Oral care systems, oral care devices and methods of use
First Claim
21. An oral care system for home use by a consumer, the oral care system comprising:
- a compressor for generating pressurized air;
a liquid supply configured to allow liquid to be introduced to the pressurized air to form an air-liquid combination;
an applicator including a passageway within the applicator extending to an outlet at a head of the applicator for ejecting the air-liquid combination, the head being sized to fit within the consumer'"'"'s mouth; and
a plurality of brushing elements extending from a base at the head of the applicator;
wherein the compressor compresses the pressurized air within the passageway to between about five and about 25 pounds per square inch.
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Abstract
Oral care devices are provided that are capable of ejecting an air-liquid combination. In some implementations, the oral care devices include an applicator including a passageway within the applicator for directing the air-liquid combination therethrough; a plurality of brushing elements extending from a base at a head of the applicator to free distal ends, the head being sized to fit in a user'"'"'s mouth; and a flexible nozzle in communication with the passageway and extending outwardly beyond the base at the head, the flexible nozzle configured to direct liquid droplets of the air-liquid combination beyond free distal ends of the brushing elements during brushing.
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108 Claims
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21. An oral care system for home use by a consumer, the oral care system comprising:
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a compressor for generating pressurized air;
a liquid supply configured to allow liquid to be introduced to the pressurized air to form an air-liquid combination;
an applicator including a passageway within the applicator extending to an outlet at a head of the applicator for ejecting the air-liquid combination, the head being sized to fit within the consumer'"'"'s mouth; and
a plurality of brushing elements extending from a base at the head of the applicator;
wherein the compressor compresses the pressurized air within the passageway to between about five and about 25 pounds per square inch. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 95, 96, 97, 99, 100, 101)
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53. An oral care device capable of ejecting an air-liquid combination, the oral care device comprising:
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an applicator including a passageway within the applicator for directing the air-liquid combination therethrough;
a plurality of brushing elements extending from a base at a head of the applicator, the head being sized to fit within a user'"'"'s mouth; and
multiple nozzles extending from the base, at least one of the nozzles being in communication with the passageway for ejecting the air-liquid combination.
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54. An oral care system capable of ejecting an air-liquid combination, the oral care system comprising:
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an applicator including a passageway within the applicator for directing a pressurized air therethrough; and
an obstructing member configured to interrupt the pressurized air within the passageway such that the air-liquid combination is ejected from the applicator as pulses. - View Dependent Claims (55)
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56. An oral care device capable of ejecting an air-liquid combination, the oral care device comprising:
an applicator including multiple passageways within the applicator, each of the multiple passageways arranged to direct a respective air-liquid combination to at least one outlet at a head of the applicator. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A method of oral care, the method comprising:
projecting liquid in the form of liquid droplets outwardly beyond free distal ends of brushing elements extending from a base at a head of an oral care device;
while brushing with the brushing elements.- View Dependent Claims (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 92, 93, 94, 98, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108)
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68-1. The method of claim 66 further comprising introducing liquid to the pressurized air using a pump.
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69-2. The method of claim 68, wherein the pump introduces liquid to the pressurized air at a rate between about 0.5 and 20 milliliters per minute.
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77. An oral care device capable of ejecting an air-liquid combination, the oral care device comprising:
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an applicator including a passageway within the applicator for directing the air-liquid combination therethrough, the applicator having a head portion sized to fit in a user'"'"'s mouth;
within the applicator, a compressor for providing compressed air to the drive the air-liquid combination; and
a nozzle having an elastomeric portion, in communication with the passageway and extending outwardly beyond the base at the head, the nozzle being configured to direct liquid droplets of the air-liquid combination beyond free distal ends of the brushing elements during brushing. - View Dependent Claims (78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91)
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