Patents by Inventor Nina La Rocca

Nina La Rocca 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: 4865545
    Abstract: A dental appliance for attachment to an aspirator operated by power vacuum means wherein the aspirator projecting into the mouth of a patient to evacuate fluid and debris therefrom is provided with a generally cup shaped double-walled receptacle providing a container to receive drippings of excess fluids or debris not caught by the tube portion projected into the mouth of the patient, power vacuum means associated therewith to provide passage of the same through openings in a lowermost wall of the container into tubular means associated therewith projecting upwardly of the receptacle and communicating with the vacuum means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1989
    Inventor: Nina La Rocca
  • Patent number: 4776793
    Abstract: A dental appliance for attachment to an aspirator operated by power vacuum means wherein the tube projecting into the mouth of a patient to evacuate fluid and debris therefrom is provided with openings of preferably funnel shape disposed in spaced relation about the circumference of the tube and positioned adjacent to a generally cup shaped receptacle secured or integral with the tube to catch drippings therefrom of excess fluids or debris not caught by the tube portion projected into the mouth of the patient to prevent splashing therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1988
    Inventor: Nina La Rocca