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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dasan Potti, Salisbury, MD (US);
Jon L. Richter, Ardmore, PA (US);
Gordon Neufeld, Flourtown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/724 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/724 ;
Abstract
A tongue cleaner having an elongate shank portion for holding thereof and a portion extending from one end thereof for supporting a tongue scraping edge. The support portion is skewed relative to the shank portion to slope downwardly for effecting engagement of the edge with a posterior part of the upper surface of the tongue so that the posterior part may be comfortably scraped.