Dental hygiene device
First Claim
1. A dental hygiene device comprising:
- a. a dental hygiene head with a plurality of displaceable bristles secured thereto and extending therefrom adapted for brushing a dental surface, said dental hygiene head further including an irrigation mechanism for irrigating said dental surface with a fluid, said irrigating mechanism being fixedly located substantially adjacent to said displaceable bristles;
b. a longitudinally extended handle housing connected to said dental hygiene head and adapted to be held by an operator, said handle housing having a control mechanism mounted thereon for activation and deactivation of said dental hygiene device;
c. at least one handle pump for displacing said fluid, said at least one handle pump mounted in said handle housing and in fluid communication with said irrigating mechanism through a first fluid conduit;
d. a telescoping handle chamber housing slidingly engageable with said handle housing and telescopingly received therein at a piston end of said handle housing opposite said dental hygiene head and in fluid communication with said handle pump by a second fluid conduit, said dental hygiene head, said handle housing and said telescoping handle chamber housing defining a handle assembly;
e. a fluid reservoir in detachable fluid communication with a docking base member, said docking base member in detachable fluid communication with said telescoping handle chamber housing, said docking base member adapted to receivingly detachably dock said handle assembly;
wherein a filling of said telescoping handle chamber with said fluid in the fluid reservoir is controlled by inserting said telescoping handle chamber housing on said docking base member for passage of fluid from said fluid reservoir into said telescoping handle chamber housing.
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Abstract
A dental hygiene system provided with interchangeable dental heads permits power-enhanced brushing and concurrent fluid irrigation to optimize a user'"'"'s personal dental hygiene efforts. The system has a handle assembly with an irrigation nozzle in close proximity to displaceable bristles driven by a battery-operated handle motor. Pumping of irrigation fluid such as an antiseptic solution into the oral cavity is also motor driven. A telescoping chamber with irrigation fluid fits on the piston-like base end of the handle and is refilled by docking the handle assembly on a complementary docking station that includes a detachable fluid reservoir, microswitch controls and a base fluid pump. Docking of the handle assembly triggers the microswitches and opens a check valve in the bottom of the handle chamber, which activates the flow of fluid from the reservoir into the chamber. An optional fiberoptic subassembly illuminates the oral cavity.
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19 Claims
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1. A dental hygiene device comprising:
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a. a dental hygiene head with a plurality of displaceable bristles secured thereto and extending therefrom adapted for brushing a dental surface, said dental hygiene head further including an irrigation mechanism for irrigating said dental surface with a fluid, said irrigating mechanism being fixedly located substantially adjacent to said displaceable bristles;
b. a longitudinally extended handle housing connected to said dental hygiene head and adapted to be held by an operator, said handle housing having a control mechanism mounted thereon for activation and deactivation of said dental hygiene device;
c. at least one handle pump for displacing said fluid, said at least one handle pump mounted in said handle housing and in fluid communication with said irrigating mechanism through a first fluid conduit;
d. a telescoping handle chamber housing slidingly engageable with said handle housing and telescopingly received therein at a piston end of said handle housing opposite said dental hygiene head and in fluid communication with said handle pump by a second fluid conduit, said dental hygiene head, said handle housing and said telescoping handle chamber housing defining a handle assembly;
e. a fluid reservoir in detachable fluid communication with a docking base member, said docking base member in detachable fluid communication with said telescoping handle chamber housing, said docking base member adapted to receivingly detachably dock said handle assembly;
wherein a filling of said telescoping handle chamber with said fluid in the fluid reservoir is controlled by inserting said telescoping handle chamber housing on said docking base member for passage of fluid from said fluid reservoir into said telescoping handle chamber housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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