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WO/1997/007749A1 |
A toothpick is made of biodegradable material composed of a thermoplastic, water-soluble and foodstuff-grade base material. This base material substantially consists of starch, glucose, gelatine, cellulose, collagen or their derivatives....
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WO/1996/039947A1 |
A plurality of packages (10) of dental floss (12) are provided including a plurality of separate elongate enclosures. The enclosures each have a width and a length with the length being at least nine times as great as the width. The sepa...
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WO/1996/039117A2 |
Improved dental flosses are provided, including multicomponent coextruded filaments and/or filaments having a multilobal cross section. Some preferred flosses of the invention are capable of bulking.
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WO/1996/038124A1 |
Dental floss brushes, as described herein, are extremely difficult to coat with wax coatings. When conventional waxes are utilized, the floss brush becomes matted and gummy. We have developed an improved wax coating solution which result...
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WO/1996/032903A1 |
The description relates to an electric tooth-cleaning device (1) in which a cleaning instrument (19) is coupled to a drive sleeve (11) and can be rotated about a longitudinal axis (4). According to the invention, the coupling is made usi...
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WO/1996/031168A1 |
An interdental cleaner means in the form of a package, the characteristic of which is comprising at least one piece of thread-like element, or the like, cut to a minimal length as required for one single usage, and a disposable sealed en...
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WO/1996/031169A2 |
An automated dental cleaner (320) comprises a subassembly (324) having a pair of pivotally supported spaced tines (336) for supporting a movable floss span (338) therebetween. A pair of capstans (346, 352) are provided for drivingly reci...
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WO/1996/030568A1 |
Aquasi monofilament having a high strength polyethylene fiber core with an adherent, abrasion resistant polymer sheath is prepared by feeding the core yarn through a crosshead die, while simultaneously supplying a polymer melt at a tempe...
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WO/1996/030567A1 |
A quasi monofilament having a high strengh polyethylene fiber core with an adherent, abrasion resistant polymer sheath is prepared by feeding the core yarn through a crosshead die, while simultaneously supplying a polymer melt at a tempe...
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WO/1996/028108A2 |
A length of dental floss having a series of spaced members of different sizes along the length. In the preferred embodiment, the size of the spaced members increase by regular increments from one end.
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WO/1996/024305A1 |
The invention is an improved dental floss holder (10) that provides a convenient frame for the flossing of teeth. This dental floss holder (10) allows a user to advance new floss into place ready for use without contact with the floss fo...
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WO/1996/023454A1 |
The present invention is an improved flosser device for holding and manipulating floss during flossing. The flosser employs a forked tine design for retaining the floss, whereby the floss is maintained in an orientation essentially perpe...
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WO/1996/019155A2 |
The tooth cleaner-activator designed by S. I. Krjuchkov comprises a holder (1) with massaging elements (2) fixed at its ends and bent away from it in opposing directions at an angle of 70-120�; at the ends of the massaging elements and...
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WO/1996/017535A1 |
A mouth washing device, in particular for teeth and gums, has a holding member and at least one cleaning element joined in a flexible manner to the holding member. In order to better take into account conditions inside the mouth, improve...
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WO/1996/016610A1 |
A utensil including a thin rubber or latex fingerstall (7) with an outer cleaning surface (10) impregnated with a gel or toothpaste (14). The fingerstall (7) is rolled up so that it has a collar (8) adjacent to the main body, and the ute...
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WO/1996/013222A1 |
A dental floss dispenser (65) having floss securement means to secure the dental floss with respect to the dispenser body and for use during flossing. One embodiment has spool locking means to lock a freely rotating internal spool of den...
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WO/1996/011599A1 |
A dispenser for a cleaning and care preparation in solid, foil form (1) for use together with a toothbrush (10) for mouth and tooth hygiene is characterized in that, together with the toothbrush (10), it takes the form of a functional un...
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WO/1996/011644A1 |
Mini-beauty case (10) for oral hygiene, being flat, pocket-sized, in a single piece (11) of plastic material, comprising two equal opposing covers (12, 13) on one side and on the other of a tool carrier (14) into whose body are inserted ...
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WO/1996/010478A1 |
An elongate PTFE material is formed by passing an unsintered PTFE tape across a heated surface in sliding contact therewith while applying tension to the tape, such that the PTFE tape, when its temperature is raised by contact with the h...
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WO/1996/009017A1 |
This invention is an improved dental flossing tool having a resilient member (52), located adjacent the tip (36) where the flossing material (50) exits the tool, and formed with an aperture (54) of lesser diameter than that of the floss ...
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WO/1996/007367A1 |
A toothpick is made of the mixture including sweet potato's starch of 30 %, wheat's starch of 20 % and wheat's powder of 47 % with refined salt of 3 % to have the predetermined humidity and stiffness, in which sweet potato's starch of 30...
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WO/1996/002164A1 |
A holder for an interdental toothcleaner of the type having a substantially rigid but flexible stem and cleaning means on the stem. The holder includes a neck having a tip projection radially therefrom adjacent one end thereof and a slot...
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WO/1996/001596A1 |
The present invention is an improved vial-type floss dispenser. The floss dispenser has a spool of floss mounted upright in a cylindrical container with a unique cap design that allows floss to be smoothly dispensed through the cap of th...
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WO/1995/034252A1 |
The present invention is an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) floss with improved handling properties. Unlike previous expanded PTFE flosses, the floss of the present invention employs a fiber of increased thickness so that the flo...
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WO/1995/032684A1 |
A process for manufacturing a continuous dental floss brush comprising alternating portions of thread sections which do not stretch significantly under tension and brush sections which stretch under slight tension, including the step of ...
