US 12,226,273 B2
Disposable dental aerosol device
Charles Thomas, Vero Beach, FL (US); Edward Arguello, Weston, FL (US); and Jim Langeloh, Naples, FL (US)
Assigned to STOMA VENTURES, LLC, Chesterfield, MO (US)
Filed by Stoma Ventures, LLC, Chesterfield, MO (US)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/064,484.
Application 17/064,484 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/929,537, filed on Jul. 15, 2020.
Application 17/064,484 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/888,770, filed on May 31, 2020, granted, now 11,278,383.
Application 17/064,484 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/865,843, filed on May 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0338397 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. A61C 17/10 (2006.01); A61C 17/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 17/10 (2019.05) [A61C 17/08 (2019.05)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.