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US 2005/0032022 A1Published application
All-in-one prophy angle
OwnerCarlos Jaffeinventor
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Abstract
The all-in-one prophy angle for cleaning teeth contains a self dispensing solid core prophy paste which allows the operator to perform an entire prophylaxis of the teeth with the efficiency of not having to remove the handpiece from the mouth, further, cross contamination from splatter is minimal to none. The prophy cup and solid core paste are in a changeable cartridge form allowing the prophy handpiece to be reusable. The cartridge in another preferred embodiment is integral with a disposable prophy angle.
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An all-in-one prophy angle comprising:
- an angled prophy handpiece with a driveshaft with first and second ends, the first driveshaft end is mounted to an electrical or air driven dental handpiece;
- an elastomeric dental prophy cup with a longitudinal axial direction, a rear end and a front end, an inside and an outside wherein the rear end of the prophy cup is attached to the second driveshaft end of the angled prophy handpiece;
- a solid core prophy paste with a longitudinal axial direction, a front end and a rear end wherein the solid core prophy paste is contained longitudinally within the inside of the prophy cup;
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- a force means for extruding the solid core prophy paste towards the front end of the elastomeric prophy cup.
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An all-in-one prophy angle cup comprising:
- a prophy angle with containing a driveshaft with first and second ends, the first driveshaft end is attached to a power source;
- a hollow 2-6 mm diameter second driveshaft end;
- an elastomeric dental prophy cup with a longitudinal axial direction, a rear end and a front end, an inside and an outside wherein the rear end of the prophy cup is attached to the second driveshaft end of the angled prophy handpiece;
- a solid core prophy paste with a longitudinal axial direction, a front end and a rear end wherein the solid core prophy paste is contained longitudinally within the inside of the prophy cup the paste extends from the front of the prophy cup into the hollow interior of the prophy drive shaft;
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- a force means which applies pressure to the rear end of the solid core prophy paste.
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An all-in-one prophy angle comprising:
- a prophy angle with an internal containing a driveshaft with first and second ends, the first driveshaft end is attached to power source;
- a hollow 2-6 mm diameter second driveshaft end;
- an elastomeric dental prophy cup with a longitudinal axial direction, a rear end and a front end, an inside and an outside wherein the rear end of the prophy cup extends and is contained within the second end driveshaft hollow interior
- a solid core prophy paste with a longitudinal axial direction, a front end and a rear end wherein the solid core prophy paste is contained longitudinally within the inside of the prophy cup the paste extends from the front of the prophy cup into the hollow interior of the prophy drive shaft;
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- a force means which applies pressure to the rear end of the solid core prophy paste.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.