FRENULUM SPREADER

• US 20160302809A1
• Filed: 04/18/2016
• Published: 10/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BAM Medical Ltd.
• Original Assignee: BAM Medical Ltd.
• Inventors: BOTZER, Eyal, KEREN, Avishay, AGASSI, Or, MARKO, Reuven
• Granted Patent: US 10,524,813 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/24 for use in the oral cavity, larynx, bronchial passages or nose for medical inspection of cavities or tubes in the body A61B1/00; Tongue scrapers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/32 Surgical cutting instruments A61B18/042 takes precedence; suture cutters A61B17/0467; instruments for ligaturing or cutting A61B17/128; instruments for rupturing the amniotic membrane A61B17/4208; specially adapted knives for eye surgery A61F9/0133
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00907 for light
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/320044 Blunt dissectors blunt suture needles A61B2017/06085
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/345 for introduction into a natural body opening

Abstract

An apparatus for spreading tissues. The apparatus includes a sheath member including an open end, a closed end, and a barrel extending between the open end and the closed end; and at least one flap-tip for engaging with tissues, wherein the at least one flap-tip is attached to the sheath member, each flap-tip projecting from the sheath member, wherein the at least one flap-tip is moved in response to movement of the sheath member.

Claims

1. An apparatus for spreading tissues, comprising:

a sheath member including an open end, a closed end, and a barrel extending between the open end and the closed end; and

at least one flap-tip for engaging with tissues, wherein the at least one flap-tip is attached to the sheath member, each flap-tip projecting from the sheath member, wherein the at least one flap-tip is moved in response to movement of the sheath member.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one flap-tip has a length, wherein the at least one flap-tip is split at least partially along the length.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of tines attached to the at least one flap-tip.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the plurality of tines are made from at least a carrier material.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the carrier material includes an anesthetic material, wherein the anesthetic material releases in response to epidermal contact.

6. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the carrier material includes a healing material, wherein the healing material releases in response to epidermal contact.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sheath member is transparent, further comprising:

a light source disposed within the sheath member.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one flap-tip is detachable from the sheath member.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is utilized for a stretching oral frenula procedure.

10. An apparatus for spreading tissues, comprising:

a tubular member including a first open, a second open end, and a barrel extending between the first open end and the second open end; and

at least one flap-tip for engaging with tissues, wherein the at least one flap-tip is attached to the tubular member, each flap-tip projecting from the tubular member, wherein the at least one flap-tip is moved in response to movement of the tubular member.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one flap-tip is attached to the second open end.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one flap-tip has a length, wherein the at least one flap-tip is split at least partially along the length.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising:

a plurality of tines attached to the at least one flap-tip.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the plurality of tines are made from at least a carrier material.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the carrier material includes an anesthetic material, wherein the anesthetic material releases in response to epidermal contact.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the carrier material includes a healing material, wherein the healing material releases in response to epidermal contact.

17. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the tubular member is transparent, further comprising:

a light source disposed within the tubular member.

18. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one flap-tip is detachable from the tubular member.

19. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the barrel further includes a sheet having a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge, the first longitudinal edge and the second longitudinal edge having at least one overlapping position and a non-overlapping position.

20. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the apparatus is utilized for a stretching oral frenula procedure.