Patent ID: 8893727

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a circular unitary body having at least one fixed protrusion configured to remove debris from a nail; and at least one nail cleaning region forming an outside perimeter around at least part of the unitary body that is separate from the at least one protrusion, wherein the nail cleaning region is configured to receive a removable cartridge in a manner that the removable cartridge becomes part of, and defines a terminal end of the nail cleaning region, wherein the removable cartridge comprises: at least a first nail cleaning element and a second nail cleaning element, wherein each nail cleaning element is configured to allow cleaning atop, around and underneath a different nail up to and including a location where the nail meets skin without cross-contaminating another nail cleaning element of the removable cartridge, the at least one nail cleaning region further being positioned to prevent cross contamination from the at least one protrusion.