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7238021 |
Powered cutting surface with protective guard for equine teeth
An arrangement that may be used in combination with selected tools having a tooth cutting surface for the care and maintenance such as removing a selected portion of the exposed surface of equine...
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7101176 |
Rotary float with friction-engaged cap
A rotary float includes an elongated tubular arm with a drive shaft rotatably mounted therethrough. The forward end of the drive shaft is connected to a collet shaft within an extension tube, and...
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7037110 |
Protective barrier
A protective barrier that can be removably fitted over a dental instrument to protect against the transfer of contaminants from one dental patient to another via the dental instrument. The...
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7033169 |
Variable tool
A variable tool ( 1 ) for use in veterinary procedures is provided. The tool ( 1 ) includes a handle ( 5 ) having first and second ends ( 7, 8 ), the first end ( 7 ) engageable with a drive means....
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6948934 |
Prophylactic systems for dental instruments and methods for using the same
A prophylactic system 100 for a dental hand piece 101 of a selected shape and having an outlet 112 for providing a fluid to an operating field is disclosed. A cover 102 has a shape...
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6923647 |
Method for removing a dental crown and apparatus therefor
Method and tool for fracturing the cement interface between a crown and a tooth or the like. The method is accomplished by positioning a piezoelectric driven rapid impacting tool against one side...
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6716215 |
Cranial drill with sterile barrier
A medical device is provided comprising a MRI compatible cranial drill having a removable sterilizable drill bit and a sterile barrier. The sterile barrier has an interior portion, a proximal end,...
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6443729 |
Illuminated dental mirror
A dental mirror comprising a handle, a mirror, a tubular member inside the handle, a light source inside the tubular member, a light transmitting element coupled to the light source, a thermally...
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6402511 |
Pathogen barrier with optically transparent end
A disposable pathogen barrier of a material which is highly elastic and stretchable, yet tear-resistant, and capable of being placed in proximate contact and covering an entirety of a variety of...
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6325624 |
Devices and methods for continuous contact air abrasion dentistry
The present invention relates to a instrument for use in an air abrasion dental instrument that allows direct contact between a nozzle which delivers a stream of abrasive particles directly through...
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6315565 |
Method and apparatus for tooth cleaning using abrasive powders
A tooth cleaning system having a unitary elastomeric injection molded flexible protective shield, and a nozzle having an end portion extending into the shield. The shield is connected to a source...
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6315559 |
Prophy head
Prophy head for a handpiece used in dentistry. The prophy head has a rotating shaft which holds a polishing member, a bearing for supporting the shaft, a housing for retaining the bearing, and a...
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6305937 |
Releasably mountable hand grip for a dental tool
A releasably mountable hand grip (10) for a dental tool is installable on any tool, but is particularly adapted for installation on dental, dental hygiene and medical tools having a narrow...
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6273716 |
Prophylactic covers for dental instruments and methods for making the same
A cover 30 for a selected dental hand piece 10 includes a body 32 having first and second halves 34a, 34b of a shape and dimensions selected to substantially conform with a shape and dimensions of...
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6273712 |
Equine dental grinding apparatus
A dental appliance or apparatus for grinding the teeth of equine patients includes a variable speed motor and an elongated tube leading from the motor to a head member that mounts an annular...
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6099306 |
Tooth powdering applicator
A tooth powdering applicator. A container for holding infrared reflective powder has an inlet connected to a source of pressurized fluid and an outlet connected to a rigid outlet tube. A cover is...
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6095811 |
Gripping handle for diagnostic instrument
A gripping handle for a diagnostic instrument, such as an intraoral dental camera, in which the instrument includes an elongate body having an integral camera head and a protective sheath having a...
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6033219 |
Rigid bur guard having a foam insert for protecting individuals from infectious dental tools
The bur guard covers and removes foreign matter from burs protruding from a dental hand piece with an outer member, a foam inner member, and a mechanism to hold the foam taut enough to accept any...
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6024566 |
Abrasive container for gas-abrasive applications
A device for containing abrasive particles expelled from air-abrasive apparatus and permitting their facile removal without the aid of a vacuum source, while facilitating a relatively unobstructed...
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5951285 |
Dental sandblasting confiner
An improved dental sandblasting confiner in the form of a flexible walled transparent cup which has an internal chamber. The cup includes an inlet opening formed within an interior sleeve which...
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5921776 |
Disposable protective barriers for use with dental instruments
An inexpensive, time-efficient, and effective protective barrier device which provides protection against the transfer of contaminants such as infectious agents from one dental patient to another...
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5915966 |
Tooth crown preparation system
A tooth crown preparation system is provided including a handle and a tooth cover fixed to the handle and defining an interior space and an open bottom. A grinding assembly is rotatably mounted to...
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5908297 |
Dental vacuum system with foot-actuated valve
A dental vacuum system having a foot-actuated valve for controlling the flow of vacuum through the system. The foot-actuated valve is located away from the field of operation such that the valve is...
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5906488 |
Releasable holding device preventing undesirable rotation during tightening of a screw connection in a bone anchored implant
Holding device for use with a tool for mechanical tightening of a screw connection in a bone-anchored dental implant without the tissue which surrounds the implant being stressed, the holding...
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5893712 |
Gripping handle for diagnostic instrument
A diagnostic assembly includes an instrument having a body portion and a distal camera head, in which a protective sheath encases the instrument body and includes a transparent window for allowing...