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WO/1995/032808A1 |
An apparatus and method for applying coatings to yarns (13), particularly yarns (13) to be utilized as dental floss. In a preferred arrangement, an array of parallel spaced yarns (13) are continuously fed while being intermittently defle...
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WO/1995/032685A1 |
A dental floss (1) comprising a plurality of threads (10A-F) knitted around each other to form an elongate cord. At least some of the threads are of an elastic material and at least one of the threads is of a non-elastic material. The de...
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WO/1995/031154A1 |
Glove (10) of fine natural or synthetic rubber for one finger (18) of the hand (19) having one or more operational areas (20) prepared on the surface in a longitudinal direction to correspond especially with the position of the finger ti...
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WO/1995/030404A1 |
The present invention relates to oral hygiene and specifically to an improved method for adding chemotherapeutic agents to dental floss containing several multi-fiber bundles, to methods of treating the oral cavity with the improved dent...
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WO/1995/026693A1 |
The invention provides for a dental floss device comprising two ring portions (2) and a floss portion (20) held therebetween, whereby the ring portions (2) are placed on a finger of each hand or a user. The ring portions (2) are speciall...
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WO/1995/025479A1 |
A dental floss holder has a handle comprising two legs (1) which are interconnected in a resilient manner for use with dental floss provided at spacings with thickened portions. The dental floss is tensioned by the spring force of the de...
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WO/1995/024167A1 |
A dental hygiene product, and more particularly dental floss, is composed of a fiber (618) having a core of a segmented polymer. The segments of the polymer are a combination of soft segments, preferably of polyether or polyester type, a...
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WO/1995/022942A1 |
An apparatus for positioning and moving a flexible element formed into a loop (17) mounted on a pair of positioning handles (15, 16). The loop (17) is mounted on the two handles (15, 16) so as to be movable relative to the handles (15, 1...
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WO/1995/017858A1 |
One yarn-like material to be held in a bag is retained at both ends thereof on both end portions of the bag which can be cut into two at an intermediate portion thereof.
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WO/1995/013851A1 |
Dynamic, spinning, twisting string toys referred to as "humdingers" are disclosed. The toys include at least one highly elastic gel body having at least two holes extending through the body along a selected axis of rotation. The holes ar...
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WO/1995/012698A1 |
A monoaxially drawn polytetrafluoroethylene moulding with talc, mica and/or a high-temperature-resistant polyimide and/or prepared chalk as the filler and a strength in the direction of drawing of at least 10cN/tex. If the moulding of th...
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WO/1995/009582A1 |
The mini-applicator is useful for the buccal cleaning with a dental yarn, and is comprised of a planar body having rounded edges. One of the extremities of said body is comprised of an arch whose extremities are provided with two grooves...
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WO/1995/007058A1 |
The present invention relates generally to a flosser-type tooth cleaning device (1) comprised of a handle (2), a holder (7) affixed to an end of the handle (2) comprised of two protruding arm members (8, 8') positioned at least parallel ...
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WO/1995/006444A1 |
In a cleaning device, especially for the interdental region, comprising two twisted, wire-like sections (1, 2), in order to provide novel cleaning methods and the application of care and cleaning agents, the wire-like sections (1, 2) are...
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WO/1995/006445A1 |
A disposable dental floss holder (10) for removing plaque and food debris from tooth surfaces and from the interspaces between teeth has a handle part (20), a bow (14) and a length of dental floss (18) spanning the bow (14). A movable el...
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WO/1995/003750A1 |
A dental flossing device is characterized by a flossing circuit comprising a floss supply spool and a take-up spool mounted to a housing containing a gear train assembly adapted to rotate the take-up spool in a winding direction. The flo...
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WO/1995/003008A1 |
The present invention relates to an improved device and method for flossing teeth. The device has a handle portion (12) and a finger portion (11). The finger portion (11) is inserted into an individual's mouth, and the handle portion (12...
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WO/1995/002375A1 |
An electro-mechanical dental flossing device (10) is disclosed for flossing the area between a portion of the tooth and the gum tissue. The device comprises an elongated member (22) coupled to a motor source (28) to effect oscillation of...
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WO/1994/027466A1 |
A mouth hygiene device comprising a holder, a mouth hygiene member detachably mounted on one end of the holder, and a vibrator housed in the end of the holder and vibrating the mouth hygiene member through the holder. The apparatus furth...
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WO/1994/022391A1 |
A dental floss device comprises a handle (21) and a bifurcated part (31) rotatable one relative to the other. The bifurcated part (31) has a hollow base defining a housing containing a reel of dental floss. With the reel loose in the hou...
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WO/1994/017690A1 |
To provide a tooth-brushing machine suitably used to prevent and cure alveolar pyorrhea. A cylindrical portion (3) of a larger inner diameter is formed around the portion of a water passage (2) which is in the vicinity of a free end of a...
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WO/1994/015546A1 |
An electric device (10) which removes supragingival and subgingival plaque and undesirable debris from the interproximal surfaces between teeth is described. This device (10) utilizes a combination of sonic energy and dental floss (32) w...
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WO/1994/007430A1 |
A multiple lock dental floss holder (30) comprises a body cooperative with a spool enclosure assembly to achieve multiple locking of an operative length of dental floss. An intermediate portion (16) of the body of the dental floss holder...
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WO/1994/004093A1 |
The cleaning tool (32) proposed is fitted on an electrically driven tooth-cleaning instrument (1) in such a way that the cleaning tool (32) can be driven to rotate about its longitudinal axis. The cleaning tool (32) is designed as a one-...
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WO/1994/003085A2 |
Earlier devices of the genre had a yoke-like head for brushing the teeth, and a cowling of reentrantly folded flexible material interconnected with the arms of the head so as to straddle the slot between the arms. The midsection at the b...
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