Patent ID: 8734152

Claim:
An adapter for connecting a vacuum source to an intraoral device, the vacuum source having one or more vacuum lines, the intraoral device having a connection section that includes a pair of retention slots, the adapter comprising: a plug portion including a distal end of the adapter, and configured to slidingly insert into the connection section of the intraoral device along an insertion direction, the plug portion having an external side surface about the insertion direction, the external side surface including a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the first side being non-barbed and the second opposite side including a pair of retention barbs extending outward from the external side surface proximate the distal end, the pair of retention barbs configured to engage the pair of retention slots to retain the adapter in the connection section; a connector portion extending proximally from the plug portion and including a proximal end of the adapter configured for connection to the one or more vacuum lines; and one or more vacuum lumens extending through the plug and connector portions and configured to communicate with the one or more vacuum lines connected to the connector portion to remove fluid from a patient's mouth.