US Patent No: 5,584,690

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Dental cleaning assembly

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Abstract

A dental cleaning assembly including a disposable dental tool including a main body tubular portion and a head portion disposed at right angles to the main body. A prophy cup is secured to a shaft projecting from the head portion so that the cup may be rotated to perform a tooth cleaning operation. A series of flexible bristles are secured to the head of the dental tool and extend forwardly therefrom in surrounding relation to the prophy cup so as to provide an anti-splatter shield for the cup to preclude splatter of toothpaste, saliva and blood. The bristles form an effective circumferential barrier around the prophy cup but yet allow complete freedom of movement of the prophy cup to perform the cleaning function and further allow potentially impacting paste to escape outwardly from the annular space between the prophy cup and the bristles to avoid impairment of the cleaning operation of the assembly.

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Maassarani, Sami 1847 Lyster La., Troy, MI 48098 7 72

Cited Art

Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
LIFETECH SYSTEMS, INC. (1)
4,424,036 Anti-splash cup for dental prophylaxis 22 1982
 
PROFESSIONAL DENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (1)
4,869,277 Brush head, a method and a machine for manufacturing thereof 25 1987
 
OTHER [CHECK PATENT PROFILE FOR ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION] (2)
4,739,532 Bristle shaft bundle and bristle shaft equipment for the total subgingival cleansing of periodontal pockets, parodontal pocket edges and all dental surfaces 12 1987
5,131,846 Prophy cup shield 10 1992

Patent Citation Ranking

Forward Cites

Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY (31)
7,137,163 Power toothbrush and power source 27 2002
7,143,462 Oral care implement 44 2004
7,089,621 Toothbrush 26 2004
7,168,125 Toothbrush 29 2004
7,273,327 Oral care implement 18 2004
7,725,980 Oral care implement 11 2004
7,908,699 Oral care implement 5 2004
7,721,376 Oral care implement 14 2004
7,213,288 Toothbrush 27 2005
7,845,042 Oral care implement 4 2005
7,836,539 Oral care implement 0 2005
7,594,293 Oral care implement 13 2005
7,841,041 Oral care implement 6 2006
7,975,343 Toothbrush 0 2006
7,962,991 Toothbrush 0 2006
7,322,067 Oral care implement 22 2006
8,201,298 Toothbrush with low profile head 0 2007
7,954,191 Toothbrush 0 2007
8,281,448 Oral care implement having one or more moving sections 0 2007
7,950,100 Oral care implement 2 2007
8,151,397 Oral care implement having flexibly supported cleaning elements extending in opposite directions 1 2008
D651407 Toothbrush 5 2009
8,042,214 Oral care implement 0 2009
8,393,042 Oral care implement 0 2009
D657568 Oral care implement 0 2010
D657569 Head portion of an oral care implement 0 2010
7,975,346 Oral care implement 0 2010
8,091,170 Oral care implement 0 2010
8,079,110 Oral care implement 1 2010
D658886 Toothbrush 0 2011
D680748 Oral care implement 0 2012
 
THE GILLETTE COMPANY (4)
7,934,284 Toothbrushes 1 2003
7,941,886 Toothbrushes 1 2003
D612611 Head of a toothbrush 1 2009
7,958,589 Toothbrushes 0 2009
 
ANGSTROM MANUFACTURING, INC. (3)
7,422,433 Prophy angle 0 2005
8,123,523 Prophy angle and adapter 0 2007
8,360,774 Prophy angle 0 2008
 
EEGEE, LLC (3)
6,859,969 Multi-directional wiping elements and device using the same 66 2003
7,181,799 Oral-care device and system 23 2003
8,276,231 Oral-care device and system 0 2005
 
AMDEN CORPORATION (2)
6,102,923 Electric tongue cleaner 6 1998
6,322,573 Electric tongue cleaner 26 2000
 
DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL INC (2)
7,955,079 Dental prophylaxis angle and handpiece assembly 1 2007
D674487 Dental device connection adapter 0 2011
 
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (1)
6,554,614 Dental handpiece brush and method of using the same 12 2001
 
BRAUN GMBH (1)
7,861,356 Brush head for electric and/or manual toothbrushes 0 2005
 
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (1)
7,707,676 Toothbrush 2 2006
 
ULTRADENT PRODUCTS, INC. (1)
6,964,603 Fiber flocked dental polishing tips 3 2002
 
WATER PIK, INC. (1)
7,198,487 Whitening tip for dental flossing device 0 2003
 
OTHER [CHECK PATENT PROFILE FOR ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION] (21)
6,203,322 Dental prophylaxis angle 7 1999
6,865,767 Device with multi-structural contact elements 29 2001
6,658,688 Squeegee device and system 44 2002
6,820,299 Dentition cleaning device and system 53 2003
6,820,300 Squeegee device and system 34 2003
6,944,903 Dentition cleaning device and system 22 2004
7,069,615 Squeegee device and system 13 2004
7,051,394 Dentition cleaning device and system 19 2004
7,975,339 Aquatic scrubber 0 2004
7,562,411 Oral-care device and system 8 2004
7,434,288 Oral care device with multi-structural contact elements 2 2004
7,047,589 Dentition cleaning device and system 19 2004
8,276,233 Multi-directional wiping elements and device using the same 0 2004
7,814,604 Device with multi-structural contact elements 0 2005
7,814,603 Powered toothbrush with polishing elements 3 2005
8,141,194 Absorbent structures with integrated contact elements 0 2005
7,877,833 Oral-care device and system 2 2005
7,743,448 Device and system with moving squeegee fields 6 2005
7,363,675 Squeegee device and system 1 2005
7,958,588 Variable speed tooth polishing system 1 2006
8,141,192 Oral-care device and system 0 2009