HANDLE FOR ORAL-CARE IMPLEMENT FOR SAFE AND HYGIENIC USE BY MULTIPLE USERS AND METHOD OF DISINFECTING THE SAME

• Main Authors: MAENNCHEN, ANDREAS, SCHUERING, ANDREA, OHLMAN, DARCIE ANN, STOERKEL, ULRICH, WATTERSON, TODD LYNN, BECKER-SALZSAEULER, BIANKA, KAMINSKI, MICHAEL ANTHONY, KUECHLER, KERVIN HEINRICH, UTSCH, JOERN, HILSCHER, ALEXANDER, MARK, ERWIN PAUL, ATLAS, BORIS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 09.09.2023
• Subjects: APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE; BRUSHES; BRUSHWARE; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; DENTISTRY; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL

A handle for an oral-care implement, the handle comprises an electrical motor arranged to drive an output element structured and configured to couple the handle and a head attachable to and detachable from the handle; and a microcontroller for controlling the motor and to cause the output element to vibrate in (a) at least one oral-hygiene mode during which the oral-care implement is being used for an oral-hygiene routine, wherein the output element is vibrating at a substantially constant frequency, and (b) a disinfection mode during which the handle is being disinfected, before or after being used for the oral-hygiene routine, wherein the output element is continuously vibrating at a modulated frequency alternating within a frequency range of between about 140 Hz and about 250 Hz, for a duration of the disinfection mode.