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US 10,390,916 B1Granted
Saliva ejector appliance
OwnerEdmond Rassibiinventor
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Abstract
A saliva injector appliance that includes an elongate member having a scoop with channels at its distal end. Clamps or the like hold the appliance against and to a saliva ejector such that the end of the injector is spaced a small distance rearward from the end of the scoop, and the scoop and the channels direct fluid into the injector and push tissue out of the way during a dental procedure. The elongate member has a rigid or semi-rigid construction and holds the saliva ejector at the desired position and angle as directed by a practitioner grasping the rear handle portion of the elongate member.
Claims17
A saliva ejector system comprising:
- a saliva ejector configured to:
- suction materials from a patient's oral cavity, and
- a saliva ejector appliance comprising:
- an elongate member having a front face, a rearward portion, and a forward head portion;
- the front face having a longitudinal groove configured to hold therein in a snap-fit held position and affixed in place, the saliva ejector along generally an entire length of the front face with a distal end of the saliva ejector being spaced a small distance rearwardly from an end of the forward head portion, wherein the forward head portion is continuous with the rearward portion in a longitudinal direction;
- the rearward portion forming an operator handle portion of the appliance when the saliva ejector is in the held position allowing an operator grasping the handle portion to controllably move the forward head portion in the patient's oral cavity in a saliva ejection procedure;
- and
- the handle portion being longer than the head portion, and
- wherein the saliva ejector appliance is configured to:
- stop the saliva ejector at the oral cavity by holding in place the saliva ejector to the front face;
- and
- protect soft tissue in the patient's oral cavity by extending past a tip of the saliva ejector and thereby preventing the aspiration of soft tissue.
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A saliva ejector system comprising:
- a saliva ejector configured to suction materials from a patient's oral cavity, and
- a saliva ejector appliance comprising:
- an elongate member having a front face, a rearward portion, and a forward head portion;
- the forward end portion including a scoop-shaped head defining a pocket and having a forward end tip;
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- the front face having a longitudinal groove configured to hold therein in a held position and affixed in place, the saliva ejector along generally an entire length of the front face with a slotted soft tip of the saliva ejector being positioned in the pocket and a forward end of the soft tip being spaced a small distance rearwardly from the forward end tip;
- wherein the slotted soft tip has a larger diameter than a flexible tube portion of the saliva ejector, and wherein the forward head portion is continuous with the rearward portion in a longitudinal direction;
- the pocket having a width greater than a width of the longitudinal groove;
- the rearward portion forming an operator handle portion of the appliance when the saliva ejector is in the held position allowing an operator grasping the handle portion to controllably move the forward head portion in the patient's oral cavity in a saliva ejection procedure;
- and
- the handle portion being longer than the head portion;
- and
- wherein the saliva ejector appliance is configured to:
- stop the saliva ejector at the oral cavity by holding in place the saliva ejector to the front face;
- and
- protect soft tissue in the patient's oral cavity by extending past a tip of the saliva ejector and thereby preventing the aspiration of soft tissue.
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A saliva ejector appliance system comprising:
- a saliva ejector configured to suction materials from a patient's oral cavity, and
- a saliva ejector appliance comprising:
- an elongate member having a front face, a rearward portion, and a forward head portion;
- the front face having a longitudinal groove configured to hold therein in a held position and affixed in place, the saliva ejector along generally an entire length of the front face with a distal end of the saliva ejector being spaced a small distance rearwardly from an end of the forward head portion, wherein the forward head portion is continuous with the rearward portion in a longitudinal direction;
- the rearward portion forming an operator handle portion of the appliance when the saliva ejector is in the held position allowing an operator grasping the handle portion to controllably move the forward head portion in the patient's oral cavity in a saliva ejection procedure;
- and
- the handle portion being longer than the head portion;
- the elongate member has a neck adjacent to and proximal to the head portion;
- and
- the elongate member has an enlarged, operator thumb rest on a bottom surface adjacent to the neck;
- and
- wherein the saliva ejector appliance is configured to:
- stop the saliva ejector at the oral cavity by holding in place the saliva ejector to the front face;
- and
- protect soft tissue in the patient's oral cavity by extending past a tip of the saliva ejector and thereby preventing the aspiration of soft tissue.
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A saliva ejector system comprising:
- a saliva ejector configured to suction materials from a patient's oral cavity, and
- a saliva ejector appliance comprising:
- an elongate member having a front face, a rearward portion, and a forward head portion;
- the front face having a longitudinal groove configured to hold therein in a held position and affixed in place, the saliva ejector along generally an entire length of the front face with a distal end of the saliva ejector being spaced a small distance rearwardly from an end of the forward head portion, wherein the forward head portion is continuous with the rearward portion in a longitudinal direction;
- the rearward portion forming an operator handle portion of the appliance when the saliva ejector is in the held position allowing an operator grasping the handle portion to controllably move the forward head portion in the patient's oral cavity in a saliva ejection procedure;
- the handle portion being longer than the head portion;
- and
- the handle portion being made of a semi-rigid material such that a user can manually bend the handle portion into a desired changed shape;
- and
- wherein the saliva ejector appliance is configured to:
- stop the saliva ejector at the oral cavity by holding in place the saliva ejector to the front face;
- and
- protect soft tissue in the patient's oral cavity by extending past a tip of the saliva ejector and thereby preventing the aspiration of soft tissue.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.