Patent ID: 7025986
Filing Date: 2006-04-11
Classification: A61K,A61Q

Abstract:
1. An ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene film: having a tensile strength from between about 0.7 GPa and about 5 GPa where said polyethylene has an intrinsic viscosity from between about 5 and about 50 db/g; that is stretched, fibrillated and slit into a micromesh tape suitable for use as an interproximal device having: a fibrillation density from between about 5% and about 90% of the total tape surface, a width from between about 0.035 and about 0.12 inches, a thickness from between about 0.001 and about 0.004 inches, and a denier from between about 200 and about 600; wherein said micromesh interproximal device is coated with an oral care substance at from between about 10 and about 120 mg/yd and which, during flossing, releases substantial amounts of said coating while demonstrating ultra shred resistance and an entrapment factor of at least about two; and where said oral care substance is selected from the group consisting of hedonic agents, cleaners, chemotherapeutic agents, abrasives, and mixtures thereof.