US 12,109,086 B2
Oral treatment system
Scott Demarest, Loudon, TN (US); Stacey Lavender, Chesterfield, NJ (US); Richard Adams, South Orange, NJ (US); and Yu Shi, Branchburg, NJ (US)
Assigned to Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US)
Filed by Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Nov. 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/949,911.
Application 16/949,911 is a continuation of application No. 15/554,082, granted, now 10,893,924, previously published as PCT/US2016/014607, filed on Jan. 22, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/126,217, filed on Feb. 27, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0145559 A1, May 20, 2021
Int. Cl. A61C 19/06 (2006.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 19/066 (2013.01) [A61C 19/063 (2013.01); A61N 5/0603 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0606 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0652 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0653 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A teeth whitening system comprising:
a mouthpiece comprising:
a wall; and
a bite platform extending inwardly from the wall to collectively define a first channel for receiving a user's teeth;
the wall comprising a protuberance;
a first ridge extending upwardly from the bite platform and spaced apart from an upper wall portion of the wall by a first gap;
a second ridge extending downwardly from the bite platform and spaced apart from a lower wall portion of the wall by a second gap, the first and second ridges offset from one another;
an electromagnetic radiation source coupled to the wall of the mouthpiece between the bite platform and the protuberance, the electromagnetic radiation source comprising:
a first flexible circuit; and
a plurality of first illumination elements located on the first flexible circuit;
the electromagnetic radiation source configured to emit electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from an exposed front surface of the electromagnetic radiation source; and
the protuberance extending inwardly beyond the front surface of the electromagnetic radiation source to maintain a gap between the exposed front surface of the electromagnetic radiation source and surfaces of the user's teeth when the user's teeth are positioned in the first channel.