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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2011
Applicant:
Kevin a Miller, Bellevue, WA (US);
Inventor:
Kevin A Miller, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 17/22 (2006.01); A46B 9/02 (2006.01); A46B 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 17/222 (2013.01); A46B 9/026 (2013.01); A46B 9/04 (2013.01); A46B 9/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
An oral cleaning appliance, such as a toothbrush () or a mouthpiece (), includes a bristle arrangement which comprises a base member and a field of bristles for contacting and cleaning teeth, wherein the bristle field () has bristles with a density of between 2-7%, and wherein the individual bristle filaments have a stiffness characterized by a deflection of no greater than 50% of their length for a bristle tip pressure of 6 Newtons/cmand a deflection reaching 50% for a bristle tip pressure of 85 Newtons/cm.