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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2014
Applicant:
Meribel Dental Llc, Balboa Island, CA (US);
Inventor:
George Michel Mansour, Pomona, CA (US);
Assignee:
Meribel Dental, LLC, Balboa Island, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 17/00 (2006.01); A61C 17/22 (2006.01); A61C 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 17/005 (2013.01); A61C 17/227 (2013.01); A61C 1/087 (2013.01);
Abstract
A prophy angle is provided that includes a housing with a prophy cup at the distal end, a first drive mechanism positioned within the housing and including a drive shaft for delivering mechanical energy to the prophy cup, a chamber enclosed within the housing to store paste in a controlled releasable manner, and an independent second drive mechanism within the housing to control the delivery of paste from the chamber to the prophy cup in a manner to reduce friction in paste delivery and to avoid contact of the paste with the first drive mechanism and its associated gears.