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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph M Kline, Arlington, VA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
433143 ;
Abstract
Periodontal and dental scalers and curettes for removing tartar and other debris from the outer surface of teeth and especially root areas and which incorporate blades which are carried by a handle with the blades including a concavely curved cutting edge which extends in a plane transverse to the elongated axis of the handle and which cutting edge is configured so as to conform to an arcuate segment of the outer surface of the root or crown portion of a tooth taken generally normal to the elongated axis of the tooth.