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 Title: |
US5174284:
Endoscopic bite block
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Jackson, Frank W.; Mechanicsburg, PA
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| Assignee: |
G.I. Supply, Inc., Camp Hill, PA
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| Published / Filed: |
1992-12-29
/ 1991-09-05
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| Application Number: |
US1991000755404
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A61M 16/04;
IPC-7:
A61M 16/06;
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| ECLA Code: |
A61M16/04M; A61M16/04M2; K61M16/04M1B;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
128/200.26;
128/200.24;
128/859;
Original:
128/200.26;
128/200.24;
128/859;
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| Field of Search: |
128/200.26,DIG. 26,846,848,200.24,857,859,860,861
602/902
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| Priority Number: |
| 1991-09-05 |
US1991000755404 |
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| Abstract: |
A bite block to protect against a patient's biting into an instrument inserted through the mouth in a medical procedure. As a patient bites on the block against a sloping channel, the block is more firmly seated in the mouth, and the tongue is more firmly held depressed.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Chovanes, Eugene ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Hafer, Robert A.; Rimell, Sam
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. In an endoscopy bite block including a front piece to fit over a patient's mouth which has a central opening communicating with a channel member extending into the patient's mouth to receive and pass an endoscopic tube, the improvement comprising:
- said bite block having
- at least one port adjacent said central opening and channel member large enough to permit entry of a finger and/or auxilliary instrument means,
- said channel member having
- at least one lateral cut-out extending from an inner end of said channel member also to permit passage of a finger,
- whereby a finger may be inserted through said port past the inner end of said channel member to contact and control said endoscopic tube and/or an auxilliary instrument.
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