Patents Assigned to Oralwise, Inc
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Patent number: 9271814Abstract: A flossing device and a method of manufacture thereof, consisting of a first elongated member and a second elongated member that is removably coupled to the first elongated member along an interior side of a top region of the first elongated member. The flossing device includes a floss member coupled to the second elongated member and extending through an aperture of the first elongated member. The floss member includes a first enlarged stop member at an end distal from the second elongated member and sized to fit within a countersunk enlarged channel but not fit through a narrow channel in communication with the enlarged channel.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2013Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: OralWise, INC.Inventors: Keith Bornstein Allen, Dan Voetmann
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Patent number: 9265593Abstract: A flossing system including a cradle and a housing. The flossing system includes an array of floss cartridges having a length of floss. The array of floss cartridges include a pair of coupling members each coupled to opposite ends of the length of floss. Each floss cartridge includes a coupling structure. The flossing system includes a pair of floss handles disposed on the cradle and selectably coupleable to the coupling members. The pair of floss handles include a cylindrical body. The pair of floss handles include a release mechanism configured to selectably disengage the floss handle from the coupling member. The release mechanism includes an actuation member disposed through a back end of the cylindrical body of each of the pair of floss handles. The pair of floss handles each include a top aperture configured to receive the coupling structure of the pair of coupling members.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2011Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: OralWise, INCInventors: Jeromi Stewart, Keith Bornstein Allen
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Publication number: 20150351882Abstract: A flossing kit and tool include a floss cartridge having a length of floss and a pair of tip members each sized larger than a typical spacing behind arch wires of a set of braces, each fixedly coupled to opposite ends of the length of floss. Each tip member includes a coupling structure and a projection member and are coupled to the length of floss, wherein the projection member of at least one of the tip members is elongated and sufficiently narrow to be inserted into a typical spacing behind arch wires of a set of braces. The flossing tool includes a pair of floss handles each removably couple to one of the pair of tip members respectively. The flossing tool includes a release mechanism disposed within the cylindrical body that selectably couples and disengages from the associated coupling structure of the tip member when triggered.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2015Publication date: December 10, 2015Applicant: ORALWISE, INCInventors: Keith B. Allen, Jeromi K. Stewart, Thomas W. Nabors, Dan Grauer
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Publication number: 20140090662Abstract: A flossing kit and tool include a floss cartridge having a length of floss and a pair of tip members each sized larger than a typical spacing behind arch wires of a set of braces, each fixedly coupled to opposite ends of the length of floss. Each tip member includes a coupling structure and a projection member and are coupled to the length of floss, wherein the projection member of at least one of the tip members is elongated and sufficiently narrow to be inserted into a typical spacing behind arch wires of a set of braces. The flossing tool includes a pair of floss handles each removably couple to one of the pair of tip members respectively. The flossing tool includes a release mechanism disposed within the cylindrical body that selectably couples and disengages from the associated coupling structure of the tip member when triggered.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: ORALWISE, INCInventors: Keith B. Allen, Jeromi K. Stewart, Thomas W. Nabors, Dan Grauer
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Publication number: 20140048096Abstract: A flossing device and a method of manufacture thereof, consisting of a first elongated member and a second elongated member that is removably coupled to the first elongated member along an interior side of a top region of the first elongated member. The flossing device includes a floss member coupled to the second elongated member and extending through an aperture of the first elongated member. The floss member includes a first enlarged stop member at an end distal from the second elongated member and sized to fit within a countersunk enlarged channel but not fit through a narrow channel in communication with the enlarged channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: Oralwise, Inc.Inventors: Keith Bornstein Allen, Dan Voetmann
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Patent number: 8596286Abstract: A flossing device including a first elongated member and a second elongated member each including a channel disposed at a top end, wherein each channel includes a first cross-sectional spacing and a second cross-sectional spacing, wherein the second cross-sectional spacing is less than the first cross-sectional spacing, and the second cross-sectional spacing is closer to a top edge of the first elongated member than the first cross-sectional spacing. The flossing device includes a floss string having a first end including an enlarged portion disposed within the channel of the elongated members, and sized to be substantially larger than the second cross-sectional spacing. The floss string may include a second end coupled to a top end of the second elongated member. The flossing device includes a seal and an aperture disposed on a surface of the elongated members and are disposed adjacent the channel.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2011Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Oralwise, IncInventors: Keith Allen Bornstein, Dan Voetmann