CPC A61B 17/24 (2013.01) [A61B 1/24 (2013.01); A61B 5/4552 (2013.01); A61B 17/02 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00424 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00814 (2013.01); A61B 2090/061 (2016.02); A61B 2090/062 (2016.02)] | 20 Claims |
18. A tongue elevator device comprising a handle portion, a neck portion and a manipulating end portion, said neck portion connecting said handle portion to said manipulating end portion;
said handle portion being oblong, non-rectangular and widest in a transverse direction, said handle portion having rounded edges and corners, and said handle portion being wider than said neck portion and said manipulating end portion;
said manipulating end portion comprising a distal concave edge and a frenulum recess centrally disposed on said distal concave edge, wherein said distal concave edge comprises two laterally opposing ends, wherein a lateral width of said manipulating end portion is widest at said two laterally opposing ends;
wherein said neck portion and said manipulating end portion are not co-planar and said manipulating end portion extends downwardly from said neck portion, and wherein said manipulating end portion is joined to said neck portion at a transition zone;
wherein said handle portion comprises a flat portion and a transversely extending, arcuate, proximal end portion, said proximal end portion being thicker than said flat portion; and
further comprising a concave thumb recess disposed on said handle portion.
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