Foam-cushioned aspirator

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1999-07-06

2000-05-30

Wilson, John J.

Dentistry

Apparatus

Having suction orifice

433 95, 433 94, 433136, A61C 1706, A61C 514

Patent

active

060684771

ABSTRACT:
A disposable cushioned aspirator which forms part of a dental or medical aspirating system. The disposable cushioned aspirator appliance described herein is intended principally to be used in dental procedures where bodily fluids and rinse water is evacuated from a patient's mouth, but the invention has application in medical procedures and various other applications as well. An elongate tubular element having a patient end and a connection end is exteriorly lined with a layer of soft cushioning material such as a porous foam material to protect the soft tissues in and around the mouth of a patient. The elongate tubular aspirator is capable of being manually bent from an initially straight configuration to a curved or other desired configuration and is provided with a structural member extending along its length and being pliable to permit bending and yet of sufficient structural integrity to maintain the aspirator in the desired configuration during use. The structural member is preferably a wire element which is embedded within or attached to the elongate tubular element.

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