Patent ID: 9713680
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: A61M,A61N

Claim:
1. An applicator for effecting an intraligamentary injection of a liquid anesthetic into gingival sulcus of a patient, said applicator comprising: a body member having a chamber with an internal chamber diameter; a planar elongated tip disposed on a distal end of the body member, the planar elongated tip being substantially rectangular in cross-section and being flexible in a longitudinal plane of the elongated tip; a passageway extending through the elongated tip between the body member at a proximal end of the elongated tip and a distal end of the elongated tip, the passageway forming an opening at the distal end of the elongated tip, the passageway having an internal passageway diameter less than the internal chamber diameter; and, an attachment device disposed on a proximal end of the body member, the attachment device configured to secure the body member to a liquid anesthetic reservoir, the passageway having an internal diameter less than the internal chamber diameter being configured to increase a fluid pressure on the liquid anesthetic, facilitating deposition of the liquid anesthetic into the gingival sulcus of the patient.