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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7331785 | Self cleaning dental mirror A self cleaning dental mirror having air orifices and water orifices integrated into the handle to clean the reflective surface. An air valve and a water valve are positioned within the handle and are operated by depressing appropriately positioned pushbuttons. The ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7217127 | Switching device for irrigation fluids in a dental handpiece A switching device for an irrigation line includes two flexible supply tubes (4a, 4b), each of the tubes connecting a flask containing an irrigation fluid to a handpiece via a peristaltic pump. The device includes at least one compression... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7080980 | Dental hygiene device A dental hygiene system provided with interchangeable dental heads permits power-enhanced brushing and concurrent fluid irrigation to optimize a user's personal dental hygiene efforts. The system has a handle assembly with an irrigation nozzle in close proximity to ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7029278 | Handheld device for applying dental materials A dental handpiece for applying dental material to polish a tooth. The handpiece includes a conduit and a plunger for dispensing dental material adjacent a polishing member. The plunger and the polishing member can be controlled by a drive member, which may move in ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6964569 | Dental care device A pneumatic dental care device for private use which by means of a combination of air, liquid and powder at high pressure cleans the user's teeth and removes plaque and discoloration. The device consists of a base unit (100) and a hand unit (300) which... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6902337 | Dentifrice dispensing electrical toothbrush A dentifrice dispensing electrical toothbrush using a replaceable dual-channel brush head. The dual-channel brush head has a first channel for housing a drive shaft for bristle oscillation and a second channel for dispensing the dentifrice material. The brush head i... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6824385 | Dental syringe apparatus and method A medical syringe contains neoprene O-rings and is constructed such that its nozzle and handle can be sterilized without damaging the O-rings. A hollow aluminum handle provides a first handle opening at the bottom and a second handle opening at the top. An insert is... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6729942 | Dental abrasion system The present invention provides a portable dental system for use in areas having inadequate sources of power, either for human or for veterinary dentistry. The system provides one or more handpieces, each driven driven by a pressurized nitrogen gas contained in a por... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6500000 | Handpiece for a dental syringe assembly A dental syringe assembly has a handpiece connected to air and water lines and a tip for directing air and water flow into a patient's mouth. The tip has an enlarged cap that is detachably engageable with a sleeve structure of a head member of the handpie... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6113391 | Disposable dental syringe tip A dental syringe tip for use with a hand-piece of an air-water syringe to deliver air and water to a mouth of patient. The syringe has air and water conduits for delivering air and water to a discharge end of the hand-piece. The dental syringe tip include... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5848893 | Dental spray syringe A dental syringe is disclosed wherein finger actuated shutoff valves control air and water flows to a discharge nozzle. The shutoff valves are constructed with a groove into which the media inlet barb is inserted for retention. All O-rings are retained be... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5820373 | Cleaning device for periodontal pocket A periodontal pocket cleaning device is provided which has a very excellent effect for the prevention of periodontal diseases, which is least liable to cause injury to the periodontal pocket, which can be used at any place without limiting the place of it... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5807105 | Rate controlled fluid delivery in dental applications The improvement of a dental syringe includes the addition of a fluid control block. The fluid control block includes a barrel portion having a first connector for attachment to a syringe handle and a second connector for attachment to a delivery nozzle. T... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5733117 | Sterile fluid delivery system and method A sterile fluid delivery system that incorporates a specialized handpiece adapter placed between a standard dental or other medical handpiece and a conventional tube set. The tap water conduit in the conventional tube set is blocked by the handpiece adapt... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5700147 | Air controlled sterile irrigation system (ACSIS) A new apparatus and method for delivering sterile irrigating solution to dental sites during restorative and surgical procedures is disclosed. A new sterilizable handpiece line adapter is connected between prior art dental handpieces and dental unit air-w... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5697784 | Dental cleaning device with a grip member A dental cleaning device (1) is provided with a mouthpiece (6) and with a grip member (4) having a fluid channel (83, 76, 75, 67, 69, 70, 71, 93, 94) and having a fluid-flow control device (61) which is adjustable an actuating member (8), which is movable... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5692901 | Disposable adjustable flow prophy angle (DAFPA) The device presented herein is a Disposable Adjustable Flow Prophy Angle (DAFPA) attachment with an integral feed mechanism to expel a predetermined quantity of abrasive medium into a polish cup. During use, the high speed rotation of the drive shaft driv... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5658144 | Dental syringe A dental syringe for delivering three discrete fluids, such as water, medicine, and air. The syringe includes a housing having a plurality of fluid intake passageways and an exhaust passageway, and wherein the fluid intake passageways are connected in flu... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5547374 | Rate controlled fluid delivery in dental applications The improvement of a dental syringe includes the addition of a fluid control block. The fluid control block includes a barrel portion having a first connector for attachment to a syringe handle and a second connector for attachment to a delivery nozzle. T... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5474450 | Dental instrument A dental instrument including separable spray and suction mechanisms. The spray mechanism is preferably an air and water syringe of the type conventionally found in a dentist office. The spray mechanism has an elongate nozzle. The suction mechanism includ... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5344317 | Electrically powered appliance for oral hygiene The present invention is directed to an appliance for oral hygiene, in particular an oral irrigating apparatus 10, comprising a hand-held unit 12 and a base unit 14 interconnected by a fluid conducting hose 19 and electrical conductors 21, 23. By means of... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5342195 | Dental syringe tip and adaptor Various adaptors are used for securing a replaceable syringe tip in operative relationship to a handpiece body. The syringe tip is mounted on a tapered male connector set in the hollow interior of the adaptor. O ring seals and a metal flange member are us... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5252064 | Subgingival irrigator A barrel serves as a reservoir in which a treatment fluid is to be contained and within which barrel is a slideable plunger. A connector at one end of the barrel is receptive to attachment of a cannula. Another connector is located at the other end of the... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5147203 | Air/water delivery system for use with dental illumination devices An apparatus allowing the provision of light and/or water at the tip of a dental illumination light curing device normally provided without such capability includes a pair of supply lines terminating at their remote end in an adapter capable of connection... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5125835 | Dental syringe with finger actuated tip retainer assembly A dental syringe is disclosed having a head and attached handle. Finger actuated valves in the head control water and air flows to a syringe tip having concentric conduits. A tip retainer assembly includes a holder having a socket to insertably receive th... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5022857 | Dental burr and dental handpiece A dental burr has an axis of rotation and a cooling water passage extending therethrough in coaxial relation to the dental burr. The cooling water passage opens to a front end face of the dental burr, and this opening in the front end of the dental burr i... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4973247 | Dental handpiece assembly A gas driven medical or dental handpiece assembly of the type having a turbine driven dental tool. A sterile coolant supply is usable with the handpiece to provide liquid fluid under pressure to irriagate the patient site and cool the dental tool. The coo... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4921424 | Dental handpiece A detachable head having therein an air turbine and connecting pipes extending sideways therefrom and a synthetic resin grip provided at its end with a connecting portion having connecting holes into which the connecting pipes of the head are inserted, th... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4906187 | Device for scaling at the gum pocket A device for scaling sordes and tartars on the surface of teeth at the gum pocket having improved construction, in which there are provided a hand-piece for an ejection nozzle; a compressor for feeding pressurized air to the ejection nozzle at one end of ... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4877399 | Dental equipment cleaning apparatus and method Method and apparatus for cleaning clogged dental equipment lines, such as water and air lines and drains, for a wide variety of dental equipment such as cuspidors and handpieces. One embodiment has an air hose connected to a connector for a handpiece for ... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4869668 | Dental bur cooling and control systems An air-turbine type dental handpiece in which the handle has separate passages for air and water under pressure respectively to drive the turbine to rotate a bur and furnish cooling water to the bur which has an axial passage entirely therethrough to dire... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4470812 | Cutting handpiece and coolant means A high-speed cutting handpiece and coolant apparatus of the type useable in dental procedures. The handpiece is of the type employing a fluid delivery conduit to provide fluid to the oral cavity of the patient for cooling and irrigating purposes. The cool... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4382786 | Dental handpieces with supplied operating media A dental treatment installation comprising at least one dental handpiece having an air operated drive motor and an outlet for discharging operating media used for dental purposes, a spray handpiece, a control arrangement for controlling the supply of oper... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4363626 | Dental syringe A dental syringe employs a single thumb or finger operated control member mounted on the syringe for regulating the flow of air or water or spray. The single control moves axially and vertically with respect to the syringe. Axial movement either forward o... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4359317 | Arrangement for conveying a sterile liquid to a surgical operating location An arrangement for the conveyance of a sterile liquid to a surgical treating or operating location, consisting of a liquid receptacle containing the sterile liquid, from which there can be dispensed the sterile liquid under the effect of pressure through ... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4340368 | Dental handpiece or the like A hand held power tool, particularly of the type of a dental handpiece or the like is provided with power shut-off means disposed directly within the handle. The shut-off means is mechanically connected with a suspension means for suspending the hand piec... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4276023 | Fluid flow control console A fluid control for powering and supplying coolant liquid to gas operated surgical and dental tools and for supplying irrigant to a suction-irrigation handpiece, selectively by remove control from a surgical or dental operating site. A console remote from... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4266934 | Dental handpiece with fluid delivery control This dental handpiece comprises means for controlling the delivery of compressed air and water to an outlet conduit leading to the head of the handpiece. The water and air supply conduits from the motor open each into a circular groove formed in the inner... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4220446 | Attachable tooth cleaning agent dispenser for dental handpieces An attachable cleaning agent dispenser for retrofit use in combination with a conventional dental handpiece including a frame, gripping members for removably attaching the frame to a dental handpiece, a reservoir for containing a cleaning agent with the r... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4182038 | Dental handpiece A dental handpiece which has a connecting fitting for attachment to a supply hose having at least one agent supply line, a head section having a compressed air drive motor, a grip portion extending between the fitting and head section and a passage in eac... | 01/08/1980 |
