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AssigneeBing Innovations, LLC
InventorsSteven Goldberg, Michael Goldberg, David Schiff
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An instrument, article and method are provided for minimizing pain during administration by injection of a liquid, such as, an anesthetic. The instrument has a forward end. A rod or lightpipe mounted freely for vibration projects out of the forward end. The article, a single use tip, is composed of a tip sleeve removably mounted on the forward end of the instrument and a tip member removably mounted on the projecting rod or lightpipe to vibrate a preselected injection site on a human or animal. The tip sleeve and tip member are covered by an elastic overmold that enables the tip member to vibrate freely with respect to the tip sleeve and light from the lightpipe to illuminate the injection site. The overmold of the single use tip is torn during removal of the single use tip from the instrument.
1-8. (canceled)
A method for reducing pain while injecting a liquid at a preselected site on tissue of a human or animal comprising the steps of providing an instrument including a main body and a disposable tip detachably mounted on the main body, said disposable tip including a mounting part for mounting on the main body, a vibrating tip and a resilient overmold holding them together, creating vibrations in said main body, transmitting the created vibrations to vibrate the tip, applying the vibrating tip to tissue at a preselected injection site to vibrate the tissue, simultaneously injecting by a needle or like instrument a liquid into the preselected injection site, and tearing the overmold to render the disposable tip unfit for further use.
The method of claim 16 wherein the amplitude of vibration of the vibrating tip is from about 0.1 mm to about 1.0 mm.
16-20. (canceled)
The method of claim 16 wherein the tip is put on the main body with one type of motion and removed by another type of motion, and said tip having a configuration that coacts with the main body to remain stationary relative to the instrument when the tip is rotated so that the overmold is torn.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.