RU2201269C2 - Equipment for stimulation of mouth cavity - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: medicine, medicinal equipment. SUBSTANCE: the innovation deals with treating diseases of mouth cavity, parodontitis, in particular. For stimulation of mouth cavity one should use special equipment designed as a capsule and containing dielectric socket with two conducting caps at its ends. External surfaces of these caps are made of different metals- microelements. A wire is situated inside this capsule, its ends are connected with internal surfaces of both caps. Capsule should be put into the mouth to be then slowly replaced along surfaces of cheeks, lips and gums with the help of buccal, labial and lingual muscles. During one and the same procedure lasting for 20-30 min, capsule could be observed several times in one and the same parts of mucous membrane including gingival surface. One should carry out 1-2 procedures daily. Therapy course lasts for 15-30 d. The innovation in question creates more simplified, cheaper equipment for treating diseases of mouth cavity and organs associated with biologically active points of mouth cavity due to information channels. EFFECT: higher efficiency of stimulation. 2 dwg

Description

 The invention relates to medicine and can be used to treat diseases of the oral cavity, in particular periodontal.

 Known methods of treating oral diseases with vitamin C and B vitamins, anabolic and sex hormones, biogenic stimulants [1].

 Known physiotherapeutic methods of treating diseases of the oral cavity: direct current, pulsed current of low frequency, sinusoidal currents of low and high frequencies [2], magnetic and electromagnetic fields, in particular optical radiation [3] and thermal exposure [2], acoustic vibrations [4] massage [5].

 The disadvantage of all these methods is their low therapeutic effectiveness. Most of these physiotherapeutic methods require complex and / or expensive devices for their implementation.

 Closest to the claimed device is a stimulator of the gastrointestinal tract, made in the form of a capsule and containing a dielectric sleeve, a cathode cap put on its one end, an anode cap put on its other end, on the outer surface of which is coated at least 10 microns thick from one or several metals-microelements, and placed inside the capsule a battery of three series-connected galvanic cells, a pulse generator connected in series with the battery, and wires, by which the battery and the pulse generator are connected to the inner surfaces of the cathode and anode caps [6].

 The disadvantage of the prototype device is its low therapeutic efficacy. An impulse voltage between the anode and cathode cap of about 4 V causes an unpleasant sensation in the mouth. The signal generated by the pulse generator has spectral characteristics inadequate to the spectral characteristics of electrical vibrations that occur in the oral mucosa of a healthy person.

 The technical result, the proposed solution is aimed at achieving, is the creation of a simple, cheap and durable device for the treatment of diseases of the oral cavity and organs connected by information channels to biologically active points (BAP) of the oral cavity.

 This is achieved by the fact that in the device for stimulating the oral cavity, made in the form of a capsule and containing a dielectric sleeve, two electrically conductive caps put on its ends, the outer surfaces of which are made of various trace elements, and a wire placed inside the capsule connected at one end to the inner the surface of one cap, called the wire the other end is connected to the inner surface of the other cap.

 A device for stimulating the oral cavity is shown in figure 1.

 The device (capsule) contains a dielectric sleeve 1, a first electrically conductive cap 2, the outer surface of which is made of one or more trace metals 3, a second electrically conductive cap 4, the outer surface of which is made of one or more trace metals 5, other than the trace metal or metals-microelements 3, and a wire 6 connecting the inner surfaces of the caps 2 and 4. Both caps 2 and 4 are tightly mounted on the sleeve 1.

 A method of using the device for stimulating the oral cavity is as follows. The capsule is placed in the mouth and slowly, with stops for 5-30 seconds, is moved along the surface of the cheeks, lips and gums with the muscles of the cheeks, lips and tongue. The capsule during one procedure, lasting 20-30 minutes, manages to visit the same areas of the oral cavity several times, including areas of the gum surface. During the day, carry out one or two procedures. The course of treatment is carried out within 15-30 days. During the year, one to three courses of treatment are carried out (for the treatment of stomatitis, one shortened course of treatment is required, for the treatment of periodontitis - three complete).

