IP Library Granted Patent US 12,226,273
Granted Patent B2
US 12,226,273 · App. 17/064,484 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Disposable dental aerosol device

Inventors: Charles Thomas (Vero Beach, FL); Edward Arguello (Weston, FL); Jim Langeloh (Naples, FL)
Assignee: STOMA VENTURES, LLC
A61C17/10A61C17/08
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Patent No.
US 12,226,273
App. No.
17/064,484
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A disposable dental aerosol device has a body having an exterior surface, a front end having an angled opening having a retraction lip portion, a rear end having an opening, and a lumen formed between the front end and the rear end, and a pressure relief opening formed in the exterior surface of the body.

Claims (32)

1. A disposable dental aerosol device comprises:

a body having an exterior surface, a front end having an angled opening having a retraction lip portion, a rear end having an opening and a circumferential shoulder stop on the exterior surface of the body, a lumen formed between the front end and the rear end, and an interior step within the lumen positioned at the rear end and adjacent to the stop and facing the front end to facilitate directing aerosol and other matter through the lumen and out the opening in the rear end and the lumen having a continuous straight surface from the front end to the opening in the rear end and opposite the interior step, wherein the interior step and retraction lip portion is found on the same side of the body

a first pressure relief opening formed in the body;

a second pressure relief opening formed in the body; and

a tapered rib extending partially along the exterior surface from the stop to before the front end tapering from a high point adjacent to the stop to a low point before the front end with the tapered rib being on a side opposite to the retraction lip portion and between the first pressure relief opening and the second pressure relief opening.

2. The disposable dental aerosol device of claim 1 wherein the rear end has a number of barbs that extend away from the exterior surface.

3. The disposable dental aerosol device of claim 1 wherein the body is constructed of plastic.

4. The disposable dental aerosol device of claim 1 wherein the retraction lip portion has an angled portion that extends below the exterior surface of the body.

5. The disposable dental aerosol device of claim 1 wherein the first pressure relief opening has a triangular shape.

6. The disposable dental aerosol device of claim 1 wherein the second pressure relief opening has a triangular shape.

7. A disposable dental aerosol device comprises:

a body having an exterior surface, a front end having an angled opening having a retraction lip portion, a rear end having an opening and a circumferential shoulder stop on the exterior surface of the body with the rear end for receiving a dental valve, a lumen formed between the front end and the rear end, and an interior step within the lumen positioned at the rear end and adjacent to the stop and facing the front end to facilitate directing aerosol and other matter through the lumen and out the opening in the rear end and the lumen having a continuous straight surface from the front end to the opening in the rear end and opposite the interior step, wherein the interior step and retraction lip portion is found on the same side of the body

a first pressure relief opening formed in the body; and

a second pressure relief opening formed in the body; and

a tapered rib extending partially along the exterior surface from the stop to before the front end tapering from a high point adjacent to the stop to a low point before the front end with the tapered rib being on a side opposite to the retraction lip portion and between the first pressure relief opening and the second pressure relief opening; and wherein the retraction lip portion has an angled portion that extends below the exterior surface of the body.

8. The disposable dental aerosol device of claim 7 wherein the body is constructed of plastic.

9. The disposable dental aerosol device of claim 7 wherein the first pressure relief opening has a triangular shape.

10. The disposable dental aerosol device of claim 7 wherein the rear end has a barb that extends away from the exterior surface.

11. The disposable dental aerosol device of claim 7 wherein the second pressure relief opening has a triangular shape.

12. A disposable dental aerosol device comprises:

a body having an exterior surface and an interior surface, a front end having an angled opening having a retraction lip portion, a rear end having an opening and a circumferential shoulder stop on the exterior surface of the body, an exterior side of the exterior surface opposite to the retraction lip portion, and a lumen formed between the front end and the rear end;

a first pressure relief opening formed through the body from the exterior surface to the interior surface and on the exterior side opposite to the retraction lip portion;

a second pressure relief opening formed through the body from the exterior surface to the interior surface and on the exterior side opposite to the retraction lip portion;

an interior step within the lumen positioned at the rear end and adjacent to the stop and facing the front end to facilitate directing aerosol and other matter through the lumen and out the opening in the rear end;

the lumen having a continuous straight surface from the front end to the opening in the rear end and opposite the interior step, wherein the interior step and retraction lip portion is found on the same side; and

a tapered rib extending partially along the exterior surface from the stop to before the front end tapering from a high point adjacent to the stop to a low point before the front end with the tapered rib being on the exterior side opposite to the retraction lip portion and between the first pressure relief opening and the second pressure relief opening; and wherein the first pressure relief opening has a triangular shape.

13. The disposable dental aerosol device of claim 12 wherein the retraction lip portion has an angled portion that extends below the exterior surface of the body.

14. The disposable dental aerosol device of claim 12 wherein the rear end has a barb that extends away from the exterior surface.

15. The disposable dental aerosol device of claim 12 wherein the second pressure relief opening has a triangular shape.

16. The disposable dental aerosol device of claim 12 wherein the body is constructed of plastic.

17. The disposable dental aerosol device of claim 12 wherein the rear end has a number of barbs that extend away from the exterior surface.

18. The disposable dental aerosol device of claim 12 wherein the first pressure relief opening has a triangular shape and the second pressure relief opening has a triangular shape.

Assignments (7)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 10, 2025
From: ARGUELLO, EDWARD
To: STOMA VENTURES, LLC
Reel/Frame 070167/0662 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2025
From: THOMAS, CHARLES
To: STOMA VENTURES, LLC
Reel/Frame 070021/0188 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2025
From: LANGELOH, JIM
To: STOMA VENTURES, LLC
Reel/Frame 070021/0232 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2025
From: ARGUELLO, EDWARD
To: STOMA VENTURES, LLC
Reel/Frame 070021/0276 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 9, 2025
From: ARGUELLO, EDWARD
To: STOMA VENTURES, LLC
Reel/Frame 069799/0328 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2023
From: LANGELOH, JIM
To: STOMA VENTURES, LLC
Reel/Frame 062720/0646 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 4, 2022
From: THOMAS, CHARLES
To: STOMA VENTURES, LLC
Reel/Frame 058895/0971 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation In Part 16929537 · Jul 15, 2020
Continuation In Part 16888770 · May 31, 2020
Continuation In Part 16865843 · May 4, 2020
Related Publication 20210338397A1 · Nov 4, 2021
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