US 11,751,983 B2
Oral hygiene method
Gerrarda O'Beirne, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to ABLE BIOMEDICAL DEVICES, LLC, Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Able Biomedical Devices, LLC, Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Nov. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/524,416.
Application 17/524,416 is a division of application No. 15/130,774, filed on Apr. 15, 2016, granted, now 11,173,018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/148,512, filed on Apr. 16, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0061969 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61C 15/02 (2006.01); A61C 17/22 (2006.01); A61C 19/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/247 (2006.01); A61C 19/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 15/02 (2013.01) [A61B 1/247 (2013.01); A61C 17/224 (2013.01); A61C 19/04 (2013.01); A61C 19/063 (2013.01)] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An oral hygiene method comprising:
vibrating, by a vibration element of a tooth pick device, a pick head of the tooth pick device, wherein the pick head comprises a pointed pick member, and the pointed pick member comprises a core and an outer region surrounding the core, the outer region comprising a porous and pliable material softer than dentin of human teeth and suitable for removing biofilm from between teeth and gums, wherein a first hardness of the core is greater than a second hardness of the outer region;
guiding the pointed pick member along teeth and/or gums of a subject; and
removing material from the teeth of the subject with the pores of the porous and pliable material of the outer region of the pointed pick member.