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WO1996031168A1 - Dispositif de nettoyage interdentaire integre dans un emballage jetable - Google Patents

Dispositif de nettoyage interdentaire integre dans un emballage jetable Download PDF

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WO1996031168A1
WO1996031168A1 PCT/EP1996/001474 EP9601474W WO9631168A1 WO 1996031168 A1 WO1996031168 A1 WO 1996031168A1 EP 9601474 W EP9601474 W EP 9601474W WO 9631168 A1 WO9631168 A1 WO 9631168A1
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interdental cleaner
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Giangiacomo Bono
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61C—DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
    • A61C15/00—Devices for cleaning between the teeth
    • A61C15/04—Dental floss; Floss holders
    • A61C15/041—Dental floss

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  • the present invention relates to an interdental cleaner means contained in a package.
  • the cheapest interdental cleaner device is the interdental floss and is presently prepared and distributed in packages, as small boxes, which contain some metres thereof.
  • the user separates (i.e., cuts) a piece from said interdental floss, with that length which she/he will regard as being the most suitable for the intended use.
  • the user is anyway obliged to perform an action in order to separate the necessary interdental floss length. Oftentimes, such an operation is not easy for all users, may lead to an unravelment of the interdental floss, with the consequence that a by far larger than necessary amount of floss is used.
  • a not least drawback is that the need may arise of supplying another person with a piece of interdental floss from a previously opened and used package. Above all nowadays, when nearly incurable and particularly dangerous diseases due to contact with infect blood are more and more diffused, such a behaviour is not recommendable. Summing up, all the above renders this type of package a not particularly practical one.
  • a customary practice consists in using the so said "toothpicks" which, besides being not as easy to use as the interdental floss, may also cause damages to users gingiva, with bleeding.
  • the purpose of the present invention is of providing a device which overcomes the drawbacks and contraindications of both interdental floss in fractionatable-into-doses package, and of toothpicks.
  • Such a purpose is achieved by providing an interdental cleaner means of thread-like or ribbon- like type arranged inside a certain package which can be brought by the user in a ready-for-use condition and that, once used, can be disposed off, as a normal disposable article.
  • the interdental cleaner means will always be in perfect hygienic condition; that the proper length of interdental floss, or similar element, will be consumed with no wastes; that the whole floss bobbin, or the like, cannot be contaminated.
  • Such .a package can be handed to another person with absolute safety, without any risks.
  • Figures la and lb show a front and, respectively, side view of an intact package of interdental cleaner means, e.g., in thread form, according to the present invention
  • Figure 2 illustrates, on a smaller scale, the package of Figure 1 once opened and ready for use
  • Figure 3 illustrates the package in a user's hands, for example at use beginning
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a further exemplifying embodiment of package according to the present invention.
  • An interdental cleaner means in package according to the present invention essentially comprises a piece of floss (1) inside an envelope or package (2) .
  • Figure 4 shows an extremely simplified embodiment according to which the floss (1), preliminarily cut to the use length, is freely inserted inside the envelope (2) .
  • Said envelope (2) is made, according to the present example, from a food grade paper material capable of securing a good protection from environmental agents, so as to keep the contents thereof under absolutely aseptic conditions.
  • the envelope can be made, however without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention, from another material, such as polyethylene, polypropylene, and the like.
  • the floss (1) can be a similar element to it, as a ribbon-like element or a thin stripe of a synthetic, artificial, natural material or a well- known plastics filaments which anyway does not cause problems as regards the user's gingiva.
  • the thread-like or similar element and/or the envelope can also be made from a flavoured, coloured, medicated material, provided with slightly abrasive portions, or with some or all of these characteristics. This can facilitate the selection of the type of flavour preferred by the user, or of the type of filament contained inside the package, or the interdental cleaning operation.
  • the envelope (2) can be constituted by mutually superimposed sheet material pieces peripherally constrained to each other, by means of a glue, or the like. It can be furthermore provided, in an intermediate region thereof, with a breakage- promoting line, or weak line (3) which facilitates the operation of opening of the package and of use of the interdental floss contained inside it.
  • Figures la, lb, 2 e 3 display an example of a more advanced embodiment of the present invention.
  • a breakage-promoting or weak line (3) is provided, arranged in an intermediate region of envelope (2) .
  • the latter arrangement facilitates the use of the interdental floss, or similar cleaning means.
  • the presence of a plurality of floss pieces or similar elements can be advantageously used to enter the most suitable cleaner means into more or less large interdental hollows in order to improve or optimize the cleaning operation.
  • the thread-like element contained inside the package can be directly provided with grasping elements which may facilitate the use thereof.
  • the present package is absolutely compatible with (i.e., respectful of) the surrounding environment.

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Abstract

La présente invention se rapporte à un dispositif de nettoyage interdentaire sous forme d'emballage, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte au moins un morceau d'élément filaire, coupé à une longueur minimale pour un seul usage, et une enveloppe jetable fermée hermétiquement et conçue pour le contenir. Les extrémités opposées du morceau d'élément filaire sont maintenues serrées de préférence aux extrémités opposées de l'enveloppe.
PCT/EP1996/001474 1995-04-07 1996-04-02 Dispositif de nettoyage interdentaire integre dans un emballage jetable Ceased WO1996031168A1 (fr)

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ITMI950251 IT236802Y1 (it) 1995-04-07 1995-04-07 Pulitore interdentale in confezione
ITMI95U000251 1995-04-07

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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
ES2155774A1 (es) * 1999-02-22 2001-05-16 Ruiz Adela Isabel Diaz Sobre con porcion de hilo dental para una unica limpieza dental.
DE102020000410A1 (de) * 2020-01-15 2021-07-15 Igor Kuraev Verpackung für Zahnseide und Zahnseide

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US4519408A (en) * 1983-06-24 1985-05-28 Norman Charatan Oral hygiene device
US4693365A (en) * 1985-04-15 1987-09-15 Corella Arthur P Package, instrumentation, system and method for packaging flaccid items, filaments and the like
US4712572A (en) * 1986-09-16 1987-12-15 Hovel Iii William G Dental floss packet and method for its manufacture
US4828113A (en) * 1988-05-18 1989-05-09 Friedland Jeffrey B Dental treatment kit
WO1991011970A1 (fr) * 1990-02-14 1991-08-22 Jordan A/S Ameliorations concernant le fil ou le ruban dentaire

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4519408A (en) * 1983-06-24 1985-05-28 Norman Charatan Oral hygiene device
US4693365A (en) * 1985-04-15 1987-09-15 Corella Arthur P Package, instrumentation, system and method for packaging flaccid items, filaments and the like
US4712572A (en) * 1986-09-16 1987-12-15 Hovel Iii William G Dental floss packet and method for its manufacture
US4828113A (en) * 1988-05-18 1989-05-09 Friedland Jeffrey B Dental treatment kit
WO1991011970A1 (fr) * 1990-02-14 1991-08-22 Jordan A/S Ameliorations concernant le fil ou le ruban dentaire

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
ES2155774A1 (es) * 1999-02-22 2001-05-16 Ruiz Adela Isabel Diaz Sobre con porcion de hilo dental para una unica limpieza dental.
DE102020000410A1 (de) * 2020-01-15 2021-07-15 Igor Kuraev Verpackung für Zahnseide und Zahnseide

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ITMI950251U1 (it) 1996-10-07
ITMI950251V0 (it) 1995-04-07

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