Portable vacuum-powered tongue cleaning device
AssigneeBio-Life Innovations, LLC
InventorsRobert J. Ripich, David J. Boord
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Abstract
A portable, self-contained vacuum tongue cleaning device uses a removable cleaning head so that different heads can be used with different users. The device includes a debris and saliva separator that removes the debris and saliva from the vacuum flow. This separator is carried by the cleaning head in order to minimize required cleaning of the base of the device. The base carries a vacuum pump, a power supply, a switch, and an inlet that allows the power supply to be recharged. The device is configured for emergency use in an oral surgeon's office wherein vacuum flow is required during surgeries.
Claims20
A portable, self-contained tongue cleaning device with a powered vacuum debris removal capability;
- the device comprising:
- a hand-held base that carries a power supply and a vacuum pump;
- the vacuum pump having an inlet;
- a working head having a working edge adapted to engage the tongue and remove debris from the tongue when the working edge is dragged across a portion of the tongue;
- the working head being removably and replaceably connected to the hand-held base;
- a portion of the working head covering the inlet of the vacuum pump when the working head is connected to the hand-held base;
- the working head defining a vacuum passage configured to direct a vacuum flow to the working edge and being adapted to remove debris from the working edge after the working edge has removed debris from the tongue;
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- the vacuum passage being in fluid communication with the inlet of the vacuum pump when the working head is connected to the hand-held base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.