INTRA-EXTRA ORAL SHOCK-SENSING AND INDICATING SYSTEMS AND OTHER SHOCK-SENSING AND INDICATING SYSTEMS

• US 20110218455A1
• Filed: 03/02/2011
• Published: 09/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Don B. Hennig, Jeffry L. Vanelverdinghe, Joseph P. Curtin
• Original Assignee: Don B. Hennig, Jeffry L. Vanelverdinghe, Joseph P. Curtin
• Inventors: Hennig, Don B., Curtin, Joseph P., VanElverdinghe, Jeffry L.
• Granted Patent: US 8,739,599 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/553
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0053 by applying pressure, e.g. compression, indentation, palpation, grasping, gauging
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 19/04 Measuring instruments specially adapted for dentistry A61C5/44 takes precedence; testing vitality of teeth A61B5/0534; radiation diagnosis specially adapted for dentistry A61B6/51
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/40 Acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/80 Special sensors, transducers or devices therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/833 Sensors arranged on the exercise apparatus or sports implement
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0619 Displays, user interfaces and indicating devices, specially adapted for sport equipment, e.g. display mounted on treadmills
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/085 Mouth or teeth protectors A63B71/081 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/10 for the head A63B71/081 takes precedence ; in the form of caps or hats A42B1/08; helmets A42B3/00

Abstract

A mouth guard comprises a base member configured to fit inside the mouth of a user, and at least one shock-sensing and indicating device coupled to the base member. In one exemplary embodiment, the shock-sensing and indicating device is a passive shock-sensing and indicating device that detects a shock substantially along a selected axis with respect to the base member. In another exemplary embodiment, the at least one shock-sensing and indicating device detects a shock substantially along a plurality of selected axes with respect to the base member, each selected axis being substantially orthogonal from another selected axis. The shock-sensing and indicating devices can be configured to detect different levels of shock. In one exemplary embodiment, the shock-sensing and indicating device comprises a multi-component chemical-reaction system, such as a chemi-luminescent reaction system.

Claims

1. A mouth guard, comprising:

a base member configured to fit inside the mouth of a user; and

at least one shock-sensing and indicating device coupled to the base member.

2. The mouth guard according to claim 1, wherein the shock-sensing and indicating device is a passive shock-sensing and indicating device.

3. The mouth guard according to claim 1, wherein the at least one shock-sensing and indicating device detects a shock substantially along a selected axis with respect to the base member.

4. The mouth guard according to claim 1, wherein the at least one shock-sensing and indicating device detects a shock substantially along a plurality of selected axes with respect to the base member, each selected axis being substantially orthogonal from another selected axis.

5. The mouth guard according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of selected axes comprises three axes that are substantially orthogonal from each other.

6. The mouth guard according to claim 1, wherein each of the at least one shock-sensing and indicating device detects a shock at substantially the same level of shock applied to the shock-sensing and indicating device.

7. The mouth guard according to claim 1, wherein each of the at least one shock-sensing and indicating device detects a shock at a level of shock that is different from a level of shock detected by another shock-sensing and indicating device.

8. The mouth guard according to claim 1, wherein the shock-sensing and indicating device comprises a multi-component chemical-reaction system.

9. The mouth guard according to claim 8, wherein the multi-component chemical-reaction system comprises a chemi-luminescent reaction system.

10. The mouth guard according to claim 9, wherein the multi-component chemical-reaction system is based on a luminol reaction or an oxalate reaction, or a combination thereof.

11. The mouth guard according to claim 9, wherein the two-component chemi-luminescent reaction is based on bis(2,4,5-trichlorophenyl-6-carbopentoxyphenyl)oxalate (CPPO) reacting with hydrogen peroxide.

12. The mouth guard according to claim 9, wherein the two-component chemi-luminescent reaction is based on bis(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl)oxalate (TCPO) reacting with hydrogen peroxide:

13. The mouth guard according to claim 8, wherein the multi-component chemical-reaction system generates a color change of the multi-component chemical reaction system as an output if the at least one shock-sensing and indicating device detects a predetermined level of shock.

14. The mouth guard according to claim 8, wherein the multi-component chemical-reaction system generates an electro-chemical output of the multi-component chemical reaction system as an output if the at least one shock-sensing and indicating device detects a predetermined level of shock.

15. A mouth guard, comprising:

a base member configured to fit inside the mouth of a user; and

at least one shock-sensing device coupled to the base member.

16. The mouth guard according to claim 15, wherein the shock-sensing device is a passive shock-sensing and indicating device.

17. The mouth guard according to claim 16, wherein the at least one shock-sensing device detects a shock substantially along a selected axis with respect to the base member.

18. The mouth guard according to claim 17, wherein the at least one shock-sensing device detects a shock substantially along a plurality of selected axes with respect to the base member, each selected axis being substantially orthogonal from another selected axis.

19. The mouth guard according to claim 18, wherein the shock-sensing and indicating device comprises a multi-component chemical-reaction system.

20. The mouth guard according to claim 19, wherein the multi-component chemical-reaction system comprises a chemi-luminescent reaction system.