Apparatus for dental irrigation

An apparatus for dental irrigation designed to project fluid directly onto surfaces of, and interproximal spaces between, a user's teeth and gum-line, the apparatus comprising:

• a rotating inlet joint comprising:
• an inlet channel configured to receive the fluid,
• a first substantially perpendicular junction comprising:
• a first portion connecting to the inlet channel substantially perpendicularly towards a second portion, and
• the second portion configured to channel the received fluid into first and second substantially opposed directions:
• the first direction towards a first approximately U-shaped manifold via a first inlet portion of the first approximately U-shaped manifold, and
• the second direction towards a second approximately U-shaped manifold via a second inlet portion of the second approximately U-shaped manifold,
• wherein the rotating inlet joint is configured to rotate about an axis of rotation to enable the inlet channel to turn without blocking a flow of the fluid from the inlet channel to the first approximately U-shaped manifold and the second approximately U-shaped manifold, and
• wherein the rotating inlet joint is configured to enable the flow of the fluid into the first approximately U-shaped manifold and the second approximately U-shaped manifold from the inlet channel at any angle of rotation about the axis of rotation;
• the first approximately U-shaped manifold comprising:
• the first inlet portion at approximately a base of the first approximately U-shaped manifold, the first inlet portion comprising a second substantially perpendicular junction at the base of the first approximately U-shaped manifold, the second substantially perpendicular junction being:
• formed by a hollow interior portion of the first approximately U-shaped manifold, and
• configured to:
• receive the first direction fluid flow from the second portion of the first substantially perpendicular junction, and
• direct said fluid flow in substantially opposing directions within the base portion of the first approximately U-shaped manifold,
• a first plurality of outlet holes located on a first interior face of the first approximately U-shaped manifold, and
• a second plurality of outlet holes located on a second interior face of the first approximately U-shaped manifold;
• and
• the second approximately U-shaped manifold comprising:
• the second inlet portion at approximately a base of the second approximately U-shaped manifold, the second inlet portion comprising a third substantially perpendicular junction at the base of the second approximately U-shaped manifold, the third substantially perpendicular junction being:
• formed by a hollow interior portion of the second approximately U-shaped manifold, and
• configured to:
• receive the second direction fluid flow from the second portion of first substantially perpendicular junction, and
• direct said fluid flow in substantially opposing directions at the base portion of the second approximately U-shaped manifold,
• a third plurality of outlet holes located on a first interior face of the second approximately U-shaped manifold, and
• a fourth plurality of outlet holes located on a second interior face of the second approximately U-shaped manifold.

An apparatus for dental irrigation designed to project fluid directly onto surfaces of, and interproximal spaces between, a user's teeth and gum-line, the apparatus comprising:

• a first manifold segment comprising:
• a first arm having a first plurality of outlet holes, the first plurality of outlet holes providing an opening into a hollow interior of the first arm,
• a second arm having a second plurality of outlet holes, the second plurality of outlet holes providing an opening into a hollow interior of the second arm, and
• a first base portion comprising at least one first inlet,
• wherein a hollow interior of the first base portion forms a first substantially perpendicular junction, the first substantially perpendicular junction being configured to receive the fluid from the at least one first inlet and channel the fluid, within the first base portion of the first manifold segment, in opposing directions,
• wherein a first direction of the opposing directions of fluid flow provided by the first substantially perpendicular junction leads to the hollow interior of the first arm and a second direction of the opposing directions of fluid flow provided by the first substantially perpendicular junction leads to the hollow interior of the second arm,
• a second manifold segment comprising:
• a third arm having a third plurality of outlet holes, the third plurality of outlet holes providing an opening into a hollow interior of the third arm,
• a fourth arm having a fourth plurality of outlet holes, the fourth plurality of outlet holes providing an opening into a hollow interior of the fourth arm, and a second base portion comprising at least one second inlet,
• wherein a hollow interior of the second base portion forms a second substantially perpendicular junction, the second substantially perpendicular junction being configured to receive the fluid from the at least one second inlet and channel the fluid, within the second base portion of the second manifold segment, in opposing directions,
• wherein a first direction of the opposing directions of fluid flow provided by the first substantially perpendicular junction leads to the hollow interior of the third arm and a second direction of the opposing directions of fluid flow provided by the second substantially perpendicular junction leads to the hollow interior of the fourth arm;
• and
• a rotating inlet segment comprising an inlet channel to receive the fluid and channel the fluid in a first direction, into the first manifold segment through a first inlet and into the second manifold segment through a second inlet;
• wherein the rotating inlet segment, the first manifold segment, and the second manifold segment are positioned so as to approximately:
• align with an approximately central vertical axis of symmetry, and
• reflect about an approximately central horizontal axis of symmetry, such that the first manifold segment and the second manifold segment are positioned at opposite sides of the rotating inlet segment and are oriented in opposite directions, and
• wherein the rotating inlet segment is configured to rotate about the vertical axis of symmetry to enable the inlet channel to turn about the vertical axis of symmetry without blocking the fluid flow from the inlet channel to the first manifold segment and the second manifold segment, and
• wherein the rotating inlet segment is configured to enable the fluid flow into the first manifold segment and the second manifold segment from the inlet channel at any angle of rotation about the vertical axis symmetry.