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US 12,310,798 B2Granted
Instruments and methods for subperiosteal tunneling and related surgical procedures
OwnerHomayoun H. Zadehinventor
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Abstract
The present invention is a group of surgical instruments with improved function and design for dental and craniofacial surgery, especially subperiosteal tunneling and related procedures. The instruments include surgical elevators for vestibular incision or incisions in the gingival sulcus. The instruments have varying angles and shapes to create a mucosal tunnel in any oral or maxillofacial region. The instrument suite also optionally includes specially designed forceps for introduction of graft material inside the subperiosteal tunnel and to assist with suturing of the graft to surrounding tissue.
Claims6
A three-pronged surgical forceps comprising:
- three individual prong handles each having an integral suture guide comprising a semi circular eyelet opening through a most distal tip thereof and comprised of a pair of grasping prongs and an alignment prong each configured to be aligned together in use and actuated by hand such that distal ends of the pair of grasping prongs and the alignment prongs are aligned.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.