221 |
TOOTH CLEANING DEVICE |
US13963392 |
2013-08-09 |
US20130319455A1 |
2013-12-05 |
Philipp PFENNIGER |
The wire of the interdental treatment part is inserted into a shaft opening of the injection molding tool, preferably into a strip of the injecting molding tool such that said treatment part projects with a mounting section thereof into a cavity connected to the shaft opening. Preferably, a first cavity section is configured is configured on the strip, and a second cavity section is configured on a cavity body, to with the strip abuts at least during the injection molding process. After injection of plastic into the cavity, and after the at least partial curing thereof, the handle part thus formed is moved by a distance in the direction against the cavity along with the interdental treatment part, and the handle part is removed from the opened injection molding tool. |
222 |
Oral care implement with air flossing system |
US12255985 |
2008-10-22 |
US08539630B2 |
2013-09-24 |
John Gatzemeyer; Eduardo Jimenez; Steve Sorrel; Philip Durocher; Bruce Russell; Thomas Boyd |
An oral care implement with an air flossing system cleans debris from the teeth of a user. The oral care implement may include an oral care region having cleaning elements for engaging oral tissue. A body is provided for gripping the implement. An air source is disposed in the body for proving pressurized air to an air outlet. The air outlet is disposed in the oral care region for injecting the pressurized air to clean debris from the oral tissue. |
223 |
ADJUSTABLE APPLICATOR |
US13564361 |
2012-08-01 |
US20120301206A1 |
2012-11-29 |
Leo Clifford Pires; Roger Hwang; Rahul Bose |
The present invention generally is an adjustable applicator employed for application of a cosmetic or a care product such as for application of mascara, coloring strands of hair, for dental flossing or for applying pharmaceuticals or cleaning agents. The invention discloses an adjustable applicator comprising an applicator element having a bore, a filament wherein the filament is housed inside the bore of the applicator element and a clasping means wherein the applicator element angularly deforms when a force is applied on the clasping means such that the angular deformation occurs on the radial axis of the applicator element. Also disclosed is a device for packaging and dispensing a substance comprising said adjustable applicator. |
224 |
DENTAL HYGIENE DEVICE |
US13103866 |
2011-05-09 |
US20120284943A1 |
2012-11-15 |
Russell G. Kalbfeld; Leoncio Angel Gonzalez |
A dental hygiene device such as an interdental brush includes a handle, a brush head having bristles extending therefrom, and a neck portion extending between the brush head and the handle. At least some of the bristles may have a substantially triangular cross section. The neck portion defines a longitudinal axis and has a first bending stiffness when subject to loading in a first direction that is substantially perpendicular to the axis, and a second bending stiffness when subjected to loading in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the axis. The first bending stiffness is less than the second bending stiffness such that the dental hygiene device can be reoriented during use to provide a more gentle or a more robust cleaning to interdental spaces. |
225 |
Method for making interdental brush |
US12686652 |
2010-01-13 |
US08256848B2 |
2012-09-04 |
Chia-Fu Lee |
The method for making an interdental brush inserts a bristle stem into a through hole of a handle in a combining step, whereby exposing the stem to each fixing slot on the handle. Thence the stem is further punched by a punching device, allowing a correspondent formation of expanding portions. Hereby, the expanding portions have an outermost diameter larger than an opening of the through hole for the stem to be firmly lodged in the fixing slots in a fixing step. A filler for wrapping the entire handle and the stem offers a solid engagement between the expanding portions and the fixing slots, so that the stem does not depart from the handle while using. |
226 |
Brush head |
US12932533 |
2011-02-25 |
US20120219350A1 |
2012-08-30 |
Mei-Ling Pauling Han |
An interproximal squirt brush, includes a solution container having a solution chamber for containing a solution and a hollow nozzle head having an opening communicating with the solution chamber; and a brush head having an elongated retention portion replaceably coupling at the opening of the nozzle head and a brush portion extended from the retention portion, wherein a clearance is formed between the opening and the retention portion of the brush head for enabling the solution from the solution chamber being discharged to the brush portion of the brush head along the retention portion. |
