Comb for the treatment of pediculosis

Abstract

A comb for the treatment of pediculosis, comprising a grip handle and a plurality of teeth intended to catch and drag the nits and lice present in the hair, wherein the teeth have a proximal end retained in said handle and a free distal end, said teeth being differentiated into a first plurality of teeth and a second plurality of teeth, where the teeth of the first plurality alternate with the teeth of the second plurality and the teeth of said first plurality are longer than the teeth of said second plurality so that the distal ends of the teeth of the first plurality are projected beyond the distal ends of the teeth of said second plurality.

1 . A comb for the treatment of pediculosis by cleaning and removing nits and/or lice from a user's hair, comprising a comb of the type having a grip handle from which a plurality of teeth is projected, said comb being characterized in that:
 said teeth have a proximal end retained in said handle and a free distal end, said teeth being differentiated into a first plurality of teeth and a second plurality of teeth, where the teeth of the first plurality alternate with the teeth of the second plurality and the teeth of said first plurality are longer than the teeth of said second plurality so that the distal ends of the teeth of the first plurality project beyond the distal ends of the teeth of the second plurality, wherein said teeth of the first and second plurality of teeth have a diameter of approximately 1.25 mm, and said teeth are separated from each other by a distance from 0.05 mm to 0.2 mm.   
     
     
         2 . A comb according to  claim 1 , characterized in that said teeth, of the first and second plurality, have their distal ends blunt. 
     
     
         3 . A comb according to  claim 2 , characterized in that said teeth of the first plurality have their distal ends finished in a rounded insert. 
     
     
         4 . A comb according to  claim 2 , characterized in that said rounded insert is an insert of a material selected from plastic, polymer, resin or ceramic. 
     
     
         5 . A comb according to  claim 1 , characterized in that said teeth are provided with rough means for the retention and dragging of nits and lice present in the hair. 
     
     
         6 . A comb according to  claim 5 , characterized in that said rough means are formed by a plurality of successive grooves or valleys that are defined on the surface of at least one longitudinal section of each of said teeth. 
     
     
         7 . (canceled) 
     
     
         8 . A comb according to  claim 6 , characterized in that said grooves circumferentially extend around the tooth and are separated from each other a distance between 0.5 mm and 4 mm. 
     
     
         9 . A comb according to  claim 6 , characterized in that said grooves extend helicoidally around the tooth and the passage of said helicoid has a dimension between 0.5 mm and 4 mm.