Patent ID: 7059853

Claim:
A device for oral hygiene comprising: an oral irrigation device including an irrigation handle having first and second nozzles and in which said handle has first and second fluid connections defined therein in fluid communication with said first and second nozzles; first and second flexible tube portions; and a fluid source connected to said oral irrigation device, said first and second fluid connections and said first and second nozzles via said first and second flexible tube portions, each of said first and second flexible tube portions being in fluid communication with a respective one of said first and second nozzles; a peristaltic pump module having first and second pump raceways and first and second rollers; whereby said first flexible tube portion is adapted to be disposed in said first pump raceway, said first roller being adapted to run in said first raceway and obstruct said first tube portion therein, said second flexible tube portion being adapted to be disposed in said second pump raceway, said second roller being adapted to run in said second raceway and obstruct said second tube portion therein; and whereby said first and second rollers are disposed to rotate in said raceways and thereby move the corresponding first and second obstructions along the first and second flexible tubing portions.