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US 10,945,595 B2Granted
Dental suction-mirror tool
AssigneeRndent IP Ltd.
InventorsDavid Tavor, Nissim Avramov, Roee Haimovich
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Abstract
The invention provides a disposable dental mirror tool combined with a disposable suction means, enabling simultaneously viewing the patient's mouth and cleaning liquids and debris formed during dental procedures.
Claims9
A disposable dental suction mirror tool, comprising:
- i) a mirror frame (1) made of a single plastic piece shaped to comprise:
- a) a circular section (11) for accommodating a circular mirror, defining a mirror plane;
- b) an oblong opening (7) adjacent to said circular section for evacuating fluids from said mirror, defining a front part of said frame;
- c) a cylindrical suction tube base (3) for inserting into a standard dental suction tube, the tube serving as a handle and connecting said dental tool with a vacuum source, said cylinder and said mirror plane forming an angle of between 50° and 60° ;
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- d) a circular, back opening (8) for evacuating fluids from behind and beneath said frame, defining a backside part of said frame;
- ii) a frame bottom (10) having a circular edge and located in said circular section for supporting said mirror;
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- iii) a planar anti-fog mirror (2) to be attached on said frame bottom in said circular section;
- said angle and said openings allowing for optimal liquid flow relative to the mirror plane and for effectively removing fluids and debris created during a dental procedure, thereby preventing the mirror from becoming non-reflective;
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- wherein said mirror has a smaller diameter than said frame circular section into which said mirror is set, allowing sucked liquid to move also between the mirror edge and the frame to below the mirror surface, said frame bottom further being provided with a circular ridge, concentric with said circular edge of the bottom and elevated toward the mirror;
- said mirror sits on the ridge, creating a free space between said mirror and said bottom, wherein a part of the sucked liquid moves from above the mirror surface via said space and via said front oblong opening to the suction tube.
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