Title:
CLEAN BREATH WAND SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2000001311
Kind Code:
A9
Abstract:
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.
Inventors:
FOLEY RITA S (US)
FOLEY PATRICK F (US)
FOLEY PATRICK F (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US1999/014990
Publication Date:
May 18, 2000
Filing Date:
July 02, 1999
Export Citation:
Assignee:
FOLEY RITA S (US)
FOLEY PATRICK F (US)
FOLEY PATRICK F (US)
International Classes:
A61B17/24; A61H9/00; (IPC1-7): A61B17/24; A61H9/00
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