Sheryl L Hill

US Patent:

49939491, Feb 19, 1991

Filed:

Jan 19, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/467644

Inventors:

Sheryl L. Hill - Beaverton OR

International Classification:

A61C 300

US Classification:

433141

Abstract:

A tool and method for handling small objects particularly suitable for placing small cast restorations into prepared cavities inside the mouth of a dental patient. The tool comprises an elongate handle having an adhesive tip of nonhardening pliable adhesive material. The material is plastically deformable, upon sustained pressure, and a forward bonding surface may be formed of a size appropriate for the size of the object to be placed and the contour of the placement location. A lump of the material encompasses a terminal portion of the handle, and the tool is operable at any convenient angle within the space restrictions inherent at a particular location. Economical manufacture allows disposable use of the tool and lessens the likelihood of transferring infection between patients.