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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2019
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Tasuku Kikkawa, Ibaraki, JP;
KOBAYASHI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an interdental cleaning tool that can reduce at least one of a resistance against insertion in an interdental space and a resistance against withdrawal from an interdental space, and has a high capability of scraping out deposit from an interdental space. The interdental cleaning tool includes a base portion including a shaft portion () and a cleaning portion (). The cleaning portion () includes a cleaning portion body () and a plurality of bristles (). The plurality of bristles () include at least one of a type of top end-oriented bristles and a type of base end-oriented bristles. The top end-oriented bristle has a shape titling to a top end side of the shaft portion () as advancing away from an outer circumferential surface of the cleaning portion body (). The base end-oriented bristle has a shape tilting to a base end side of the shall portion () as advancing away from the outer circumferential surface of the cleaning portion body ().