Tongue scraper with suction
AssigneeDale Medical Products, Inc.
InventorsMelissa SCHULTZ, Ronald D. RUSSO
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AssigneeDale Medical Products, Inc.
InventorsMelissa SCHULTZ, Ronald D. RUSSO
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A manually operated tongue scraper with suction application assist is disclosed. The scraper is especially useful in medical applications where patients have accumulated thick viscous tongue secretions and biofilm due to dry mouth and oxygen therapy. The scraper has a tubular body with a distal end and a proximal end and a flow path suction channel transversing between the distal and proximal ends of the tubular body. The distal end having a scraper head portion with a scraping edge element and the head including a suction lumen accessing said flow path suction channel. The flow path suction channel removing accumulated tongue secretions and biofilm from the scraper head portion when suction is applied to the proximal end of the scraper.
A tongue scraper with suction application assist for removing manually scraped biofilm comprising;
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