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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2011
Susan J. Drapeau, Cordova, TN (US);
Kelly Brook Emerton, Memphis, TN (US);
Daniel Andrew Shimko, Germantown, TN (US);
Susan J. Drapeau, Cordova, TN (US);
Kelly Brook Emerton, Memphis, TN (US);
Daniel Andrew Shimko, Germantown, TN (US);
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A gingival tissue retractor for retracting gingival tissue away from tooth and bone during a surgical procedure having an alveolar bone grip having an open frame structure positionable over at least one tooth and along a predetermined segment of an alveolar bone and providing an inward resilient force about opposite sides of the alveolar bone for maintaining position of the gingival retractor; a first gingival reflector having a solid plate structure and attached to a lower section of one side of the alveolar bone grip for providing a primarily downward force to gingival tissue on one side of the alveolar bone; and a second gingival reflector having a solid plate structure and attached to a lower section of another side of the alveolar bone grip for providing a primarily downward force to gingival tissue on another side of the alveolar bone.