Patent ID: 6183254
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
A dental strainer unit for use with an aspirator, comprising:a plastic strainer having an open inlet end and an outlet end, the outlet end having a multiplicity of openings sized to permit saliva, blood and water to pass out of the strainer and to retain solids within the strainer;a plastic strainer cap attached to the strainer and covering the inlet end thereof, the cap having an inlet port where an aspirator device can be attached; anda transparent, non-rigid plastic housing having an inlet end and an outlet end, the inlet end being shaped to receive the strainer and strainer cap so that the inlet end of the strainer faces the inlet end of the housing, the outlet end of the strainer faces the outlet end of the housing, and the strainer and strainer cap are removably secured within the housing, the outlet end of the housing having an outlet port sized to snap-fit over an enlarged head at a distal end of a conventional saliva elector valve.