Disposable dental valve device having a check valve
AssigneeStoma Ventures, LLC
InventorsCharles Thomas, Edward Arguello
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Abstract
A disposable dental valve device is disclosed having a valve body having a tip receiving end, a hose receiving end, a lumen formed between the tip receiving end and the hose receiving end, a partial opening formed in the valve body, and a rotatable valve sealing body adapted to being inserted into the partial opening, the rotatable valve sealing body having a bore for alignment with the lumen formed between the tip receiving end and the hose receiving end, the bore having a tip receiving opening and a hose receiving opening, the rotatable valve sealing body having a check valve positioned on the tip receiving opening, and the rotatable valve sealing body having a top and a handle portion connected to the top.
Claims20
A disposable dental valve device comprises:
- a valve body having a tip receiving end, a hose receiving end, a lumen formed between the tip receiving end and the hose receiving end, a partial opening formed in the valve body, and an annular channel formed in the partial opening;
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- a rotatable valve sealing body adapted to being inserted into the partial opening, the rotatable valve sealing body having an annular ridge portion with the ridge portion for fitting into the annular channel in a snap fit engagement to secure the rotatable valve sealing body within the valve body, the rotatable valve sealing body having a bore for alignment with the lumen formed between the tip receiving end and the hose receiving end, the bore having a tip receiving opening and a hose receiving opening, the tip receiving opening having a check valve positioned therein to selectively open or close the tip receiving opening, and the rotatable valve sealing body having a top and a handle portion connected to the top.
A disposable dental valve device comprises:
- a valve body having an exterior rib, a tip receiving end, a hose receiving end, a lumen formed between the tip receiving end and the hose receiving end, a partial opening formed in the valve body;
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- a rotatable valve sealing body adapted to being inserted into the partial opening, the rotatable valve sealing body having a bore for alignment with the lumen formed between the tip receiving end and the hose receiving end, the bore having a tip receiving opening and a hose receiving opening, the rotatable valve sealing body having a check valve positioned in the tip receiving opening, and the rotatable valve sealing body having a top and a handle portion connected to the top.
A disposable dental valve device kit comprising:
- a valve body having a tip receiving end, a hose receiving end, a lumen formed between the tip receiving end and the hose receiving end, a partial opening formed in the valve body, and an annular channel formed in the partial opening;
- a rotatable valve sealing body adapted to being inserted into the partial opening, the rotatable valve sealing body having an annular ridge portion with the ridge portion for fitting into the annular channel in a snap fit engagement to secure the rotatable valve sealing body within the valve body, the rotatable valve sealing body having a bore for alignment with the lumen formed between the tip receiving end and the hose receiving end, the bore having a tip receiving opening and a hose receiving opening, the tip receiving opening having a check valve positioned therein to selectively open or close the tip receiving opening, and the rotatable valve sealing body having a top and a handle portion connected to the top;
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- a cap device for insertion into a hose connected to a source of vacuum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.