Patent ID: 9216003
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: A61B,A61C

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for obtaining an intraoral radiographic image from an intraoral sensor useful in providing a radiographic projection view of teeth in a patient's mouth, comprising: a rod having a first end and a second end; a bite block integrally formed with, and non-detachable from, the first end of the rod, said bite block and said first end of the rod lying in a first fixed plane so that the bite block cannot rotate outside of said first fixed plane; a groove formed in the rod beginning at the first end and extending along the rod opposite the bite block, wherein the first fixed plane intersects the groove; and a cable protector integrally formed in the rod adjacent the anterior bite surface; wherein the apparatus can be used to obtain the intraoral radiographic image when a sensor holder holding the intraoral sensor is connected to the rod by inserting a raised area of the sensor holder into the groove so that the sensor holder will lie in a second fixed plane that is perpendicular to the first fixed plane; and wherein a cable extending from the intraoral sensor can be inserted into the cable protector to thereby hold the cable adjacent the rod and at least partially protect the cable from one or more teeth in the patient's mouth that bite the anterior bite surface.