 The action of the proposed device is associated with the occurrence of ultralow-frequency (VLF) potential differences between different parts of the oral cavity during movement in the mouth with the muscles of the cheeks, lips and tongue of the capsule. The lower vibrational frequencies are determined by the speed of movement and the duration of the capsule's stops in the mouth and reach 0.01 Hz. The upper vibrational frequencies reach units of Hz. Short-circuited caps short-circuit the parts of the oral cavity, which can be represented as the leads of an ELF generator with an emf reaching tens of mV and an internal resistance of the order of 10 kOhm. At the same time, ELF currents reaching units of μA flow through shortened tissue areas. The currents are noise-like in nature and belong to the so-called flicker-noise currents (or currents 1 / f, where f is the frequency). The currents flowing through the tissues, including through the BAP, have a normalizing effect both on the tissues of the mouth, and on organs and systems associated with information channels with stimulated BAT.

 In FIG. Figure 2 shows the voltage form taken from the dummy capsule (capsule length was 22 mm, diameter 11 mm), in which the ends of two thin long insulated wires were galvanically connected to the caps. The free ends of the wires, freed from insulation, were connected to the input of a type F 116/2 microvoltage microammeter (the input resistance of the device was 2 kOhm). The signal from the output F 116/2 was fed to the recorder KSP-4. The capsule moved in the mouth with the muscles of the cheeks, lips and tongue. In the middle part of the recording, there is a section corresponding to a stop of the capsule in the mouth for 9 s.

 When the outer surfaces of both caps are made of different metals-microelements (different metals have different values of the electrode potential), an additional therapeutic effect arises - the preferential microelectrophoresis of metal ions from the cap, the surface layer of which is made of metal having a lower electrode potential relative to the surface layer of the cap made of metal of greater importance.

 As soluble metals, trace elements can be used zinc, cobalt and other metals.

 The durability of the device with a thickness of the outer coating of the soluble cap of 5 μm is at least 5 years.

 The device has a therapeutic effect on the tissues of the oral cavity due to mechanical action on exteroceptors, microelectrophoresis of one or more metals-microelements contained in the surface layer of the soluble cap, ELF flicker-noise electrical and acoustic vibrations that occur during the movement of the capsule along the mucous membrane, electrochemical transitions processes that occur at the boundaries of metal or metals with biological tissue (in double electric layers). Electrochemical transient (exponential) processes also have flicker-noise spectral characteristics.

 Endogenous flicker-noise vibrations occur in organs, tissues and tissue elements, in particular in BAP and biological membranes. Flicker-noise vibrations (electrical and acoustic) that occur in the oral cavity when moving the capsule are adequate to endogenous flicker-noise vibrations and interact with the latter, which ultimately leads to a gradual normalization of processes in stimulated tissues and in organs and systems associated with stimulated BAP information channels.

Sources of information
1. Periodontal disease. TSB. Third edition. M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 19, 1975, p. 225-226.

 2. Rubin L.R. Physical methods of research and treatment in dentistry. M .: Medgiz, 1955.252 s.

 3. Pat. RF 2101045, class A 61 N 5/06. A method for the treatment of tumor diseases of the skin and oral mucosa. Publ. 01/10/98. BI 1.

 4. Pat. RF 2119322, cl. A 61 H 13/00. A method for the treatment of periodontal disease. Publ. 09/27/98. BI 27.

 5. Irina Savchenko. Periodontitis puts teeth on the shelf // Health, 2000, 7, p. 58-59.

 6. Pat. RF 2036671, cl. A 61 N 1/375. Gastrointestinal tract stimulator. Publ. 06/10/95. BI 16 is a prototype.

Claims (1)

 A device for stimulating the oral cavity, made in the form of a capsule and containing a dielectric sleeve, two electrically conductive caps placed on its ends, the outer surfaces of which are made of various trace metals, and a wire placed inside the capsule connected at one end to the inner surface of one cap, characterized in that the wire at the other end is connected to the inner surface of the other cap.

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