227 |
Adjustable applicator |
US12975333 |
2010-12-21 |
US08251074B2 |
2012-08-28 |
Leo Clifford Pires; Roger Hwang; Rahul Bose; Abhisek Basak; Shourya Asthana; Koushik Kohli; Santosh Mohapatra |
An adjustable applicator employed for application of a cosmetic or a care product such as for application of mascara, coloring strands of hair, for dental flossing or for applying pharmaceuticals or cleaning agents is provided. In one embodiment, an adjustable applicator includes an applicator element having a bore, a filament wherein the filament is housed inside the bore of the applicator element and a clasping means wherein the applicator element angularly deforms when a force is applied on the clasping means such that the angular deformation occurs on the radial axis of the applicator element. Also disclosed is a device for packaging and dispensing a substance that includes an adjustable applicator. |
228 |
Dental care kit and promotional method thereof |
US13066983 |
2011-04-28 |
US08181786B1 |
2012-05-22 |
Abdulrahman Alas |
A dental care promotional kit includes a housing, a dental care set, and a promotion tool. The housing has a receiving cavity, a reflective windows formed on one of the front promotional panel and the rear promotional panel, and at least one promotional zone formed on the housing. The promotion tool is retrievably disposed in the receiving cavity of the housing, and comprises a promotional member and a reflective element attached on the promotional member, wherein the promotional member further has a promotional section formed thereon for allowing promotional materials to be printed on the promotional section, and is capable of being taken out from the receiving cavity, such that a user is able to freely retrieve the dental care set for performing basic dental care while being imparted with business goodwill shown on the promotion tool and the promotional zone. |
229 |
ORTHODONTIC KIT AND METHODS FOR SAME |
US13323667 |
2011-12-12 |
US20120082951A1 |
2012-04-05 |
Ryan B. SWAIN; Merrit N. Jacobs |
A method for providing orthodontic therapy. The method includes the steps of providing a kit that includes an enclosure and tools and components for providing orthodontic therapy using braces to a single patient, applying the braces to the single patient's teeth using the tools, placing the tools back into the kit, storing the kit, and reusing the kit at all of the single patient's subsequent visits during the term of the orthodontic therapy. |
230 |
Flossibility |
US12875904 |
2010-09-03 |
US20120054973A1 |
2012-03-08 |
Rebecca Mostatab |
A gum cleaning tool for cleaning and massaging a gum of a user may include a handle portion for the user to hold the gum cleaning tool, and a cleaning portion to cooperate with the handle portion to clean and massage the gum of the user. The cleaning portion may include a radial bristle. The cleaning portion may be curved, and the cleaning portion may be is concavely curved. The handle portion may define a plane and the concavely curved cleaning portion is formed within the plane, and the cleaning portion may be flexible. The cleaning portion may be formed from rubber, and the cleaning portion may be formed from flexible plastic. |
231 |
NON-PRESSURIZED SYSTEM FORE CREATING LIQUID DROPLETS IN A DENTAL CLEANING APPLIANCE |
US13139625 |
2009-12-04 |
US20110244418A1 |
2011-10-06 |
Dainia Edwards; Tyler G. Kloster; Wolter F. Benning |
The appliance (10, FIG. 1) includes a body portion (27) and a nozzle portion (30) through which a spray of liquid droplets exits from a distal end thereof for cleaning of dental regions. The nozzle includes an orifice (36) at a proximal end thereof adjacent the body portion, as well as a pump (38) for moving liquid into an area of the nozzle just forward of the orifice. A mechanical system (12, 13, 14) is provided for moving a plunger or piston element (16) first away from the orifice under tension, such as a compression spring (24), and then controllably releasing the plunger or piston toward the orifice, the plunger/piston moving with sufficient force that atmospheric air which has been drawn into the appliance between the plunger or piston is forced through the orifice at a sufficiently high rate of speed to produce a spray of fluid droplets for dental cleaning when the moving air comes into contact with the liquid in the nozzle. |
232 |
Retractable interproximal brush |
US11881642 |
2007-07-26 |
