of the dental covers is adapted to form a treatment cavity over the upper teeth and surrounding gums and/or a treatment cavity over the lower teeth and surrounding gums, and wherein a dental cover fluid seal is formed using a continuous sealing mechanism that includes a sealing rim formed of compressible material for sealing along a length of the dental covers, and at least one pair of sealing plugs for sealing the opposing left and right rear openings of each of the one or more dental covers, whereby the sealing rim and at least one pair of sealing plugs sufficiently seals each of the treatment cavities to enable the reduction of pressure in the dental treatment cavity below ambient pressure, to selectively enable material flow into and out of each of the dental treatment cavities; andii. one or more treatment supply portions wherein each of the treatment supply portions has one or more flow channels in fluid communication with the one or more treatment cavities so that the one or more treatment supply portions can deliver and/or remove one or more treatment fluids from the one or more treatment cavities;wherein each of the sealing plugs has variable dimensions for providing optimal sealing despite variability between different dental arch dimensions and/or different terminal teeth positions. 2. The device of claim 1, wherein each of the at least one pair of sealing plugs are made of a material that is sufficiently deformable so that the plug intimately contours to the tooth anatomy of one or more of the rear teeth despite variability between different dental arch dimensions and/or different terminal teeth dimensions. 3. The device of claim 1, wherein the one or more treatment cavities includes one or more controllable heating elements for heating the one or more treatment fluids. 4. The device of claim 1, wherein the device includes one or more inflow tubes connected to a handle integrated into the treatment supply portions suitable for flowing one or more treatment materials into the treatment supply portion(s); andone or more outflow tubes connected to the handle for flowing one or more treatment materials out of the treatment supply portion(s). 5. The device of claim 1, wherein the device includes two of the dental covers for covering the upper teeth and surrounding gums and the lower teeth and surrounding gums; at least one treatment supply portion interposed between the two dental covers to enable the upper teeth and surrounding gums and lower teeth and surrounding gums to be treated simultaneously; wherein the device includes one or more breathing vents for providing an air passage into and out of the mouth during a dental treatment. 6. The device of claim 1, wherein the mouthpiece includes: one or more delivery channels for flowing the one or more treatment fluids from the treatment supply portion(s) to the one or more treatment cavities, and one or more drainage channels for flowing the one or more treatment fluids from the one or more treatment cavities to the treatment supply portion(s). 7. A system comprising: the device of claim 1, wherein the vacuum seal is formed via the treatment supply portion(s), by reducing the pressure in the one or more dental treatment cavities below ambient pressure for conforming the one or more dental covers onto the gum ridges of the upper and/or lower teeth. 8. The system of claim 7, wherein the system includes: i. a pumping system for pumping one or more treatment materials into the mouthpiece;ii. a multi-position flow control module; andiii. a control unit for automating the dental treatment. 9. A system comprising: i. the device of claim 1, andii. a dental gum guard component having a treatment layer on its inner surfaces for neutralizing a treatment material of the one or more treatment fluids. 10. A method for executing a dental treatment, comprising: i. positioning the device of claim 1 including the mouthpiece having one or more dental covers over upper and/or lower teeth and surrounding gums;ii. applying a vacuum seal to the one or more dental covers for generating a pressure below ambient pressure in the one or more treatment cavities around the teeth; andiii. flowing one or more treatment materials into the one or more sealed treatment cavities; andiv. flowing the one or more treatment materials out of the one or more sealed treatment cavities. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the process includes one or any combination of the following steps: i. setting up a pump module to connect to a mouthpiece designed for a treatment;ii. configuring treatment settings on a control device coupled to the pump module;iii. applying flow control to cause a vacuum seal between the mouthpiece and the patient's gum ridge anatomy; andiv. applying flow control to automatically manage delivery of materials in accordance with said treatment settings, and/or using a flow control module to remove treatment materials from said mouthpiece. 