US 12,213,653 B2
Medical device having a valve for autoclavability
Gidon Oded Elazar, Cohav Yair (IL); Dan Zidkiahu Harkabi, Moshav Lachish (IL); and Omri Mordechai Farbstein, Ramat Yishay (IL)
Assigned to Dental SmartMirror, Inc., Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by DENTAL SMARTMIRROR, INC., Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/404,585.
Application 18/404,585 is a continuation of application No. 17/668,283, filed on Feb. 9, 2022, granted, now 11,903,568.
Application 17/668,283 is a continuation of application No. 17/372,015, filed on Jul. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,278,198, issued on Mar. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0268653 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. A61L 2/24 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/247 (2006.01); A61L 2/07 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/247 (2013.01) [A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/06 (2013.01); A61L 2/07 (2013.01); A61B 2562/166 (2013.01); A61L 2202/24 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device comprising:
an autoclavable portion comprising:
an intraoral mirror;
a cavity comprising electronic components;
a channel formed between the cavity and an opening to an environment;
a non-autoclavable portion configured to communicatively connect to the autoclavable portion via a connector inserted into the opening; and
a plug configured to be inserted into the opening when the autoclavable portion is in an autoclavable environment and the non-autoclavable portion is detached from the autoclavable portion, wherein the plug prevents gas from flowing into the cavity when the pressure in the autoclavable environment outside the cavity is greater than the pressure inside the cavity.