Dentistry – Apparatus – Having intra-oral dispensing means
Patent
1999-03-26
2000-12-05
Lewis, Ralph A.
Dentistry
Apparatus
Having intra-oral dispensing means
433 88, 601162, 604 35, A61C 1702
Patent
active
061558249
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus designed to clean surfaces and to recycle the cleaning solution including a hand-holdable housing, a tube having a lumen through which cleaning solution may be impelled, a pump for both impelling and urging solution back through a return path. Piston-based, in particular a ganged pump using a stepped piston, as well as membrane-based pumps are disclosed. Methods of cleaning surfaces using such apparatuses as well as a system for periodically cleaning a plurality of surfaces are disclosed as additional embodiments.
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Gray Larry B.
Kamen Dean L.
Deka Products Limited Partners
Lewis Ralph A.
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