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US 12,064,067 B2Granted
Hand cleaning device
OwnerJonathan Reed Kalishinventor
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Abstract
A device for reducing a level of infectious agents present on one or more hands of a user. This device may reduce the level of infectious agents present on one or more fingers and/or thumbs of a user, specifically reducing a level of infectious agents present on the distal aspect of the digit; including, but not limited to an underside of a nail plate, and an area of hyponychium skin between a free margin of the nail plate and an onychodermal band of a digit, such as for example, a finger, thumb, or toe.
Claims20
A hand-held device comprising:
- a unitary body formed of a degradable, compressible material, the unitary body comprising:
- a first hand-placement area comprising an outer surface configured to confront a first portion of a first hand of a user;
- a second hand-placement area that, with respect to a first horizontal axis, opposes the first hand placement area, and comprises an outer surface configured to confront a second portion of a second hand of the user while the first hand is received by the first hand placement area such that, during usage of the device, a first palm and a second palm of the user face each other with respect to the first horizontal axis;
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- a digit cleaning region positioned between the outer surface of the first hand-placement area and the outer surface of the second hand-placement area, configured to engage at least a distal aspect of a plurality of digits of each of the first hand and the second hand of the user during use of the device;
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- a cleaning agent disposed on or within the unitary body,
- wherein the device is configured such that during use, the unitary body degrades over time, and the cleaning agent is delivered onto the digits to result in atraumatic cleaning of at least the distal aspects of the plurality of digits.
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A hand-held device comprising:
- a unitary body formed of a degradable, compressible material, the unitary body comprising:
- a first hand-placement area comprising an outer surface configured to confront a first portion of a first hand of a user;
- a second hand-placement area that, with respect to a first horizontal axis, opposes the first hand placement area, and comprises an outer surface configured to confront a second portion of a second hand of the user while the first hand is received by the first hand placement area such that, during usage of the device, a first palm and a second palm of the user face each other with respect to the first horizontal axis;
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- a digit cleaning region positioned between the outer surface of the first hand-placement area and the outer surface of the second hand-placement area, configured to engage at least a distal aspect of a plurality of digits of each of the first hand and the second hand of the user during use of the device;
- wherein the device is configured such that during use, the unitary body degrades over time, and a majority of a total depth of at least one cavity in the unitary body is formed, in use, by a force of at least one of the user's digits acting upon the unitary body.
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A hand-held device comprising:
- a unitary body formed of a degradable, compressible material, the unitary body comprising:
- a first hand-placement area comprising an outer surface configured to confront a first portion of a first hand of a user;
- a second hand-placement area that, with respect to a first horizontal axis, opposes the first hand placement area, and comprises an outer surface configured to confront a second portion of a second hand of the user while the first hand is received by the first hand placement area such that, during usage of the device, a first palm and a second palm of the user face each other with respect to the first horizontal axis;
- a digit cleaning region positioned between the outer surface of the first hand-placement area and the outer surface of the second hand-placement area, comprising a plurality of recesses configured to engage at least a distal aspect of a plurality of digits of each of the first hand and the second hand of the user during use of the device;
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- wherein the device is configured such that during use, the unitary body degrades over time, and a plurality of cavities are formed in use, by a force of the user's digits acting upon the recesses, such that a majority of a total depth of a first cavity of the plurality of cavities is formed by the force of the respective digit acting upon the recess associated with the first cavity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.