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Dental cleaning device with a grip member

US5697784A · kind A · utility

148Cited by
3References
14Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 20, 1995
Grant dateDec 16, 1997
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Expiry dateJun 20, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61C17/02
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A dental cleaning device (1) is provided with a mouthpiece (6) and with a grip member (4) having a fluid channel (83, 76, 75, 67, 69, 70, 71, 93, 94) and having a fluid-flow control device (61) which is adjustable an actuating member (8), which is movable between different actuating positions to change the amount of fluid supplied to the mouthpiece (6) through the fluid channel (83, 76, 75, 67, 69, 70, 71, 93, 94), the grip member (4) is provided with activatable parts (83, 76, 75, 67, 72, 73, 74, 32, 94) for temporarily increasing the amount of fluid supplied to the mouthpiece (6) while the instantaneous actuating position of the actuating member (8) for the fluid-flow control device (61) is maintained.

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