US 12,186,148 B2
Oral health device for simultaneously brushing the surfaces of and cleaning the interproximal spaces between a user's teeth
Machiko Taylor, Alameda, CA (US); Madison Mount, Oakland, CA (US); and Bruce Michael Schena, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Assigned to Fresh Health Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Fresh Health Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/514,229.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/433,951, filed on Dec. 20, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0197453 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. A61C 17/22 (2006.01); A46B 9/02 (2006.01); A61C 17/02 (2006.01); A61C 17/38 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 17/228 (2013.01) [A46B 9/026 (2013.01); A61C 17/0211 (2013.01); A61C 17/38 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An oral insert, comprising:
a base that includes a plurality of manifold holes arranged in a circle;
a plurality of bristles located on an upper portion and a lower portion of a tray surface of the oral insert;
a plurality of fluid nozzles located at an inner portion and an outer portion of the tray surface; and
a plurality of manifolds, wherein each of the plurality of manifolds is associated with a corresponding manifold hole of the plurality of manifold holes, wherein each manifold of the plurality of manifolds is associated with a corresponding subset of the plurality of fluid nozzles, wherein fluid is provided to the plurality of manifolds in a particular sequence that causes the oral insert to vibrate, wherein the vibration of the oral insert caused by fluid being provided to the plurality of manifolds in the particular sequence causes the plurality of bristles to contact surfaces of teeth associated with a user of the oral insert, wherein the particular sequence causes the fluid to be alternately provided between a left side and a right side of the oral insert, wherein the oral insert is configured to be connected to a handle, wherein the fluid is provided from the handle to the oral insert via the plurality of manifold holes, wherein the handle includes a manifold disc and a manifold disc selector, wherein the manifold disc selector includes an opening and a cut-out that is opposite the opening, wherein the cut-out extends only partially through the manifold disc selector, wherein the fluid is selectively provided to the plurality of manifolds via the plurality of manifold holes as the manifold disc selector rotates.