Inventors:
James A. Hirsch - Santa Barbara CA 93105
Thomas R. Hirsch - Malibu CA 90265
International Classification:
A61C 1706
Abstract:
The present invention involves an intraoral illumination device and method for illumiinating the interior cavity of a patients mouth during a medical proceduire. The illumination device includes a bite block adapted to be engaged by a patients teeth for resting the patients jaw during the medical procedure and fixing the bite block with the patients mouth. An arcuate light dispersion piece is connected to the bite block so that, in use, the light dispersion piece is orientated in a rear, central part of the oral cavity of the patients mouth so that dispersed light can be transmitted outward from the rear, central part of the oral cavity. A tongue and cheek retractor is adapted to retract and protect the patients tongue and adjacent cheek tissue during the medical procedure. Multiple fluid evacuation channels are carried by the device and are adapted to communicate with the interior cavity of the patients mouth for removing fluids from the oral cavity during the medical procedure.