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US 2025/0064566 A1Published application
Magnetic floss
OwnerLeisha Armijo Martininventor
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Abstract
An apparatus and methods or delivering and controlling magnetic abrasive particles to clean between teeth and at and just below the gum line by removing debris. The apparatus can include a horseshoe-shaped optically clear mouth tray (for upper and lower teeth) appropriately sized to fit the teeth (ridge) and over the gum line of a patient. Magnetic nano or microparticles can be manipulated within a ferrofluid mixture by a magnetic field. The ferrofluid, teeth and gumline can be illuminated by a light source from or through the mouth tray.
Claims18
A stringless oral debris removal system, comprising:
- a U-shaped mouth tray appropriately fitted to a dental ridge and teeth of a patient and having a trough defined by walls corresponding roughly to the height of the teeth and extending 1 mm to 2 inches above or below an upper or lower gum line of the patient, wherein the mouth tray is optically clear thereby enabling penetration of visible, ultraviolet and infrared light, and wherein the trough is adapted to contain a ferrofluid comprising nanoscale or microscale magnetic particles applied to the teeth and gums of the patient;
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- a magnet configured to emit a magnetic field to manipulate the ferrofluid mixture within the trough and around the teeth and gumline.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.