Oral care device
AssigneeMcNeil-PPC, Inc.
InventorsRichard J. Fougere, Robert W. Fusi, II, Justin McDonough, Harold D. Ochs
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Abstract
An oral care device suitable for use in providing a beneficial effect to an oral cavity of a mammal, which device includes means for providing reciprocation of a liquid effective for providing the beneficial effect of the oral cavity when the liquid is contacted with a plurality of surfaces thereof under conditions effective to provide the beneficial effect.
Claims15
An oral care device suitable for use in providing a beneficial effect to an oral cavity of a mammal, said device comprising;
- means for providing reciprocation of a liquid effective for providing said beneficial effect of said oral cavity when said liquid is contacted with a plurality of surfaces thereof under conditions effective to provide said beneficial effect, said means for providing reciprocation providing simultaneous dispensing of said liquid to and drawing of said liquid from means for directing said liquid onto said plurality of surfaces, and said means for providing reciprocation comprising (a) a means for controlling said reciprocation of said liquid, said means for controlling said reciprocation comprising a means for conveying said liquid to and from said means for directing said liquid onto said plurality of surfaces and a reciprocating flow controller;
- (b) a collection device comprising a first pump for providing vacuum for drawing said liquid from said means for directing said liquid, (c) a delivery device comprising a second pump for dispensing said liquid to said means for directing said liquid.
An oral care device suitable for use in providing a beneficial effect to an oral cavity of a mammal, said device comprising;
- means for providing reciprocation of a liquid effective for providing said beneficial effect of said oral cavity when said liquid is contacted with a plurality of surfaces thereof under conditions effective to provide said beneficial effect, said means for providing reciprocation providing simultaneous dispensing of said liquid to and drawing of said liquid from means for directing said liquid onto said plurality of surfaces, and wherein said means for providing reciprocation comprises a collection device, a delivery device, and means for conveying said liquid from said collection device to said delivery device wherein said collection device and said delivery device are housed together as a delivery/collection device.
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