Patent · US Expired

Dental cleansing implement

US5927300A · kind A · utility

34Cited by

19References

30Claims

0Family size

Assignee

The Braun Corporation · DE

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 13, 1998
Grant date	Jul 27, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 13, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61C15/047
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention is directed to a dental cleansing implement (101) having a thin, elongate shaft (102) comprising a free end portion (105) suitable in particular for insertion in the interproximal spaces and connected with a mounting portion (6) or the like. The mounting portion (6) 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 (135). The free end portion (105) of the shaft (102) is made of a flexible material bent in the shape of a crescent (130), approximately.

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