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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 1986
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1984
John J Donohue, Neshanic, NJ (US);
William J Dunn, Libertyville, IL (US);
Kedar N Rustogi, Kendall Park, NJ (US);
Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A device for delivering an irrigant and/or a medicament fluid to the gingival sulcus comprises an elongated handle member terminating in a flexible tip portion provided with aperture(s), the tip being connected to a fluid reservoir via a conduit and operable to discharge the fluid through the apertures only on the application of pressure to the reservoir and/or opening of a normally closed valve or apertures in the tip by flexing the tip, e.g., by pressing same against a tooth. In preferred embodiments, the handle is tubular, the distal end portion thereof comprising the fluid reservoir.