Unit dose oral cleaning device and product dispensing system
AssigneeSage Products, LLC
InventorsDavid P. Beck, Jason M. Bobay, Ronald C. Cagle, Kristin Marie Sexton
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Abstract
An oral care product dispensing system includes a container and a plurality of individually packaged items arranged in an organized fashion according to a predetermined treatment plan. At least one of the individually packaged items, or the packages in which it is contained, may be identified with a predetermined time for use. The plurality of individually packaged items may be arranged sequentially according to the predetermined time for use, such as meals, times of day, days, or intervals.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
An oral care system, comprising:
- at least four packages, each package containing at least one oral care item;
- wherein the at least one oral care item comprises:
- an elongated, hollow body having a bottom end and a cleaning end;
- a cleaning head positioned at the cleaning end;
- a vacuum port located at a bottom end of the hollow body and a suction channel formed in the hollow body;
- wherein the cleaning head includes at least one opening in fluid communication with the suction channel;
- and
- wherein each of the at least four packages includes an identifier associated with a particular time of day for use of the respective package.
A method of using an oral care system for oral care, comprising:
- obtaining an oral care system, the oral care system comprising:
- at least four packages, each package containing at least one oral care item;
- wherein the at least one oral care item comprises:
- an elongated, hollow body having a bottom end and a cleaning end;
- a cleaning head positioned at the cleaning end;
- a vacuum port located at a bottom end of the hollow body and a suction channel formed in the hollow body;
- wherein the cleaning head includes at least one opening in fluid communication with the suction channel;
- and
- wherein each of the at least four packages includes an identifier associated with a particular time of day for use of the respective package;
- selecting a first package from the at least four packages based on a current time of day and the identifier on the first package;
- and
- removing a first oral care item from the first package.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.