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Class 600/239 - Jaw spreader with tongue depressor


Subclass of Class 600 - Surgery
Definition: Subject matter wherein the retractor for the mouth comprises
No. of patents: 15
Last issue date: 05/23/2006


NumberTitleIssue Date
7048744Attachable surgical accessory instrument
A surgical assisting instrument and device having an elongated rectangular u-shaped body with fasteners extending outward therefrom. These fasteners can be of any number and mounted on the top or sides of the body. The body is affixed vertically on the long handle o...
05/23/2006
6558392Lock reduction device and method
A device and method for distracting a temporomandibular joint and/or repositioning a dislocated disc in a patient. The device comprises upper and lower elongated members that are releasably coupled together by an arrangement that allows pivoting and slidi...
05/06/2003
6436034Intrabuccal stretcher
Disclosed is an intrabuccal stretcher having essentially a supporting bar and a pushing part formed at each distal end of the supporting bar; the pushing parts having such a thickness and such a roundish shape as are suitable for pushing internal sides of...
08/20/2002
6244865Tongue positioning device with optional filter
A tongue positioning device is disclosed for positioning the tongue within a user's mouth. The device includes a tongue positioning mouthpiece that includes a mouthpiece body with a center hole therein. A flange portion extends around the periphery of the...
06/12/2001
6234962Equine dental speculum
A one-piece equine dental speculum having an open frame, extending from one side of a horse's mouth, across in front of the incisors to the opposite side of the mouth. Bite plates are affixed at the front of the speculum to engage the incisors when the sp...
05/22/2001
5897491Device for endoscopic examinations
A device for endoscopic examinations and operations includes a frame on which one or more of holding, connecting and receiving elements for locking and/or spreading instruments, lighting devices, liquid and/or gas suction devices, examination and/or surgi...
04/27/1999
5697890Tongue depressor
A tongue depressor with an elongate body having a tongue depressing end portion extending at a downward angle from the body and in the form of a ring with an aperture....
12/16/1997
5307805Surgical retractor assembly
A retractor instrument assembly having a sleeve with a non-circular cross-sectional shape, an elongated rod slidably received within the sleeve, and a plurality of blades foldably connected together at an end of the elongated rod. The elongated rod has a ...
05/03/1994
4213451Tongue blade for mouth gag for adults
An improved tongue blade that may be used with frames of conventional design and forming part of a mouth gag, said blade having a handle portion that connects with a frame and a tongue-engaging portion that extends from said handle portion at an obtuse an...
07/22/1980
4151837Mouth gag with universal adjustability to the alveolar arch
A support post of each alveolar retractor, which is adjustably supported in a clamp means terminating each opposite end of a transverse inferior bar of a surgical mouth gag for both axial rotational and sliding movement, has a superior arcuate bar which a...
05/01/1979
4148308Mouthpiece with a tongue retractor
A mouthpiece comprising a tubular member about which a person may voluntarily place his lips in an air-tight manner for preventing a passage of air between the lips and the mouthpiece, said tubular member having a principal and a side air passageway and a...
04/10/1979
4064873Tongue blade for mouth gag
An improved tongue blade that may be used with frames of conventional design and forming part of a mouth gag, said blade having a handle portion that connects with a frame and a tongue-engaging portion that extends from said handle portion at an obtuse an...
12/27/1977
4053984Mouth prop
A removable dental appliance is disclosed which props open the mouth for dental work while maintaining a dry and wide field of operation. The appliance includes a flexible tubular frame having upper and lower U-shaped sections which are adapted to fit int...
10/18/1977
4024859Mouth gag having three dimensional alveolus retractor adjustability
A surgical mouth gag, which has a transverse bar mounting an adjustable tongue retractor centrally thereof, has a clamp means at each opposite end thereof for adjustably supporting a pair of alveolar retractors which coact with the tongue retractors to re...
05/24/1977
 
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