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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7037305 | Heart presentation device and method A medical instrument for positioning an internal organ during surgical and diagnostic procedures is provided. In one embodiment, the medical instrument includes a body having a tissue grasping element and an actuating member effective to move the tissue grasping ele... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6991459 | Impactor and paste feeder An impactor for safely, efficiently, and effectively placing mercury-free dental restorations in a cavity of a patient's tooth, the impactor having a housing, anvil, hammer, solenoid or other transducer, end cap, source of restoration paste, and paste feeder tube fo... | 01/31/2006 |
| 5562447 | Implant fixture, and forceps for implant fixtures An implant fixture is built up of a titanium body, a titanium cover that is threadedly engaged with the body, a support having a columnar form of protuberance to be loosely fitted into a small hole in the head of the cover, and a connector spring member i... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5496172 | Pneumatic remover for use in removing dental prosthetics A pneumatic remover assembly having a central housing with a reciprocating internal mass and spring, a first end unit having a spool-type valve for activating the remover, a second end unit having various conduits disposed therein for introducing and exha... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5378151 | Dental prosthetic extracting tool An attachment tip for use with a slide hammer includes a straight foot bent extending at an angle of 90° to the body of the tip. The foot is adapted to engage and impart percussive forces to a dental prosthetic without causing damage in the nature of bre... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5217371 | Dental prosthetic extracting tool An attachment tip for use with a slide hammer includes a straight foot bent extending at an angle of 90° to the body of the tip. The foot is adapted to engage and impart percussive forces to a dental prosthetic without causing damage in the nature of bre... | 06/08/1993 |
| 4772202 | Dental appliance removal device Side walls of an appliance removal device are joined by a transverse member which separates two cavities. One cavity receives a wax like compound which is pressed over a dental appliance. Grooves and orifices are formed in the side walls of that cavity. F... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4725233 | Device for removing crowns, bridges, and similar structures from the stumps of teeth A device for removing crowns, bridges, or similar structures from the stumps (5) of teeth by breaking up the cement that secures them and having an extraction frame (3) with two mutually opposed jaws (4) that engage the vicinity of the crown (6), bridge, ... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4206547 | Dental instrument This invention relates generally to an instrument used in making dental restoratives and more particularly concerns a unitary instrument used to perform the functions of mixing and applying porcelain paste to a metal understructure utilized in the dental ... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4109382 | Enossal implant An enossal implant is disclosed for fastening a firmly seated denture in the mouth. Also disclosed is a template for exact-fit reaming of a slit, a template for exact-fit reaming of a cylindrical hole in the region of the slit, and a setting instrument fo... | 08/29/1978 |
| 3935640 | Dental instrument A dental instrument comprising a metal shaft having a resilient extension at one end and a further functionally closely related instrument such as a periodontal probe or mirror at the other end. The resilient extension has two deformable surfaces which ca... | 02/03/1976 |
