Oral treatment device

US9913992B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Colgate-Palmolive Company · US

Inventors

• Scott W. Demarest · Racine, US
• Francis Tatu · Town of DeWitt, US
• Mark Bartlett · North East, US
• Scott P. Mosby · Memphis, US
• Mark Lowenthal · Piscataway, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 22, 2015
• Grant date: Mar 13, 2018
• Expiry date: Dec 22, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N2005/0663
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An oral treatment device that emits light onto surfaces of a user's teeth. In one aspect, the oral treatment device includes an intraoral mouthpiece comprising: a lamp support surface; and a lamp. When the lamp is mounted to the lamp support surface, a first contact surface of the lamp contacts a first contact surface of a first electrical contact element of the lamp support surface; and (2) a second contact surface of the lamp contacts a second contact surface of a second electrical contact element of the lamp support surface.