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Digital wipes and method of handlingRelated Patent Categories: Brushing, Scrubbing, And General Cleaning, Implements, Tool Coated Or Impregnated With Material SupplyDigital wipes and method of handling description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20050262655, Digital wipes and method of handling. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
RELATED APPLICATION/CLAIM OF PRIORITY [0001] This application is related to and claims priority from Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/574,515, filed May 26, 2004, and entitled Digital Wipes and Method of Handling, which provisional application is incorporated by reference herein. BACKGROUND [0002] The present invention relates to a new and useful digital wipe structure, to a method of handling a wipe structure, and particularly to an oral wipe that can be simply produced and effectively handled to clean the teeth, gums, tongue, and oral mucosa. In addition, the present invention provides an oral digital wiping process, that provides a new and useful technique for accurately delivering an oral therapeutic material to the oral cavity. [0003] In applicant's experience as a pediatrician, there has been a need to provide a simple and effective way of cleaning the teeth, gums, tongue, and oral mucosa, especially in young children. However, applicant has also learned of a number of issues that have to be confronted in the design of an oral wipe for such purposes. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,721,987 describes a number of issues that have to be addressed in the design of an oral cleaning device for removing films and residues (e.g. plaque) from a person's teeth. The patent describes the inconvenience often associated with carrying a toothbrush, and finding an appropriate facility in which to use the toothbrush. Moreover, the patent describes issues involved in designing a dental wipe as an alternative to a toothbrush, e.g. designing a dental wipe that can be effectively maintained on a user's finger without slippage, as well as the need to efficiently manufacture the dental wipe. Applicant further notes that such issues are particularly applicable to an oral wipe that is impregnated (effectively saturated) with a mouth rinse solution, and intended to be used to clean the oral cavity, and in the process to physically remove retained food particles as well as biofilms such as dental plaque while simultaneously applying therapeutic substances such as antimicrobial agents, as well as other therapeutic substances, to the teeth, gums, tongue, and oral mucosa. [0004] In addition, in applicant's experience, existing methods for delivering an oral therapeutic material to the oral cavity for preventing and treating various oral disease conditions including dental caries, dental discoloration, gum disease, teething pain, oral pain, and oral thrush can also be significantly improved upon, through a delivery system that utilizes a digital oral wipe to more precisely deliver the therapeutic material to the mouth. In this application, reference to an "oral therapeutic material" means a material that is applied to any or all of a person's teeth, gums, tongue and oral mucosa (e.g. the soft tissue inside the person's cheek). The oral therapeutical material would include any or all of (i) a mouth wash, preferably with a non cariogenic or anti cariogenic material, (ii) an antimicrobial material, e.g. an antifungicide, or an antibiotic material, and (iii) an anesthetic material. Reference to an "oral therapeutic solution" means a solution that includes an oral therapeutic material. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0005] The present invention provides a new and useful digital wipe structure, and method for handling the wipe structure, that can be used to form an oral wipe that is efficient to produce and effective to clean the oral cavity, including the removal of dental plaque and biofilms from the teeth, gums, tongue, and oral mucosa. [0006] In addition, the present invention provides a digital wiping process, particularly for the oral cavity, that provides a new and useful process for delivering an oral therapeutic material to the teeth, gums, tongue, and oral mucosa. [0007] A digital wipe structure according to the present invention, when formed as an oral wipe, comprises a piece of material impregnated with an oral therapeutic solution, and configured to be wrapped completely about a user's index finger to provide a sleeve about the user's index finger. The digital wipe structure is further configured so that when wrapped about a user's index finger an outer portion of the sleeve is oriented so that pressure from the user's thumb will hold and stabilize the sleeve and maintain the sleeve on the user's index finger. The digital wipe structure is then in a condition to accurately and effectively apply wiping pressure and an oral therapeutic material to a localized area, particularly an area where accurate wiping pressure and/or application of an oral therapeutic material is desirable or necessary. [0008] An oral wipe according to the present invention can be efficiently produced, and effectively handled by a user to form a piece of material that is impregnated with an oral therapeutic solution into a sleeve that can be effectively stabilized on a user's finger, and effectively used to clean and apply the oral therapeutic material to a person's oral cavity. [0009] Moreover, a preferred oral wipe can be folded into a pattern that enables the wipe to be efficiently packaged, and effectively unfolded and formed into a sleeve that can be stabilized on a user's finger, despite the fact that the oral wipe is impregnated with an oral therapeutic solution. [0010] In addition, the present invention provides a new and useful way of delivering an oral therapeutic material that includes an antimicrobial material (e.g. nystatin) to the oral mucosal surface of a patient, particularly a patient that is affected by oral thrush. [0011] Other features of the present invention will become further apparent from the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings and exhibits. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS AND EXHIBITS [0012] FIG. 1 is a schematic three dimensional view of an oral wipe, constructed according to the principles of the present invention; [0013] FIG. 2 is a top view of the oral wipe of FIG. 1; [0014] FIG. 3 is a side view of the oral wipe of FIG. 1; [0015] FIG. 4 is a schematic view of oral wipe according to the present invention, in a folded condition, and disposed in a packet; [0016] FIG. 5 is a schematic top view of an oral wipe according to the present invention, and showing the lines upon which the dental wipe is folded, according to the principles of the present invention; [0017] FIG. 6 is a schematic illustration, showing the manner in which an oral wipe, according to the present invention, can be unfolded: and [0018] FIGS. 7-11 are schematic illustrations, showing the manner in which the wipe is wrapped about a user's index finger, according to the principles of the present invention. [0019] Exhibits A-H are color illustrations of a digital wipe and a method of handling the digital wipe, according to the principles of the present invention (in those Exhibits, some numbering, along the lines of the figures, is provided). DETAILED DESCRIPTION Continue reading about Digital wipes and method of handling... Full patent description for Digital wipes and method of handling Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Digital wipes and method of handling patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. 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