Patent ID: 11944512
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A dental isolation system, comprising:
a dental tool for placing a dental dam in a patient's mouth, the dental tool comprising:
a first handle comprising a plurality of slots and coupled to a first upper arm having a first prong and a first lower arm having a second prong;
a second handle pivotally coupled to the first handle, the second handle comprising a plurality of slots and coupled to a second upper arm having a third prong and a second lower arm having a fourth prong;
wherein the first handle and the second handle are pivotally coupled together via:
a) a shaft member pin coupling a distal end of a first shaft member of a first handle to a distal end of a shaft member of the second handle, and
b) a first pivoting bar pivotally coupled to a second pivoting bar via a pivot pin;

a band selectively positionable within one of the plurality of slots of the first handle and one of the plurality of slots of the second handle to fix the position of the first handle and second handle in relation to one another;
wherein when the first handle and the second handle are in a first position, the prongs are abutting one another; and
wherein when the first handle and the second handle are in a second position, the prongs form a quadrant.