Dental instrument assemblies and components for use within dental instrument assemblies
AssigneeAscentcare Dental Products, Inc.
InventorAustin 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.
Claims12
A mouth piece of a dental instrument assembly, the mouth piece comprising:
- a body portion having an ejection port configured to engage a dental instrument adapter;
- a core extending from the body portion to a distal end of the mouth piece;
- a first front flap and a second front flap each having inner edges connected via the core;
- a first rear flap and a second rear flap each having inner edges connected via the core;
- wherein the core includes a first side wall extending between the first front flap and the first rear flap and the core includes a second side wall extending between the second front flap and the second rear flap, the core defining a distance between the first and second side walls;
- wherein an outer edge of the first front flap and an outer edge of the second front flap include a respective sidewall having a non-planar bottom;
- and
- wherein the first rear flap and the second rear flap include a substantially planar surface facing the non-planar bottom of the first and second front flaps
- wherein the body portion includes a first receptacle configured to receive a first respective adapter interlock when the ejection port is operably engaged with a first dental instrument adapter, and wherein the body portion includes a second receptacle configured to receive a second respective adapter interlock when the ejection port is operably engaged with a second dental instrument adapter.
A mouth piece of a dental instrument assembly, the mouth piece comprising:
- a body portion having an ejection port configured to engage a dental instrument adapter;
- a core extending from the body portion to a distal end of the mouth piece;
- a first front flap and a second front flap each having inner edges connected via the core;
- a first rear flap and a second rear flap each having inner edges connected via the core;
- wherein the core includes a first side wall extending between the first front flap and the first rear flap and the core includes a second side wall extending between the second front flap and the second rear flap, the core defining a distance between the first and second side walls;
- wherein a front perimeter around the outer edge of the first front flap and the 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;
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- wherein the first front flap and the second front flap include a front set of apertures, and wherein the first rear flap and the second rear flap include a rear set of apertures, the front set of apertures offset from the rear set of apertures so as to not align with each other;
- and
- wherein an outer edge of the first front flap and an outer edge of the second front flap include a respective sidewall having a non-planar bottom;
- and
- wherein the first rear flap and the second rear flap include a substantially smooth surface facing the non-planar bottom of the first and second front flaps.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.