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US 4,880,382 AGranted
Integrated oral hygiene system
AssigneeLes Produits Associes LPA SA
InventorsMichel A. Moret, Pierre J. Jousson
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Abstract
An integral oral hygiene system which includes an electric toothbrush wherein the brush can be replaced by an interproximal gum stimulator, an interproximal brush or a floss holder, all of which are driven by the toothbrush motor.
Claims3
An integrated oral hygiene system for facilitating a complete oral hygiene program comprising in combination:
- a handle having a top end and a bottom end, a motor housed in said handle, and having a shaft having a longitudinal axis protruding therefrom, said shaft having a longitudinal axis and being rotationally oscillated about said longitudinal axis responsive to said motor;
- a plurality of accessories interchangeably mountable on said shaft and adapted to be used interchangeably and frequently;
- said accessories comprising:
- a toothbrush having bristles and a holder adapted to fit on the shaft;
- a dental floss holder having one end adapted to fit on said shaft and another end divided into a pair of forks;
- said forks having extremities bent along different axes having floss stretched therebetween;
- an interproximal brush, rotationally symmetric about said longitudinal axis, having a holder removably mounted on said shaft;
- and
- a gum stimulator, rotationally symmetric about said longitudinal axis, mountable upon said shaft.
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A method of obtaining oral hygiene comprising the steps of:
- utilizing an integrated oral hygiene system comprising:
- a handle having a top end and a bottom end, a motor housed in said handle, and having a shaft having a longitudinal axis protruding therefrom, said shaft having a longitudinal axis and being rotationally oscillated about said longitudinal axis responsive to said motor;
- a plurality of accessories interchangeably mountable on said shaft;
- said accessories comprising:
- a toothbrush having bristles and a holder adapted to fit on the shaft;
- a dental floss holder having one end adapted to fit on said shaft and another end divided into a pair of forks;
- said forks having extremities bent along different axes having floss stretched therebetween;
- an interproximal brush, rotationally symmetric about said longitudinal axis, having a holder removably mounted on said shaft;
- and
- a gum stimulator, rotationally symmetric about said longitudinal axis, mountable upon said shaft, and
- using said accessories interchangeably, frequently and in any sequence.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.