Vertex’s teams had the challenge of creating a medical device unit, that can be used in a hospital and a home environment.
The objectives were to design a device and a proprietary toothbrush to help bedridden patients maintain healthy, oral hygiene conditions.
Our design and engineering teams had to design the unit to work with a unique, custom designed disposable cartridge to hold the washing and cleaning mouthwash and any potential antibiotic treatment solutions. At the same time, a method had to be devised to collect any waste resulting from the treatment.
We designed the system in such a way that a patient can be lying on his/her back and wash the mouth with liquids without the risk of choking or gagging on the liquid.
Cross-contamination from patient to patient was one of the most challenging tasks to resolve. We did so by developing a proprietary disposable cartridge with filtering and check valves to avoid such contamination.
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