Dental kit for performing root canals
OwnerJoseph J. Pelerininventor
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Abstract
A novel dental kit is provided which contains all of the necessary implements, instruments, medicaments and supplies for performing root canal therapy. The kit comprises a housing having a pair of spaced rails for supporting a plurality of hand held dental instruments in an openly accessible position. In addition, a plurality of holder assemblies are mounted to the housing and each holder assembly contains a single type of tooth working implements and maintains them in an openly accessible position. Preferably two reservoirs are formed in the housing, one for holding a sterile liquid, such as alcohol and the other for holding an irrigatory fluid. A pump is also mounted to the housing for pumping the sterile fluid to either an accessory or a main well.
Claims9
A dental device for containing tools, medicines and supplies for performing root canal therapy comprising:
- a housing having a base and a lid, said lid dimensioned to fit over and cover said base,
- a plurality of holder assemblies, each holder assembly comprising a body having a plurality of receiving openings formed in it, said receiving openings in each holder assembly being dimensioned to contain a single type of tooth working implement or supply,
- said base of said housing including a plurality of openings, each opening dimensioned to receive one holding assembly therein,
- said holding assemblies being removably positioned within said openings in said housing base, and wherein said dental device is portable and hand carriable and
- wherein said device further comprises a working well removably mounted to said housing base, said working well having a bottom wall and a closed side wall thus defining an interior chamber open at its top, means for supporting at least one tooth working implement adjacent the top of the working well so that the tooth working implement extends downwardly into the interior of the well, a plate contained within the interior of the well and means for variably adjusting the position of the plate with respct to the bottom wall.
A dental device for containing tools, medicines and supplies for performing root canal therapy comprising:
- a housing having a base and a lid, said lid dimensioned to fit over and cover said base,
- a plurality of holder assemblies, each holder assembly comprising a body having a plurality of receiving openings formed in it, said receiving openings in each holder assembly being dimensioned to contain a single type of tooth working implement or supply,
- said base of said housing including a plurality of openings, each opening dimensioned to receive one holding assembly therein,
- said holding assemblies being removably positioned within said openings in said housing base, and wherein said dental device is portable and hand carriable, and
- wherein said housing base further comprises a liquid reservoir adapted to contain an irrigatory liquid, said reservoir further comprising a first chamber, a second chamber and valve means for selectively fluidly connecting said chambers together, and an irrigatory well open at one end exteriorly of said housing base and at its other end to one of said chambers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.