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US 11,357,607 B2Granted
Dental irrigation device
OwnerMark E. Goodsoninventor
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Abstract
A dental irrigation device for heating a solution and mixing solutes within the solution. The present invention utilizes an oscillator and inductive coil to heat and/or mix the solution. A pump then delivers the heated and mixed pressurized solution from a basin ultimately into a dispenser.
Claims22
A dental irrigation device comprising
- a basin having a bottom wall and an outlet;
- an oscillator in electrical communication with an inductor coil;
- a ferrous slug having a conical portion;
- a dispenser;
- and
- a pump in fluid communication with the outlet and the dispenser.
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A method of mixing and heating a solute in a solvent for cleaning the oral cavity comprising the steps of:
- placing a solvent in the basin of a dental irrigation device wherein the dental irrigation device further comprises:
- an oscillator in electrical communication with an inductor coil;
- a housing having an open top end and a sidewall comprising an inner sidewall and outer sidewall wherein at least a portion of the inductor coil is positioned within the sidewall and wherein the sidewall extends from a bottom wall of the basin;
- a ferrous slug positioned within the housing between the inner sidewall;
- and
- a pump in fluid communication with a dispenser;
- adding a solute to the solvent;
- generating an electromagnetic field within the housing through delivering a 40 to 60 kHz signal from the oscillator to the inductor coil;
- and
- delivering the solvent through the dispenser via the pump.
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A dental irrigation device comprising
- a basin having a bottom wall with a top surface and a bottom surface and an outlet;
- a cage having openings attached to the top surface of the bottom wall;
- a ferrous slug positioned within the cage;
- a chamber having a ferrous sidewall defining an inner cavity, an entry port, and an exit port;
- an inductor coil wrapped around the exterior of the sidewall of the chamber;
- an oscillator in electrical communication with the inductor coil;
- a dispenser;
- a motor in rotational mechanical communication with a rod magnet wherein the rod magnet is positioned near the bottom surface of the bottom wall and the cage;
- a pump in fluid communication with the outlet, the chamber, and the dispenser;
- and
- a controller in electrical communication with the oscillator, motor, and pump.
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A method of mixing and heating a solute in a solvent for cleaning the oral cavity comprising the steps of:
- placing a solvent in the basin of a dental irrigation device wherein the dental irrigation device further comprises:
- a basin having a bottom wall with a top surface and a bottom surface and an outlet;
- a cage having openings attached to the top surface of the bottom wall;
- a ferrous slug positioned within the cage;
- a chamber having a ferrous sidewall defining an inner cavity, an entry port, and an exit port;
- an inductor coil wrapped around the exterior of the sidewall of the chamber;
- an oscillator in electrical communication with the inductor coil;
- a dispenser;
- a motor in rotational mechanical communication with a rod magnet wherein the rod magnet is positioned near the bottom surface of the bottom wall, the cage, and the ferrous slug;
- a pump in fluid communication with the outlet, the chamber, and the dispenser;
- and
- a controller in electrical communication with the oscillator, motor, and pump;
- adding a solute to the solvent;
- mixing the solute in the solvent by activation of the motor;
- heating the solvent in the chamber by generating an electromagnetic field within the chamber through delivering a 40 to 60 kHz signal from the oscillator to the inductor coil;
- and
- delivering the solvent through the dispenser via the pump.
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A dental irrigation device comprising
- a basin having an outlet;
- a means for vibrating the basin;
- a chamber having a ferrous sidewall defining an inner cavity, an entry port, and an exit port;
- an inductor coil wrapped around the exterior of the sidewall of the chamber;
- an oscillator in electrical communication with the inductor coil;
- a dispenser;
- a pump in fluid communication with the outlet, the chamber, and the dispenser;
- and
- a controller in electrical communication with the oscillator pump, and the means for vibrating the basin.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.