12. The method of claim 10, wherein the method includes one or any combination of the following: i) a step of applying flow control to change flow patterns during a treatment, in order to optimize conformance to a treatment plan;ii) a step of monitoring the treatment to track conformance to a treatment plan; oriii) a step of monitoring the treatment to identify problems during a treatment. 13. The device of claim 1, wherein each of the one or more stock dental covers incorporates a deformable rim to conform to a gum ridge. 14. The device of claim 1, wherein the device is shaped to mirror a hinge axis angle to facilitate natural jaw movement. 15. A kit comprising the device of claim 1 and two or more dental gum guards including a first dental gum guard and a second dental gum guard having a different number and/or a different dimensions of the pre-configured holes. 16. A system comprising: a. a deformable dental gum guard for selectively covering a gum ridge wherein the crown portions of the teeth of said gum ridge are not covered; andb. a dental treatment device; comprising an arch shaped mouthpiece having opposing left and right ends for configured to fit over dental arches for implementing a dental treatment, wherein the mouthpiece includes: i. one or more stock dental covers suitable for forming one or more treatment cavities having a vacuum seal, wherein each of the dental covers is adapted to form a treatment cavity over the upper teeth and surrounding gums and/or a treatment cavity over the lower teeth and surrounding gums, and wherein a dental cover fluid seal is formed using a continuous sealing mechanism that includes a sealing rim formed of compressible material for sealing along a length of the dental covers, and at least one pair of sealing plugs for sealing the opposing left and right rear openings of each of the one or more dental covers, whereby the sealing rim and at least one pair of sealing plugs sufficiently seals each of the treatment cavities to enable the reduction of pressure in the dental treatment cavity below ambient pressure, to selectively enable material flow into and out of each of the dental treatment cavities; andii. one or more treatment supply portions wherein each of the treatment supply portions has one or more flow channels in fluid communication with the one or more treatment cavities so that the one or more treatment supply portions can deliver and/or remove one or more treatment fluids from the one or more treatment cavities;wherein the gum guard and the at least one pair of sealing plugs seals a gap between at least a portion of the device and the gum ridge over which it lies;the gum guard contacts and deforms against at least a portion of the gum ridge for forming an intimate contact with the gum, andwherein the placement of the one or more dental covers in a patient's mouth over a plurality of teeth and gum ridge acts in conjunction with the gum guard and the at least one pair of sealing plugs for substantially defining a seal at the distal tooth, so that a fluid can be introduced, removed, or both from the one or more treatment cavities while maintaining a vacuum seal in the one or more treatment cavities. 17. The system of claim 16, wherein the dental gum guard has an arch-shaped, elastomeric drape designed to conform substantially to any gum ridge anatomy, and having a plurality of pre-configured holes including holes of different initial diameters for customized insertion of the dental gum guard over a gum with crown portions of teeth penetrating through the holes, wherein the dental gum guard acts to provide a dry field around the crown portion of each tooth. 18. The dental gum guard of claim 17, wherein the dental gum guard includes an inner surface having a gum treatment layer containing one or more therapeutic treatment materials for the delivery of the one or more therapeutic treatment materials to the gums. 19. The system of claim 17, wherein the plurality of holes of the gum guard includes a hole for each tooth in the alveolar ridge. 20. The system of claim 17, wherein the holes of the gum guard are perforated holes. 21. The system of claim 17, wherein the holes of the gum guard are cut-out holes. 22. The system of claim 17, wherein the elastomeric drape of the gum guard is flexible and fits snuggly against the alveolar ridge. 