Patent ID: 7556499

Claim:
A dental forceps ( 10 ) with two articulated parts ( 12 ) connected to each other at a pivot ( 40 ) and which each exhibit a handle ( 14 ) at one end and at the other end a working end ( 16 ) exhibiting a distal end ( 18 ) and an inside area ( 20 ), such that the inside area ( 20 ) has a corrugated portion ( 24 ) which runs perpendicular to a longitudinal axis, and a longitudinal groove ( 26 ) with a given radius of curvature positioned in the inside area ( 20 ), starting at the distal end ( 18 ) of the working end ( 16 ) and running along the longitudinal axis of the working end ( 16 ); a recessed cavity ( 30 ) positioned in a section of the longitudinal groove ( 26 ), proceeding from the distal end ( 18 ), the radius of curvature of the recessed cavity ( 30 ) smaller than the radius of curvature of the rest of the longitudinal groove ( 26 ) and a width of the recessed cavity ( 30 ) approximately equal to the width of the longitudinal groove ( 26 ), whereby the longitudinal groove ( 26 ) having at least two different radii of curvature; and at least a part of the corrugated portion ( 24 ) extending along the longitudinal groove ( 26 ) proximally to the recessed cavity ( 30 ).