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5890898 |
Infection control guard for dental air-water syringes
A multifunctional splash guard for a dental air-water syringe comprising of a cone shaped member having a generally cylindrical base formed with an axial opening extending through said base formed...
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5848895 |
Sleeve for dental instrument nozzle
A sleeve for disposable dental instrument nozzles is disclosed. The sleeve is designed to maintain sterility from the point of manufacture until actual use with a patient. Both ends of the sleeve...
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5842863 |
Device for containing excess abrasive material
A device is described for containing abrasive particles expelled from air-abrasive apparati and permitting their removal. One embodiment disclosed is a device for containing abrasive material...
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5836762 |
Portable dental camera system and method
The invention provides a camera system including a handpiece having a lens, and a cable connector connected to opposite ends of a cable and a plurality of power source bases. The cable connector...
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5823774 |
Dynamically sealed surgical drill
A device is disclosed that dynamically seals the collet of a high-speed surgical or dental drill from the ingress of contaminating substances with which the tool or collet of the drill comes into...
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5807107 |
Dental infection control system
A dental infection control system utilizing barrier protection to prevent cross-contamination between patients is disclosed. A unitary cover is provided for covering a piece of dental equipment to...
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5692903 |
Exchangeable cartridge for dental handpiece
An exchangeable cartridge for a dental handpiece includes first dust-proofing members for preventing foreign matter from being intruded into an upper bearing and second dust-proofing members for...
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5690488 |
Anti-splattering rotary dental instrument for cleaning teeth
A prophylactic dental apparatus is designed to minimize splatter from rotation of a rotating resilient element with a diverter which substantially surrounds at least a portion of the resilient...
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5683248 |
Autoclaving cap for dental handpieces
An autoclaving collar having a distal end and a proximate end is presented for fastening to the proximate end of a conventional dental handpiece to protect the impeller of the handpiece from the...
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5642995 |
Dental prophylaxis angle with seal protector
A dental prophylaxis angle includes a body defining a sleeve and a head. A drive assembly is rotatably mounted in the sleeve. A driven gear is rotatably received in the head to be driven by the...
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5607303 |
Accessory apparatus of dentistry drills for putting oral cavity organs out of way
This invention relates to a new displacement equipment installed in air-turbine or contra dentistry drilling machines, used by the dentist in cutting treatment. By installing the equipment of this...
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5584690 |
Dental cleaning assembly
A dental cleaning assembly including a disposable dental tool including a main body tubular portion and a head portion disposed at right angles to the main body. A prophy cup is secured to a shaft...
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5547376 |
Methods and apparatus for containing and recovering abrasive powders from an abrasive polisher
A suction attachment for use with an air-driven abrasive polisher to contain an area to be polished and to provide removal of the abrasive powder residue to prevent airborne contamination. A...
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5542845 |
Dental syringe safety sheath with modified duckbill valve
A dental syringe safety sheath having a modified duckbill valve for minimizing cross-contamination between dental patients is provided. The sheath includes a generally tubular body member having a...
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5496290 |
Wound irrigation splash shield
A device for the prevention of contamination of medical personnel from a patient's body secretions that may splash back during wound irrigation. The splash shield has a peripheral edge that is...
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5490781 |
Adjustable, sanitary, non-reusable high speed and low speed dental hand piece glove (cover) and noise reducer
An adjustable, sanitary, disposable improved dental hand piece cover and dental hand piece noise reducer, having an adjustable head section (28), an adjustable neck section (36), and cylindrical...
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5487661 |
Portable dental camera and system
The invention provides a camera system including a handpiece having a lens, and a cable connector connected to opposite ends of a cable and a plurality of power source bases. The cable connector...
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RE35147 |
Dental tool holder
A dental toolholder (2) has an endodontic filing tool (18) which is clamped in the toolholder so as to be secured against rotational and axial movements. A vibrating movement is impressed on the...
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5484283 |
Method and apparatus for treating hard dental substances
A method and apparatus for treating hard dental substances wherein the work can be carried out in an indirect technique uses an intraoral video camera, whose images are reproduced on a monitor. To...
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5480302 |
Anti-microbial apparatus and method for dental handpieces
A multiple stage anti-microbial apparatus and methods are disclosed, which provide capacity to process a handpiece between patients including soaking, de-overburdening via use of ultrasonic energy,...
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5462434 |
Dental hand tool clearing shield
The invention disclosed herein provides a shield for use in operating dental hand tools outside of a patient's mouth while preventing escape of any matter ejected from the hand tool into the...
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5453006 |
Dental power tool guard
A dental power tool is provided with a guard device incorporating a guard plate for keeping a possible obstacle, e.g. the tongue or a part of the inside wall of a lip, aside during the dental...
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5382162 |
Autoclavable dental scaler handpiece sheath
An ultrasonic dental scaler device includes a handpiece having a removable outer sheath secured thereto. After performing a scaling procedure on a patient's teeth, the outer sheath is easily...
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5376003 |
Deflector shield for a dental air/water/spray syringe
A deflector shield is defined by a one-piece homogeneous body of polymeric/copolymeric synthetic transparent plastic material defined by a central portion having an opening and a peripheral portion...
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5338195 |
Dental handpiece shroud to protect against percutaneous injury
A protective shroud for a dental handpiece having particular adaptability for encasing a bur-containing chuck on a handpiece to avoid percutaneous contact by the bur with an individual and the...
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