Patents by Inventor Marann Ferranti

Marann Ferranti has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6390818
    Abstract: A pliant elastomeric unitary sleeve is adapted to removably fit the elongate shank of a dental tool which extends beyond a longitudinal end of the shank, whereby to ergonomically enhance a finger grip of the shank in operative manipulation of the dental tool for a dental procedure, said sleeve being characterized by an axially extending generally cylindrical bore sized for circumferentially stressed resilient engagement to said shank, said sleeve being further characterized by an exterior profile, wherein a first peripherally continuous enlargement near one longitudinal end and a second peripherally continuous enlargement near the opposite longitudinal end are longitudinally spaced by a circumferential concavity which is an arcuate contour of revolution about the axis of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Inventor: Marann Ferranti
  • Publication number: 20010031443
    Abstract: A pliant elastomeric unitary sleeve is adapted to removably fit the elongate shank of a dental tool which extends beyond a longitudinal end of the shank, whereby to ergonomically enhance a finger grip of the shank in operative manipulation of the dental tool for a dental procedure, said sleeve being characterized by an axially extending generally cylindrical bore sized for circumferentially stressed resilient engagement to said shank, said sleeve being further characterized by an exterior profile, wherein a first peripherally continuous enlargement near one longitudinal end and a second peripherally continuous enlargement near the opposite longitudinal end are longitudinally spaced by a circumferential concavity which is an arcuate contour of revolution about the axis of the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2000
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Inventor: Marann Ferranti