I-Corps: Novel device for tooth cleaning

I-Corps：新型牙齿清洁设备

• 批准号: 1443208
• 负责人: Shiva Kotha
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-07-01 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1443208&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Novel; device; tooth; cleaning

Tooth cleaning is important in maintaining tooth and periodontal health, which when compromised, leads to poor nutritional status as well as cardiovascular and pulmonary ailments. However, tooth cleaning is not feasible in the very elderly, and in many disabled individuals, because of a lack of dexterity in manually positioning a tooth brush within the confines of the oral cavity. The purpose of this proposal is to develop a flexible and low-weight strip that can generate ultrasound and to evaluate its use in tooth cleaning.The scientific and technological impact of this proposal lies in the innovative techniques used to make inexpensive and flexible ultrasound generating strips accompanied by the use of coupling gels in order to enable tooth cleaning and preserve the health of bone supporting the teeth. This proposal will support characterization of an existing device and enable development of device design criteria (shape, etc) that will enable its use in ultrasonic tooth cleaning. The team is in the process of developing thinner strips that can generate the requisite ultrasonic intensities and frequencies, and developing schematics for the moderate power - high efficiency electronic switching devices for running the ultrasound. These solutions will allow the team to generate ultrasound inexpensively (within the costs of current brush-based electrical cleaning devices).

牙齿清洁对保持牙齿和牙周健康很重要，当牙齿和牙周健康受到损害时，会导致营养不良以及心血管和肺部疾病。 然而，牙齿清洁在非常年长的人和许多残疾人中是不可行的，因为在口腔的范围内手动定位牙刷时缺乏灵活性。该提案的目的是开发一种可产生超声波的柔性和轻质条，并评估其在牙齿清洁中的用途。该提案的科技影响在于用于制造廉价和柔性超声波发生条的创新技术，同时使用耦合凝胶，以实现牙齿清洁并保持支撑牙齿的骨骼健康。该提案将支持现有器械的表征，并能够开发器械设计标准（形状等），使其能够用于超声牙齿清洁。该团队正在开发更薄的条带，可以产生必要的超声波强度和频率，并开发用于运行超声波的中等功率-高效率电子开关设备的原理图。这些解决方案将使该团队能够廉价地产生超声波（在当前基于刷的电气清洁设备的成本范围内）。