Device for combined therapeutic and stimulative treatment of the gums
US4617918A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 3, 1984 |
| Grant date | Oct 21, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 3, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61C19/06
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A device for delivering an irrigant and/or a medicament fluid to the gingival sulcus comprises an elongated handle member terminating in a flexible tip portion provided with aperture(s), the tip being connected to a fluid reservoir via a conduit and operable to discharge the fluid through the apertures only on the application of pressure to the reservoir and/or opening of a normally closed valve or apertures in the tip by flexing the tip, e.g., by pressing same against a tooth. In preferred embodiments, the handle is tubular, the distal end portion thereof comprising the fluid reservoir.
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