23. A treatment system comprising: a dental treatment device including an arch shaped mouthpiece having opposing left and right ends configured to fit over dental arches for implementing a dental treatment; andone or more dental gum guards;wherein the mouthpiece includes: i. one or more stock dental covers suitable for forming one or more treatment cavities having a vacuum seal, wherein each of the dental covers is adapted to form a treatment cavity over the upper teeth and surrounding gums and/or a treatment cavity over the lower teeth and surrounding gums, and wherein a dental cover fluid seal is formed using a continuous sealing mechanism that includes a sealing rim formed of compressible material for sealing along a length of the dental covers, and at least one pair of sealing plugs for sealing the opposing left and right rear openings of each of the one or more dental covers, whereby the sealing rim and at least one pair of sealing plugs sufficiently seals each of the treatment cavities to enable the reduction of pressure in the dental treatment cavity below ambient pressure, to selectively enable material flow into and out of each of the dental treatment cavities; andii. one or more treatment supply portions wherein each of the treatment supply portions has one or more flow channels in fluid communication with the one or more treatment cavities so that the one or more treatment supply portions can deliver and/or remove one or more treatment fluids from the one or more treatment cavities; andwherein the one or more dental gum guard component(s) each includes one or more arch-shaped, elastomeric drape(s) designed to conform substantially to any gum ridge anatomy, and a plurality of pre-configured cut-out holes for customized insertion over and through erupted teeth which provide protection of the gums from the treatment materials contained within the one or more treatment cavities, when the dental treatment device is placed over the one or more dental gum guard component(s). 24. A method for executing a dental treatment comprising: i. positioning a mouthpiece including one or more dental covers over upper and/or lower teeth and surrounding gums;ii. applying a vacuum seal to the one or more dental covers for generating a pressure below ambient pressure in the one or more treatment cavities around the teeth; andiii. flowing one or more treatment materials into the one or more sealed treatment cavities; andiv. flowing the one or more treatment materials out of the one or more sealed treatment cavities;wherein prior to positioning of the mouthpiece, the method includes inserting one or more gum guards, the gum guard comprising an arch-shaped, elastomeric drape designed to conform substantially to any gum ridge anatomy, and having a plurality of pre-configured cut-out holes for customized insertion over and through erupted teeth, which provides protection of the gums exposed within the device from the treatment materials contained within the one or more treatment cavities;wherein the method includes placing the mouthpiece over the one or more gum guards; andthe step of applying a vacuum seal to the one or more dental covers generates a fluid seal around the teeth and the dental anatomy covered by the one or more gum guards. 25. A device comprising: an arch shaped mouthpiece having opposing left and right ends for configured to fit over dental arches for implementing a dental treatment, wherein the mouthpiece includes: i. one or more stock dental covers suitable for forming one or more treatment cavities having a vacuum seal, wherein each of the dental covers is adapted to form a treatment cavity over the upper teeth and surrounding gums and/or a treatment cavity over the lower teeth and surrounding gums, and wherein a dental cover fluid seal is formed using a continuous sealing mechanism that includes a sealing rim formed of compressible material for sealing along a length of the dental covers, and at least one pair of sealing plugs for sealing the opposing left and right rear openings of each of the one or more dental covers, whereby the sealing rim and at least one pair of sealing plugs sufficiently seals each of the treatment cavities to enable the reduction of pressure in the dental treatment cavity below ambient pressure, to selectively enable material flow into and out of each of the dental treatment cavities; andii. one or more treatment supply portions wherein each of the treatment supply portions has one or more flow channels in fluid communication with the one or more treatment cavities so that the one or more treatment supply portions can deliver and/or remove one or more treatment fluids from the one or more treatment cavities;wherein each of the treatment cavities is at least partially defined by a pair of drapable aprons each having a J-shaped cross-section; each pair of drapable aprons includes a front apron for overlaying a front surface of the teeth and a rear apron for overlaying a rear surface of the teeth; and the front apron has a generally upright section connected to a generally curved section, wherein the generally upright section has a wall thickness greater than a wall thickness of the generally curved section. 26. The device of claim 25, wherein each of the sealing plugs are attachable to the rear opening(s) and are interchangeable so that each of the plugs have variable dimensions for providing optimal sealing despite variability between different dental arch dimensions and/or different terminal teeth positions.
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