Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Enhanced dental hygiene system with direct UVA photoexcitation
- Patent Title (中): 增强牙科卫生系统与直接的UVA光激发
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Application No.: US10210758Application Date: 2002-08-01
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Publication No.: US06902397B2Publication Date: 2005-06-07
- Inventor: Lawrence W. Farrell , Kevin G. Yost , Chris Stvartak
- Applicant: Lawrence W. Farrell , Kevin G. Yost , Chris Stvartak
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: Sunstar Americas, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sunstar Americas, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
- Main IPC: A46B5/02
- IPC: A46B5/02 ; A46B9/02 ; A46B9/04 ; A46B15/00 ; A61C1/08 ; A61C15/00 ; A61C15/04 ; A61C17/00 ; A61C17/22 ; A61C19/06 ; A61N5/06 ; B08B7/00 ; A61C3/00

Abstract:
A device and a method for delivering UVA light to the mouth in which a photocatalytic agent is distributed in the mouth and a UVA light source is located contiguously to the head of the device so that the photocatalytic agent distributed in the mouth is efficiently activated by UVA light produced by the device. The UVA light delivery device of the invention may be, inter alia, a toothbrush, a tongue scraper, an interdental toothbrush, a denture brush, a flossing device, a dental hand tool, or a wand adapted exclusively to applying UVA light to photocatalyst coated surfaces.
Public/Granted literature
- US20040019990A1 Enhanced dental hygiene system with direct UVA photoexcitation Public/Granted day:2004-02-05
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