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US3256885A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Aspirating device

Assignee: Roehr Products Co Inc
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Filing: 1963-06-26
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Granted: 1966-06-21
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Expires: 1983-06-26
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 John L Higgins
  • 👤 Deuschle Fritz

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 03:54
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61C; A61C17/00; A61C17/06; A61C17/08

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 269 words
IN A FLUID ASPIRATING DEVICE HAVING A LENGTH OF SMALL DIAMETER TUBING BENDABLE INTO A CONFIGURATION WHICH OVERHANGS THE JAW OF A PATIENT WITH ONE END OF SAID TUBING ADAPTED TO BE DETACHABLY CONNECTED WITH A SOURCE OF VACUUM, A NOZZLE TIP TELESCOPICALLY MOUNTED OVER THE OPEN OUTER END OF SAID TUBING, SAID NOZZLE TIP COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED AXIAL EXTENDING RIB SECTIONS WHICH ARE RADIALLY SPACED FROM THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID TIP A MAXIMUM DISTANCE EQUAL TO THE EXTERIOR RADIUS OF SAID TUBING WHEREBY SAID RIBS CONTACT THE SURFACE OF SAID TUBING WHEN SAID TIP IS TELESCOPICALLY MOUNTED OVER SAID OTHER END OF THE TUBING, SAID RIB SECTIONS HAVING THE PROXIMAL ENDS THEREOF INTEGRALLY FORMED WITH A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL SECTION WHICH HAS A DIAMETER LARGER THAN THE EXTERIOR DIAMETER OF THE SAID TUBING AND THE DISTAL END OF EACH OF SAID RIB SECTIONS BEING CONNECTED TO FORM AN END SECTION EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE SAID OUTER END OF SAID TUBING BY HAVING EACH SAID RIB SECTION INTEGRALLY JOINED WITH EVERY OTHER RIB SECTION AT A POINT ADJACENT THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID TIP, AND SAID NOZZLE TIP BEING FIXEDLY MOUNTED ON SAID OUTER END OF SAID TUBING WITH AN INNER SURFACE PORTION OF EACH SAID RIB SECTIONS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID LATERAL SURFACE OF SAID TUBING AND SAID END SECTIONS BEING SPACED FROM SAID OUTER END OF SAID TUBING; WHEREBY A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE FLUID PASSAGES ARE PROVIDED LEADING INTO THE SAID OUTER OPEN END OF SAID TUBING WHEN SAID NOZZLE TIP IS TELESCOPICALLY MOUNTED OVER THE SAID OUTER END OF SAID TUBING.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 269 words
IN A FLUID ASPIRATING DEVICE HAVING A LENGTH OF SMALL DIAMETER TUBING BENDABLE INTO A CONFIGURATION WHICH OVERHANGS THE JAW OF A PATIENT WITH ONE END OF SAID TUBING ADAPTED TO BE DETACHABLY CONNECTED WITH A SOURCE OF VACUUM, A NOZZLE TIP TELESCOPICALLY MOUNTED OVER THE OPEN OUTER END OF SAID TUBING, SAID NOZZLE TIP COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED AXIAL EXTENDING RIB SECTIONS WHICH ARE RADIALLY SPACED FROM THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID TIP A MAXIMUM DISTANCE EQUAL TO THE EXTERIOR RADIUS OF SAID TUBING WHEREBY SAID RIBS CONTACT THE SURFACE OF SAID TUBING WHEN SAID TIP IS TELESCOPICALLY MOUNTED OVER SAID OTHER END OF THE TUBING, SAID RIB SECTIONS HAVING THE PROXIMAL ENDS THEREOF INTEGRALLY FORMED WITH A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL SECTION WHICH HAS A DIAMETER LARGER THAN THE EXTERIOR DIAMETER OF THE SAID TUBING AND THE DISTAL END OF EACH OF SAID RIB SECTIONS BEING CONNECTED TO FORM AN END SECTION EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE SAID OUTER END OF SAID TUBING BY HAVING EACH SAID RIB SECTION INTEGRALLY JOINED WITH EVERY OTHER RIB SECTION AT A POINT ADJACENT THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID TIP, AND SAID NOZZLE TIP BEING FIXEDLY MOUNTED ON SAID OUTER END OF SAID TUBING WITH AN INNER SURFACE PORTION OF EACH SAID RIB SECTIONS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID LATERAL SURFACE OF SAID TUBING AND SAID END SECTIONS BEING SPACED FROM SAID OUTER END OF SAID TUBING; WHEREBY A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE FLUID PASSAGES ARE PROVIDED LEADING INTO THE SAID OUTER OPEN END OF SAID TUBING WHEN SAID NOZZLE TIP IS TELESCOPICALLY MOUNTED OVER THE SAID OUTER END OF SAID TUBING.

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