HANDLE FOR ORAL-CARE IMPLEMENT HAVING DISPLAY AND PROCEDURE FOR CLEANING AND 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 for safe and hygienic use by multiple users includes an electrical motor and a detachable head. The handle has a display for displaying instructions to control functional operation of the handle, a microcontroller for controlling the motor and the display, and at least one switch to allow a user to control the functional operation of the handle, including causing the output element to vibrate in at least one oral-hygiene mode having an oral-hygiene frequency and causing the output element to vibrate in a disinfection mode when the handle is being disinfected before or after being used for the oral-hygiene routine. The disinfection mode has a modulated frequency, different from the oral-hygiene frequency, and alternating up and down between a low modulated frequency and a high modulated frequency, wherein the high modulated frequency is at least 50 percent greater than the low modulated frequency.