Dental instrument with gripping handle and method for manufactur

Details Dental instrument with gripping handle and method for manufactur Dental instrument with gripping handle and method for manufactur

1994-04-29

1996-03-26

O'Connor, Cary E.

Dentistry

Apparatus

Hand manipulatable implement

A61C 300

Patent

active

055015972

ABSTRACT:
A dental instrument having a pair of elastomeric gripping handles is disclosed. The instrument is comprised of an elongate shaft with two end portions and two ends, the two end portions have knurled surfaces. Work pieces having shanks and working tips extend out the open ends of the shaft, the intersection of the workpiece and shaft defining a junction. Elastomeric gripping handles surround the shaft at the end portions, enclose the junctions, have cylindrical portions on the end portions and conical transition portions that taper onto the shanks of the workpieces.

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One page Sales Brochure from Thompson Instruments.
Photocopy of a Thompson Instruments Dental Curette.

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