US 11,931,217 B2
Apparatus for dental irrigation
Elimelech Packouz, Miami, FL (US); and Ralf Raud, Sarasota, FL (US)
Assigned to EHT, LLC, Sarasota, FL (US)
Filed by EHT, LLC, Sarasota, FL (US)
Filed on Mar. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/196,931.
Application 17/196,931 is a continuation of application No. 16/901,495, filed on Jun. 15, 2020, granted, now 10,945,593.
Application 16/901,495 is a continuation of application No. 16/611,142, granted, now 11,399,705, issued on Aug. 2, 2022, previously published as PCT/US2019/017897, filed on Feb. 13, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/629,904, filed on Feb. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0212558 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. A61C 17/02 (2006.01); A46B 9/04 (2006.01); A46B 11/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/24 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); A61C 17/028 (2006.01); A61H 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 17/0211 (2013.01) [A46B 9/045 (2013.01); A46B 11/0006 (2013.01); A61B 1/06 (2013.01); A61B 1/24 (2013.01); A61B 5/0088 (2013.01); A61C 9/0053 (2013.01); A61C 17/028 (2013.01); A46B 2200/1026 (2013.01); A46B 2200/108 (2013.01); A61H 13/005 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for dental irrigation, the apparatus comprising:
a first manifold having a first plurality of outlet holes laid out on a first wall of the first manifold and a second plurality of outlet holes laid out on a second wall of the first manifold, wherein the first wall of the first manifold approximately faces the second wall of the first manifold, wherein the first plurality of outlet holes are approximately oriented towards the second plurality of outlet holes,
wherein the first plurality of outlet holes are at a first height, the second plurality of outlet holes are at a second height that is different from the first height such that the first plurality of outlet holes and the second plurality of outlet holes of the first manifold are vertically offset,
wherein the first manifold further comprises:
a first inner shell,
a first outer shell, and
a first soft membrane layer disposed between the first inner shell and the first outer shell, and
a rotating inlet joint configured to enable a flow of a fluid into the first manifold from an inlet channel at any angle of rotation.