Patent ID: 9185485
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: A61C,B33Y,H04R

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for transmitting vibrations, comprising: a transducer housing that is configured to engage a first side of at least one tooth, wherein the first side is a lingual or a buccal side of the at least one tooth; an actuatable transducer disposed within the transducer housing and configured to transmit vibrations to the at least one tooth; an electronics housing that is configured to engage a second side of the at least one tooth, wherein the second side is opposite the first side of the at least one tooth; and an electronics assembly disposed within the electronics housing, wherein the transducer housing and the electronics housing produce an interference fit between the apparatus and the first side and second side of the at least one tooth and thereby secure the apparatus to the at least one tooth.