Tongue cleaner

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1996-11-05

1998-06-16

Buiz, Michael

Surgery

Instruments

Optic, otic or oral scrapper or abrader

606162, 606167, A61B 1724

Patent

active

057661936

ABSTRACT:
A tongue scraper formed of a handle having a spoon shaped head at one end. The head has a relatively sharply rounded tip and increases in width from the tip to a mid-portion of the head. The head has substantially flat front and back surfaces. A scraper blade projects from the front surface and extends along the edge of the head from the tip to the mid-portion of the head. A plurality of scraper pins project from the front surface of the head and are arranged in a plurality of rows. The scraper pins have tapered top surfaces to provide them with a scraper edge. A plurality of holes extend through the head and are arranged in a plurality of rows. Each of the holes is of an area which can hold a liquid by capillary action.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1891864 (1932-12-01), Barrett
patent: 2218072 (1940-10-01), Runnels
patent: 2583750 (1952-01-01), Runnels
patent: 3890964 (1975-06-01), Castanedo
patent: 5226197 (1993-07-01), Nack et al.
patent: 5673454 (1997-10-01), Quintanilla et al.

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