Surgical instrument

Claim 2

In an elongated hand-held and manipulated intraoral jaw defect correcting surgical instrument, an operative end portion for insertion within an interaoral surgical incision having means thereon for engaging the posterior border of the vertical ramus of a mandible, and said instrument further including a retracting portion inwards of said end portion having opposite concaveconvex surfaces for retracting the cheek and corner of the mouth during surgery with the convex surface engaging the corner of the mouth.

Claim 3

A surgical instrument as claimed in claim 1 and further including a shank portion having opposite concave-convex surfaces extending inwards of said retracting portion and a hand gripping portion extending inwards of said shank portion.

Claim 4

A surgical instrument as claimed in claim 2 and said retracting portion and shank portion being longitudinally bowed, and said hand grip portion being straight.

Claim 5

A surgical instrument as claimed in claim 3 and a reversely bent finger cradling tab extending from the end of said hand grip portion from the surface thereof opposite the concave surface of said retracting portion.

Claim 6

An elongated hand-held and manipulated one-piece intraoral surgical instrument comprising, a substantially flat straight hand gripping portion with a hook at the end thereof, a curved concave-convex shank portion forwardly of said hand grip portion, a curved concave-convex retracting portion forwardly of said hand grip portion and of greater width than the width of said shank portion, a tapered end portion forwardly of said retracting portion and a hook at the end thereof facing said tapered end portion.

Claim 7

An elongated hand-held and manipulated one-piece intraoral surgical instrument comprising, a substantially flat straight hand gripping portion with a hook at the end thereof, a curved concave-convex shank portion forwardly of said hand grip portion, a curved concave-convex retracting portion forwardly of said hand grip portion and of greater width than the width of said shank portion, a tapered end portion forwardly of said retracting portion and a hook at the end thereof facing said tapered end portion.

Claim 8

A surgical instrument as claimed in claim 5 and said instrument being of stainless steel.

Claim 9

An elongated hand-held and manipulated one-piece stainless steel intraoral surgical instrument comprising, a straight flat hand gripping portion, a longitudinally bowed shank portion beyond said hand gripping portion and having opposite concave-convex surfaces, a longitudinally bowed retracting portion beyond said shank portion and having opposite concave-convex surfaces, said retracting portion having oppositely outwardly bowed side edges and being of deeper concave-convex cross section than said shank portion, an end portion beyond said retracting portion, an integral inwardly curved tab projecting from the surface of said end portion opposite the convex surface of said retracting portion, an integral reversely bent finger cradling tab at the end of said hand grip portion and spaced from the surface thereof opposite the concave surface of said shank portion, whereby with the user''s little finger cradled by said last mentioned tab, the other fingers wrapped around the hand grip portion with the thumb resting against the concave surface of the shank portion adjacent the hand grip portion and the instrument inserted within an intraoral surgical incision, the first mentioned tab engages the posterior border of the vertical ramus of a mandible, and a convex surface of the retracting portion engages in the corner of the patient''s mouth and retracts the cheek and corner of the mouth with the user''s hand out of the direct line of vision toward the operative site.

Claim 10

An elongated hand-held and manipulated one-piece stainless steel intraoral surgical instrument comprising, a straight flat hand gripping portion, a longitudinally bowed shank portion beyond said hand gripping portion and having opposite concave-convex surfaces, a longitudinally bowed retracting portion beyond said shank portion and having opposite concave-convex surfaces, said retracting portion having oppositely outwardly bowed side edges and being of deeper concave-convex cross section than said shank portion, an end portion beyond said retracting portion, an integral inwardly curved tab projecting from the surface of said end portion opposite the convex surface of said retracting portion, an integral reversely bent finger cradling tab at the end of said hand grip portion and spaced from the surface thereof opposite the concave surface of said shank portion, whereby with the user''s little finger cradled by said last mentioned tab, the other fingers wrapped around the hand grip portion with the thumb resting against the concave surface of the shank portion adjacent the hand grip portion and the instrument inserted within an intraoral surgical incision, the first mentioned tab engages the posterior border of the vertical ramus of a mandible, and a convex surface of the retracting portion engages in the corner of the patient''s mouth and retracts the cheek and corner of the mouth with the user''s hand out of the direct line of vision toward the operative site.