Disposable sterile lingual anatomical depressor for the exploration of the isthmus of the fauces and the pharynx.

摘要

A disposable sterile anatomical lingual depressor for the exploration of the isthmus of the fauces and the pharynx, which is made up of a thin transparent plastic body and which may be differentiated into three distinct parts, one acting as a depressor plate (1), another acting as a handle (3) and the third acting as a middle section (2) and separating the former two with the special feature that the part constituting the depressor plate has a slighty concave upper face along all its length, whereas its lower face is upwardly convex, along the sagittal plane, having along its longitudinal axis a central protuberance (7) forming a rounded elevation intended to match the shape of and press onto the tongue the handle has on its upper and lower sides a recess providing support (4) to a matching the shape of the user's index finger and thumb the middle section or separator between the depressor plate and the handle is oblique and forms an obtuse angle with the proximal end of the plate, causing same to be on a different plane to that of the handle.