Finger-worn oral procedure apparatus and method
AssigneeCyrus Buhari
InventorsCyrus Buhari, Ryan Berg
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Abstract
A device and methods for making and using an oral procedure apparatus include a tubular member and a flange. The tubular member forms a lumen extending from a first end of the tubular member to a second end of the tubular member, the lumen having a lumen cross-section sized to admit a human finger extending through the lumen, the tubular member having a tubular cross-section sized to be admitted into a mouth of a patient, the tubular member formed from a material substantially resilient against a bite from the mouth of the patient. The flange is coupled to the first end of the tubular member, the flange having a flange cross-section sized larger than the mouth of the patient.
Claims18
A method, comprising:
- placing an oral procedure apparatus over a finger of a wearer, the oral procedure apparatus comprising:
- a tubular member forming a lumen extending from a first end of the tubular member to a second end of the tubular member, the lumen having a lumen cross-section sized to admit the finger of the wearer extending through the lumen, the tubular member having a circular cross-section configured to be admitted into a mouth of a patient and a length extending from the first end to the second end such that the oral procedure apparatus is configured to be seated between a metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint and up to a proximal inter-phalangeal (PIP) joint of the finger of the wearer, the tubular member formed from a polymer material resilient against a bite from the mouth of the patient and having a hardness between Shore durometer A 70 and Shore durometer D 80;
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- a flange coupled to the first end of the tubular member, the flange having an inner surface and an outer surface configured to be adjacent, to the knuckle of the wearer, the flange having a first flange end and a second flange end, the first flange end coupled to the first end of the tubular member and having a first width, the second flange end having a second width larger than the first width, wherein a flange cross-section is configured to be larger than the mouth of the patient;
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- placing the oral procedure apparatus as worn on the finger of the wearer into the mouth of a patient.
A method, comprising:
- placing an oral procedure apparatus over a finger of a wearer, the oral procedure apparatus comprising:
- a tubular member forming a lumen extending from a first end of the tubular member to a second end of the tubular member, the lumen having a lumen cross-section sized to admit the finger extending through the lumen, the tubular member having a circular cross-section configured to be admitted into a mouth of a patient, the tubular member formed from a polymer material resilient against a bite from the mouth of the patient and having a hardness between Shore durometer A 70 and Shore durometer D 80;
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- a flange coupled to the first end of the tubular member, the flange having a flange cross-section configured to be larger than the mouth of the patient;
- wherein the flange forms a notch, the notch defining an arc around a portion of a circumference of the flange;
- wherein the notch is configured to admit webbing of a hand adjacent to the finger of the wearer;
- wherein the flange forms an angle of seventy degrees relative to a primary axis of the tubular member;
- admitting webbing of a hand of the wearer adjacent to the finger of the wearer into the notch;
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- placing the oral procedure apparatus as worn on the finger of the wearer into the mouth of the patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.