Dental cleansing implement

US5709233A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Braun Corporation · DE

Inventors

• Bernhard Boland · Frankfurt, DE
• Werner Haczek · Idstein, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 13, 1994
• Grant date: Jan 20, 1998
• Expiry date: Dec 13, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61C15/047
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A dental cleansing implement having a thin, elongate shaft. The shaft includes a free end portion suitable in particular for insertion in the interproximal spaces and connected with a mounting portion or the like. The mounting portion is adapted to be coupled to an electric motor drive means of a handle member, and the cleansing implement is adapted to be rotated or oscillated about a shaft longitudinal center line. The free end portion of the shaft is made of a flexible material bent in the shape of a crescent, approximately.