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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2015
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Yu-Wen Chang, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Milica Kovacevic Milivojevic, Eindhoven, NL;
Valentina Lavezzo, Heeze, NL;
Marco Baragona, Delft, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A oral irrigator device () for cleaning teeth, including a system () for producing a stream of liquid/air bursts and a nozzle () connected to the system, and through which the stream of liquid/air bursts are directed. The nozzle can include a guidance tip () including a base portion (), a tip portion (), and an orifice () through which the stream of liquid/air bursts exits at a flow output pattern, and a flow output pattern selection mechanism (') connected to or positioned within the guidance tip. A flow output pattern selection mechanism can be configured to be selectively actuated and to vary, upon the actuation the flow output pattern between a first flow output pattern to at least a second flow output pattern.