US 12,102,841 B2
Mouthpiece and method for intraoral treatment
Sakari Nikinmaa, Aalto (FI); Jukka Kärkimaa, Aalto (FI); Tommi Pätilä, Aalto (FI); Katja Ivanitskiy, Aalto (FI); Mikko Heikkinen, Aalto (FI); and Jarmo Sääski, Aalto (FI)
Assigned to Koite Health Oy, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 16/973,065
Filed by Koite Health Oy, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed Jun. 10, 2019, PCT No. PCT/FI2019/050448
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 8, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/234308, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 20185524 (FI), filed on Jun. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0244965 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
Int. Cl. A61C 19/06 (2006.01); A61K 41/00 (2020.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/0624 (2013.01) [A61C 19/066 (2013.01); A61K 41/0057 (2013.01); A61N 5/0603 (2013.01); A61N 5/062 (2013.01); A61C 2201/00 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0606 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0626 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0652 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0659 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mouthpiece for antibacterial treatment of intraoral surfaces, the mouthpiece comprising:
a body made of light-guiding material, the body comprising:
facial and lingual outer surfaces, and
facial and lingual inner surfaces adapted to face facial and lingual surfaces of teeth, respectively, and
a light source attached to the body and adapted to deliver light to surfaces of teeth, wherein
the light source is positioned on or coupled to at least one of said surfaces and adapted to deliver said light via said inner surfaces to both the facial and lingual surfaces of the teeth, wherein a portion of light is adapted to travel through said body from the facial side to the lingual side, or vice versa, and
wherein the body comprises a reflective portion having a slanted profile and placed on the opposite side of the body than the light source for directing light towards the inner surfaces of the teeth on the opposite side of the teeth than the light source.