Dental cleansing device and interdental floss for such a device
US5094256A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 19, 1989 |
| Grant date | Mar 10, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 19, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61C17/0202
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Dental cleansing device including a fork-shaped instrument with two arms capable of being connected to a pressurized fluid supply device. Each of the two arms (2,3) of the instrument (1) has, on its internal face, an orifice (15,16) for ejecting a water jet (17,18), the two orifices being directed so as to enable the ejection of non-aligned water jets in opposite directions. Each arm (2,3) may, in addition, have a needle eye (4,5) for the passage of a piece of interdental floss (6).
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