US08011057B2 |
2011-09-06 |
Richard Nejat |
There are provided a device and a method for cleaning teeth. The device comprises a brush, a shaft connected to the brush, a neck surrounding the shaft along a substantial portion of the length of the shaft, and a controller coupled to the shaft at the end of the shaft opposite the brush, the controller being mounted at the base of the neck so as to be movable between a first position that extends the brush away from the neck, and a second position that retracts the brush towards the neck. The method comprises inserting, between adjacent teeth, a device having a brush, a controller and a handle, the controller for effecting movement of the brush in a direction generally perpendicular to the handle, and keeping the handle generally stationary while moving the controller up and down to move the brush along front-to-back and back-to-front paths between the adjacent teeth. Moving the controller may occur via pressure from a user's finger, or via force from a motor in the device. In some cases, the method includes vibrating the brush while it is moved along the front-to-back and back-to-front paths between the adjacent teeth. |
233 |
Oral care gaming system with electronic game |
US11728259 |
2007-03-23 |
US07976388B2 |
2011-07-12 |
Sung K. Park; Douglas C. Dayton |
An oral care gaming system and methods are provided for promoting and rewarding proper oral care techniques and behaviors and for controlling an electronic and/or video game. The system and methods enable a user to play an electronic and/or video game while performing certain oral care activities. The efficacy of a user's oral care techniques enables the user to improve their game play and to achieve the goals of the game. The system includes an oral care tool configured as a game enabler/controller and a base unit configured as an electronic gaming apparatus. Using the oral care tool, a user performs oral care and interacts with an electronic and/or video game the base unit implements and runs. The base unit includes a video display that displays video outputs of an electronic and/or video game. The oral care tool is actuated to enable an electronic and/or video game, and includes sensors for detecting characteristics of a user's oral care techniques and behaviors that serve as inputs to an electronic and/or video game. |
234 |
Device for Infiltration of Approximal Enamel Lesions of Teeth |
US12808539 |
2008-10-23 |
US20100297575A1 |
2010-11-25 |
Steffen Effenberger; Hendrik Meyer-Lückel; Sebastian Paris; Susanne Effenberger |
The device for infiltration of approximal tooth surfaces, with a flexible planar element and with a holder into which the planar element is clamped, is characterized in that the planar element is a liquid-impermeable plastic film which has a surface area for taking up a liquid to be used for treatment, and in that the holder is a bow-shaped element with a web and two lateral arms which extend from the latter and are arranged in an arc-shape or U-shape, to which the plastic film is connected in a liquid-impermeable manner. |
235 |
TOOTH CLEANING DEVICE |
US12734189 |
2008-10-23 |
US20100229887A1 |
2010-09-16 |
Philipp Pfenniger |
The wire of the interdental treatment part is inserted into a shaft opening of the injection molding tool, preferably into a strip of the injecting molding tool such that said treatment part projects with a mounting section thereof into a cavity connected to the shaft opening. Preferably, a first cavity section is configured is configured on the strip, and a second cavity section is configured on a cavity body, to with the strip abuts at least during the injection molding process. After injection of plastic into the cavity, and after the at least partial curing thereof, the handle part thus formed is moved by a distance in the direction against the cavity along with the interdental treatment part, and the handle part is removed from the opened injection molding tool. |
236 |
Continuous feed inter-dental brush assembly and device |
US12148819 |
2008-04-23 |
US07793379B2 |
2010-09-14 |
Roger E. Weiss |
An inter-dental brush device has a handle with a cartridge removably housed therein. The cartridge has a plurality of chambers each appointed for housing at least one replaceable inter-dental brush. The cartridge is appointed to be rotated to align and select one of the chambers for feed out of the selected inter-dental brush. A base portion is removably attached to the handle, which includes rotation engagement means adapted to interact with the cartridge for rotational engagement, alignment and selection of the chamber and visa vie the inter-dental brush housed therein. An oral portion is removably attached to the other end of the handle, and includes an aperture for feeding out the selected inter-dental brush. A delivery means in association with the handle and the oral portion is provided and is adapted to feed out the selected inter-dental brush. Used, worn out brush is removed or cut off by an optional slidable cutter provided on the brush device. |
