Dental mirror with aspirating and rinsing means
OwnerCandice A. Yandell, Gregory D. Wiita +2inventors
InventorsCandice A. Yandell, Gregory D. Wiita, J. Michael Teets, Bruce E. Wiita
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Abstract
A dental mirror including means for providing suction and rinsing service to the mouth cavity and the like including a substantially annular inlet port formed at the edge of the mirror housing interconnecting longitudinal passages formed in the dental mirror handle and a self-locking swivel coupling connecting the proximal end of the dental mirror handle and a hose or tube connected to a liquid or air and vacuum remotely mounted source. In one embodiment the area of the inlet port progressively increases and in another embodiment the upper and lower plates of the mirror housing are supported by aerodynamically clean struts and the mirror may form the upper plate.
Claims7
A dental mirror apparatus having rinsing and suction capabilities comprising;
- an elongated tubular handle having external connection means at the proximal end for connection with a suction or rinsing line,
- a circular back plate extending at an obtuse angle from the distal end of said elongated tubular handle,
- a circular mirror coaxially disposed relative to said back plate and spaced therefrom for defining therewith a substantially annular complementary edge extending from one side of said elongated tubular handle to the opposing side of said tubular handle at its distal end where said elongated tubular handle joins said circular back plate and an annular cavity,
- said complementary edge defining an inlet port extending from one side of said tubular handle to a diametrically opposite side thereof at the distal end of said tubular handle and communicating with said annular cavity for communicating with said external connection means through a passage defined by said tubular handle communicating with said annular cavity, whereby said dental mirror apparatus aspirates and/or rinses the mouth area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.