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Oral care implement

  • US 9,259,079 B2
  • Filed: 04/17/2015
  • Issued: 02/16/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An oral care implement, comprising:

  • a body comprising a head, a handle, and a neck located between the head and the handle, the head having a front surface and an opposite rear surface, tooth cleaning elements extending from the front surface of the head;

    a collecting member coupled to the rear surface of the head, tissue cleaning projections disposed on and extending from an exposed outer surface of the collecting member;

    a reservoir located within the handle or the neck of the body; and

    a fluid pathway extending from the collecting member to the reservoir so that an oral fluid can pass through the collecting member and into the reservoir for storage;

    wherein the collecting member comprises a non-exposed inner layer and an exposed outer layer that covers the inner layer; and

    wherein the outer layer is non-porous and dissolvable so that the oral fluid flows to the inner layer only after the outer layer dissolves away.

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