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Dental instrument

US4643677A · kind A · utility

15Cited by
2References
1Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 8, 1985
Grant dateFeb 17, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 8, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61C3/08
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An elongated straight handle portion has a cylindrical plugger element on each end thereof. Each plugger element has a 45.degree. bend adjacent the end of the handle and a 90.degree. bend adjacent the distal end of the plugger element. Protruding laterally from the apex of each 90.degree. bend is a burnishing element. The burnishing element on one end of the handle is ball shaped and the burnishing element on the other end is cone-shaped.

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