EP 1096889 A4 20011219 - CLEAN BREATH WAND SYSTEM
Title (en)
CLEAN BREATH WAND SYSTEM
Title (de)
SCHLAUCHVORRICHTUNG FÜR SAUBEREN ATEM
Title (fr)
SYSTEME D'HYGIENE BUCCALE A TUBE
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 9914990 W 19990702
- US 10963798 A 19980702
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO0001311A1] A clean breath wand (10) for use in removing Halitosis bacteria and bacterial by-products from a user's tongue includes a body (26) having a distal end (20) and a proximal end (16), a head (34) operatively connected to the body (26) and having an outer end face, at least one opening (42) in the head (34) configured for being fluidly coupled to a source of liquid and positioned to direct a stream of the liquid upon the tongue, at least one tongue-scraping formation disposed on the outer end face and configured for engaging the bacteria on the user's tongue. Each, such tongue scraping formation is located in operational relationship to the at least one opening (42) so that movement of the formation upon the tongue, in combination with the emission of the liquid under pressure from the opening (42), dislodges the bacteria and its by-products from the tongue. Also provided is a replacement cartridge for providing the liquid to such a wand.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A61B 17/24 (2006.01); A61H 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A61B 17/244 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [XY] DE 29618012 U1 19970220 - ALEXANDER MARTIN [DE]
- [Y] EP 0086987 A1 19830831 - HIRSCH PAUL
- [Y] US 6203320 B1 20010320 - WILLIAMS DAVID ROBERT [US], et al
- [Y] US 3869746 A 19750311 - MAN-KING LAW
- [Y] US 5503553 A 19960402 - HINES JOHN E [US]
- [Y] US 5220914 A 19930622 - THOMPSON THOMAS W [US]
- [AP] US 5779654 A 19980714 - FOLEY RITA S [US], et al
- [A] US 5321865 A 19940621 - KAESER CHARLES [CH]
- [A] US 4672953 A 19870616 - DIVITO ENRICO E [US]
- [A] GB 1581155 A 19801210 - MOLINARI PIETRO
- See references of WO 0001311A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 0001311 A1 20000113; WO 0001311 A9 20000518; AU 4853299 A 20000124; CA 2335857 A1 20000113; EP 1096889 A1 20010509; EP 1096889 A4 20011219; JP 2003534025 A 20031118
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 9914990 W 19990702; AU 4853299 A 19990702; CA 2335857 A 19990702; EP 99932169 A 19990702; JP 2000557760 A 19990702