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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2011
Madhusudan Patel, Somerset, NJ (US);
Thomas J. Boyd, Metuchen, NJ (US);
Eduardo J. Jimenez, Manalapan, NJ (US);
Sharon Kennedy, Randallstown, MD (US);
Madhusudan Patel, Somerset, NJ (US);
Thomas J. Boyd, Metuchen, NJ (US);
Eduardo J. Jimenez, Manalapan, NJ (US);
Sharon Kennedy, Randallstown, MD (US);
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An interdental cleaning device that delivers an oral care fluid to a cleaning element via capillary action. The invention can be an interdental cleaning device comprising: a housing forming an internal reservoir containing an oral care fluid; an applicator extending from the housing, the applicator comprising a stem and at least one cleaning element extending from the stem; and wherein the stem comprises a capillary material that extends into the reservoir to be in fluid communication with the oral care fluid so that the capillary material of the stem delivers the oral care fluid from the reservoir to the at least one cleaning element via capillary action.