237 |
AIR INJECTION TYPE PORTABLE DENTAL FLOSSES |
US12681619 |
2008-10-09 |
US20100223742A1 |
2010-09-09 |
So Dae Kang |
An air injection portable inter-dental toothbrush can be devised consisting of: driving section (10), including air injection pan (14), filter (15) for removing foreign aerial substance from outside, pan motor (16) for bringing in air and supplying it to air injection pan (14), battery (18) as a power for driving the pan and a battery still attached bedding (19); cleaning section (20), including cleansing fluid inlets and hose (24) which is composed of a container (21) for keeping cleansing fluid, where the cleansing fluid container (21) is connected to the hose while the other end of the latter being attached to the center of the gravity so that the fluid inlets and hose can infuse cleansing fluid no matter how the container's position changes, a valve (26) which can control cleansing fluid flow, a stopper (28) by which cleansing fluid being refilled or replaced; injecting section (30), including injecting nozzle 1 (31) where air brought in by driving section (10) and cleansing fluid supplied by cleaning section (20) blending and being injected; next to which inter-dental toothbrush section (40), including an outlet (43) for discharging air and cleansing fluid, holes (44) in plural numbers for injecting air and cleansing fluid perpendicularly and aslant, injection nozzle 2 (46a, 46b) with toothbrush bristle stuck for injecting. |
238 |
Interdental space cleaner |
US11810128 |
2007-06-05 |
US07669607B2 |
2010-03-02 |
Alma Torres; Carlos Juan Rivera |
An interdental cleaning device that is easy to handle, especially for kids and handicapped people, including a frame supporting four zones for removing food and plaque between the teeth. Each zone having a particular thickness combined with cleaning substance and cleaning surface for a thorough teeth cleaning. |
239 |
Retractable interproximal brush |
US11881642 |
2007-07-26 |
US20090029323A1 |
2009-01-29 |
Richard Nejat |
There are provided a device and a method for cleaning teeth. The device comprises a brush, a shaft connected to the brush, a neck surrounding the shaft along a substantial portion of the length of the shaft, and a controller coupled to the shaft at the end of the shaft opposite the brush, the controller being mounted at the base of the neck so as to be movable between a first position that extends the brush away from the neck, and a second position that retracts the brush towards the neck. The method comprises inserting, between adjacent teeth, a device having a brush, a controller and a handle, the controller for effecting movement of the brush in a direction generally perpendicular to the handle, and keeping the handle generally stationary while moving the controller up and down to move the brush along front-to-back and back-to-front paths between the adjacent teeth. Moving the controller may occur via pressure from a user's finger, or via force from a motor in the device. In some cases, the method includes vibrating the brush while it is moved along the front-to-back and back-to-front paths between the adjacent teeth. |
240 |
Dental Brush |
US11912871 |
2006-05-25 |
US20080301893A1 |
2008-12-11 |
Craig M. Erskine-Smith |
A dental brush (1) includes a handle (2) and an elongate brush stem (5) extending outwardly from the handle (2). The dental brush (1) includes a plurality of bristles (8) spaced apart along the stem (5) wherein the bristles (8) extend outwardly from the stem (5) and are inclined toward the handle (2) at an angle of 10 to 80 degrees relative to the longitudinal axis of the stem (5). A method of providing the dental brush (1) is also provided. The method includes the steps of providing a manually claspable handle (2), mounting an elongate brush stem (5) to the handle (2) such that the stem (5) extends outwardly from the handle (2), disposing a plurality of bristles (8) along the stem (5) such that the bristles (8) extend outwardly from the stem (5) and are inclined toward said handle (2) at an angle of 10 to 80 degrees relative to the longitudinal axis of the stem (5). |