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US 11,737,739 B2Granted
Dental instrument assemblies and components for use within dental instrument assemblies
AssigneeAscentcare Dental Products, Inc.
InventorAustin R. Ritter
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Abstract
Dental instrument assemblies (e.g., mouth pieces, bite blocks, vacuum dental mirrors, illuminated dental mirrors, illuminated dental wedges, trans-illumination dental instrument, illuminated dental bite blocks, etc.) are provided. The dental instrument assemblies may be adapted to be periodically sterilized. The dental instrument assemblies may include a magnetically energetic fiber optic coupler. The magnetically energetic fiber optic coupler may be configured to allow dental instrument adapter to rotate with respect to an associated fiber optic cable that is removably connected to the magnetically energetic fiber optic coupler. The dental instrument assemblies may include a fiber optic material that is encapsulated.
Claims16
A dental instrument assembly, comprising:
- a dental instrument adapter having an illumination source connection, a vacuum source connection, and a dental instrument connection, wherein the vacuum source connection is swivably connectable to a vacuum source, wherein the illumination source connection is swivably connectable to an illumination source independent of the vacuum source connection to the vacuum source, and wherein the dental instrument connection is connectable to a removable dental instrument having at least one receptacle configured to receive a respective adapter interlock of the dental instrument connection;
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- a dental instrument connected to the dental instrument adapter, wherein the dental instrument includes at least one receptacle configured to receive a respective adapter interlock of a dental instrument adapter, wherein the dental instrument is a mouth piece having a first front flap, a second front flap, a first rear flap, and a second rear flap, wherein a front perimeter around an outer edge of the first front flap and an outer edge of the second front flap is less than a rear perimeter around an outer edge of the first rear flap and an outer edge of the second rear flap, wherein an inner edge of the first front flap is connected with an inner edge of the second front flap via a core, wherein an inner edge of the first rear flap is connected with an inner edge of the second rear flap via the core, wherein the core includes a first side wall extending between the first front flap and the first rear flap, wherein the core includes a second side wall extending between the second front flap and the second rear flap, and wherein a distance between the first side wall and the second side wall increases along the core starting from an exhaust port of the mouth piece to a distal end of the mouth piece.
A dental instrument assembly, comprising:
- a dental instrument having at least one receptacle configured to receive a respective adapter interlock of a dental instrument adapter, wherein the dental instrument is a mouth piece having a first front flap, a second front flap, a first rear flap, and a second rear flap, wherein a front perimeter around an outer edge of the first front flap and an outer edge of the second front flap is less than a rear perimeter around an outer edge of the first rear flap and an outer edge of the second rear flap, wherein an inner edge of the first front flap is connected with an inner edge of the second front flap via a core, wherein an inner edge of the first rear flap is connected with an inner edge of the second rear flap via the core, wherein the core includes a first side wall extending between the first front flap and the first rear flap, wherein the core includes a second side wall extending between the second front flap and the second rear flap, and wherein a distance between the first side wall and the second side wall increases along the core starting from an exhaust port of the mouth piece to a distal end of the mouth piece.
A dental instrument assembly, comprising:
- a dental instrument having an integral bite block, a core, and at least one receptacle configured to receive a respective adapter interlock of a dental instrument adapter, wherein the dental instrument is a mouth piece having a first front flap, a second front flap, a first rear flap, and a second rear flap, wherein a front perimeter around an outer edge of the first front flap and an outer edge of the second front flap is less than a rear perimeter around an outer edge of the first rear flap and an outer edge of the second rear flap, wherein the core includes a first side wall extending between the first front flap and the first rear flap, wherein the core includes a second side wall extending between the second front flap and the second rear flap, and wherein a distance between the first side wall and the second side wall increases along the core starting from an exhaust port of the mouth piece to a distal end of the mouth piece.
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