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US 11,173,303 B2Granted
Device and means to ameliorate discomfort and pain during dental and similar procedures
OwnerSergio Lara Pereira Monteiroinventor
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Abstract
A device and means to decrease the pain associated with dental procedures as from dental drills, the probing scratching tool to detect cavities, the needle to inject anesthesia, the tool to extract nerve for root canal treatment, etc. The device uses electrical currents of both positive and negative polarity or alternating current.
Claims20
An electrical stimulator device composed of:
- a minimum of one type-1 electrode supported by a first supporting device formed as a rigid penetrating device that is inserted in an animal,
- whereas the type-1 electrodes are adapted to apply electrical stimulating current to the animal,
- wherein the type-1 electrode that is supported by the first supporting device formed as the rigid penetrating device that is capable of being inserted into at least part of the volume inside the animal or inside an organ of the animal, is adapted to inject an electric current in its surroundings,
- wherein the first supporting device formed as the rigid penetrating device is adapted to be inserted into at least part of the volume inside the animal or inside an organ of the animal,
- wherein the first supporting device formed as the rigid penetrating device is a pain-inflicting device which device causes pain on the animal, the pain-inflicting device belonging to one of the elements of the set:
- 1. a needle used to inject anesthetics near the nerves and teeth of the animal,
- 2. a sharp pointed device used to scratch the teeth surface to inspect for cavities,
- 3. a Jacquette Scaler,
- 4. a Sickle Scaler,
- 5. an explorer #23,
- 6. a tartar remover scaler,
- 7. a root canal spreader,
- 8. a margin trimmer,
- 9. a gracey periodontal curette,
- 10. a periodontal probe,
- 11. a Heidman spatula,
- 12. a drill used to take away decayed teeth tissues,
- 13. any of a multiplicity of tools used to extract a nerve for a root canal treatment
- 14. any spatula or probe or drill or other dental tool used in dental procedures.
16 more elements
A method of applying electrical stimulation to tissues of an animal which consists of first device and a second device, wherein,
- the first device is a rigid penetrating device adapted at being inserted in the animal, or in a cavity of the animal, or in a tissue of the animal, or in a part of the animal,
- the second device is a malleable sheet-like structure adapted to conform to a full external surface of the animal or to part of the external surface of the animal, or to a full internal surface of the animal, or to part of the internal surface of the animal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.