DENTAL FLOSS Russian patent published in 2020 - IPC A61C15/04 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, namely to dentistry, to sanitary-hygienic devices providing higher quality of dental treatment and hygienic state of human oral cavity. Dental floss is made of polyamide thread, contains capsules-reservoirs with length of 5 mm, arranged along the suture and equipped with tubules for output of therapeutic and preventive media. Polyamide thread has diameter of not more than 1.0 mm, capsule-reservoirs are made with diameter of 1.5 mm. Capsules with length of 5 mm and additionally with length of 10 mm are arranged in series on threads at distance of 20–25 cm from each other. Capsule reservoirs are separated inside 2–4 chambers by membrane-partitions for filling with solid, liquid, gel or gaseous media.

EFFECT: use of the invention provides the possibility of separate storage in media of incompatible media, but having a therapeutic effect when mixed in the area of exposure on teeth or gums.

4 cl, 3 dwg