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US 10,299,890 B2Granted
Dental wedge
AssigneeErskine Products Pty Ltd
InventorCraig Mathew Erskine-Smith
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Abstract
Disclosed is a dental wedge and system comprising a dental wedge and a tool. The dental wedge includes a spherical gripping portion at an end, which provides surfaces extending generally transverse relative to a longitudinal axis of the dental wedge. A tool is configured to engaged with the spherical gripping portion so that a user may manipulate the tool in order to manipulate the dental wedge.
Claims10
A dental wedge having a longitudinal axis extending between first and second ends of the dental wedge, the dental wedge including:
- a longitudinally extending base extending from the first end towards the second end, wherein the base tapers towards the first end;
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- a gripping portion attached to the second end and providing a spherical surface extending generally transverse relative to said longitudinal axis and facing toward and away from said first end, and
- wherein the spherical surface of the gripping portion is configured so that the dental wedge is positionable relative to a tool engaging the gripping portion with a spherical socket both rotationally around the longitudinal axis and angularly relative to two orthogonal planes parallel to the longitudinal axis.
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A system, including comprising:
- a dental wedge, having a longitudinal axis extending between a first end and a second end of the dental wedge, comprising:
- a longitudinally extending base extending from the first end towards the second end, wherein the base tapers towards the first end;
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- a gripping portion attached to the second end and providing a spherical surface extending generally transverse relative to said longitudinal axis and facing toward and away from said first end;
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- a tool engaged with the dental wedge, and configured to manipulate the dental wedge, the tool including an end portion having an end extremity, the end extremity including a spherical socket engaged with the spherical surface of the gripping portion so that a user may orient the dental wedge relative to the tool in three orthogonal angular directions and manipulate the tool in order to manipulate the dental wedge.
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A system including:
- a dental wedge having a longitudinal axis extending between a first end and a second end of the dental wedge comprising;
- a longitudinally extending base extending from the first end towards the second end, wherein the base tapers towards the first end;
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- a gripping portion attached to the second end and providing a spherical surface extending generally transverse relative to said axis and facing toward and away from said first end, wherein the gripping portion is attached to the base by a stem;
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- a tool engaged with the dental wedge, and configured to manipulate the dental wedge, the tool including an end portion having an end extremity, the end extremity including a spherical socket engaged with the gripping portion so that a user may orient the dental wedge relative to the tool in three orthogonal angular directions and manipulate the tool in order to manipulate the wedge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.