Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090042159 | ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE - The present invention aims to provide an orthodontic appliance capable of efficiently applying vibration to teeth to be aligned and enabling a treatment to be easily and safely continued even at home. This appliance is provided with a load applying mechanism and a vibration generating actuator. The load applying mechanism is mounted on teeth to apply a load for the malocclusion correction to a specified tooth in the teeth. The vibration generating actuator includes a contact portion that is inserted into a buccal cavity containing the teeth and can come into contact with a part of the load applying mechanism corresponding to the specified tooth or the specified tooth, and applies a vibration force from the contact portion to the specified tooth or the part of the load applying mechanism. | 02-12-2009 |
20090061375 | ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE - The present invention aims to provide an orthodontic appliance capable of aligning teeth within a shorter period of time than usual without using braces including an orthodontic wire and brackets. This appliance is provided with a dental mouthpiece mountable on teeth and a vibrating element. The dental mouthpiece is so shaped as to apply a biasing force in an aligning direction to a tooth to be aligned in the teeth while being mounted on the teeth. The vibrating element is attached to the dental mouthpiece, generates mechanical vibration and applies the vibration to the tooth to be aligned, thereby activating the bone remodeling of a target tooth and an alveolar bone to promote an orthodontic effect. | 03-05-2009 |
20090061379 | Orthodontic Appliance - The present invention concerns an orthodontic appliance for accelerating the tooth aligning effect and shortening the treatment period, and has an object to provide an appliance which can bring about higher aligning effect than usual ways by giving vibration to tooth to be aligned to activate bone remodeling of the targeted tooth and the alveolar bone and enhance the shift of the tooth. This appliance includes a vibrating element and a dental mouthpiece having the vibrating element built therein. The provision of the vibrating element in the dental mouthpiece facilitates the application of vibration and handling, and continues the treatment safely even at home. The inner shape of the dental mouthpiece serves aligning treatment as well as acceleration of the effect. | 03-05-2009 |
20090061380 | ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE - An orthodontic appliance capable of remarkably shortening a period of treatment and reducing burdens on patients is provided with braces to be mounted on a specified tooth included in teeth, a magnetic field generator and a magnetic element to be attached to the teeth. The magnetic element vibrates in response to a magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generator and applies the vibration thereof to the tooth on which the braces are mounted. | 03-05-2009 |
20100068670 | ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE - The present invention concerns an orthodontic appliance for accelerating the tooth aligning effect and shortening the treatment period, and has an object to provide an appliance which can bring about higher aligning effect than usual ways by giving vibration to tooth to be aligned to activate bone remodeling of the targeted tooth and the alveolar bone and enhance the shift of the tooth. This appliance includes a vibrating element and a dental mouthpiece having the vibrating element built therein. The provision of the vibrating element in the dental mouthpiece facilitates the application of vibration and handling, and continues the treatment safely even at home. The inner shape of the dental mouthpiece serves aligning treatment as well as acceleration of the effect. | 03-18-2010 |
20110076634 | ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE - The present invention provides an orthodontic appliance having a load applying mechanism. To correct malocclusion, the load applying mechanism may include a projection fixed to the specified tooth in the teeth so as to project from the specified tooth in the teeth. | 03-31-2011 |
20120148971 | ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE - The present invention concerns an orthodontic appliance for accelerating the tooth aligning effect and shortening the treatment period, and has an object to provide an appliance which can bring about higher aligning effect than usual ways by giving vibration to tooth to be aligned to activate bone remodeling of the targeted tooth and the alveolar bone and enhance the shift of the tooth. This appliance includes a vibrating element and a dental mouthpiece having the vibrating element built therein. The provision of the vibrating element in the dental mouthpiece facilitates the application of vibration and handling, and continues the treatment safely even at home. The inner shape of the dental mouthpiece serves aligning treatment as well as acceleration of the effect. | 06-14-2012 |
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20120330181 | VISCERAL FAT MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A visceral fat measurement device includes a current-applying electrode pair including a first current-applying electrode and a second current-applying electrode, and a voltage measurement electrode pair including a first voltage measurement electrode and a second voltage measurement electrode. The current-applying electrode pair is arranged on a projected line obtained by projecting the body trunk axis of a measured body to the body surface of an abdominal part of the measured body. The first and second current-applying electrodes are separated from each other at a predetermined interval determined so that a current path connecting the first current-applying electrode, visceral fat, and the second current-applying electrode is formed. The voltage measurement electrode pair is arranged between the first and second current-applying electrodes in a direction along the body trunk axis of the measured body. | 12-27-2012 |
20130096456 | BODY COMPOSITION MEASUREMENT DEVICE - Disclosed is a body composition measurement device provided with a current electrode pair for applying current and a plurality of voltage electrode pairs for measuring voltage at a plurality of measurement points. A controller measures body fat on the basis of voltages measured at the plurality of measurement points by means of the voltage electrode pairs. The controller uses the measured voltages at the plurality of measurement points to perform integration and calculates the amount of body fat on the basis of the integration result. | 04-18-2013 |
20140335467 | VIBRATION IMPARTING DEVICE FOR DENTAL USE - A vibrating dental device vibrates a specific tooth in a dentition attached with a bracket, a wire or a mouthpiece as an orthodontic appliance. The vibrating dental device includes a vibration source, a connector connected to the orthodontic appliance, and a vibration transmitter, which transmits vibration generated by the vibration source to the connector. The connector is detachably attached to the orthodontic appliance. | 11-13-2014 |