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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Water Pik, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Inventors:
Harold A. Luettgen, Windsor, CO (US);
Gordon Haszier, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Water Pik, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 13/00 (2006.01); A61C 17/02 (2006.01); A61C 1/00 (2006.01); A61C 17/028 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 1/0092 (2013.01); A61C 1/0015 (2013.01); A61C 17/0205 (2013.01); A61C 17/028 (2013.01); A61H 13/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
An irrigating device, such as an oral irrigator or a nasal irrigator. The irrigating device includes a pump and a motor connected to the pump and configured to selectively drive the pump. Additionally, the irrigating device includes a massage module in communication with the motor. During a normal mode, the pump has a first pulse rate and during a massage mode, the massage module provides a massage control signal to the motor, causing the pump to have a second pulse rate.