Water flosser
OwnerJeffrey M. Garrigues, Jon Trembathinventors
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Abstract
A water flosser having a processor controlled self-supporting coil driving a pump piston such that the flow rate, pressure, output wave form, pulse frequency, pulse duration and/or kinetic energy per pulse of the oral irrigator may be controlled by a user. A user's control input may be transmitted to the processor via a hydraulically transmitted signal from the water flosser handle or from a signal transmitted from a mobile device or by an audible command received by an audio input in communication with the processor or from manual inputs on the water flosser housing. Flow may be independently controlled at the handle.
Claims20
A water flosser comprising:
- a main housing including a base;
- a linear motor secured to the base and having a self-supporting coil, the self-supporting coil having a plurality of adjacent loops of an insulated wire capable of carrying current, and the plurality of adjacent loops having a first loop fused to a second loop;
- a pump housing located in the main housing and operably connected to the linear motor;
- a reservoir configured to operably connect to the main housing at a location distal to the base;
- a handle having a nozzle;
- and
- tubing operably connecting the handle to the main housing.
The water flosser of claim, 1 wherein an amount of current applied to the self-supporting coil creates a fluid pressure at a nozzle orifice and the fluid pressure has a generally linear relationship to the amount of current applied to the self-supporting coil.
A water flosser comprising:
- a main housing including a base;
- a linear motor secured to the base and having a self-supporting coil, the self-supporting coil having a first and second loop of an insulated wire capable of carrying a current, the linear motor operable to generate a force having a generally linear relationship with the current applied to the insulated wire;
- a pump housing located in the main housing and operably connected to the linear motor;
- a reservoir configured to operably connect to the main housing at a location distal to the base;
- a handle having a nozzle;
- and
- tubing operably connecting the handle to the main housing.
A water flosser comprising:
- a main housing including a base;
- a linear motor secured to the base and having a self-supporting coil, the self-supporting coil having a first and second loop of an insulated wire capable of carrying current, the first and second loops being in a fixed spatial relationship, the self-supporting coil maintaining the fixed spatial relationship of the first and second loop without external support;
- a pump housing located in the main housing and operably connected to the linear motor;
- a reservoir configured to operably connect to the main housing at a location distal to the base;
- a handle having a nozzle;
- and
- tubing operably connecting the handle to the main housing.
A water flosser comprising:
- a main housing including a base;
- a linear motor secured to the base and having a self-supporting coil, the self-supporting coil having a first and second loop of an insulated wire capable of carrying a current, the insulated wire being adjacent a plurality of magnets, the insulated wire also being adjacent a rail;
- a pump housing located in the main housing and operably connected to the linear motor;
- a reservoir configured to operably connect to the main housing at a location distal to the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.