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US 11,701,202 B2Granted
Apparatus and methods for filling teeth and root canals
AssigneeSonendo, Inc.
InventorsMehrzad Khakpour, Bjarne Bergheim
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Abstract
A dental apparatus is disclosed. The dental apparatus can comprise a pressure wave generator to be disposed at a treatment region of a tooth. The pressure wave generator can include an opening to deliver a flowable filling material to the treatment region. The apparatus can include a reservoir for supplying the filling material to the pressure wave generator. The pressure wave generator can be configured to generate pressure waves through the treatment region to cause the filling material to substantially fill the treatment region.
Claims39
A dental apparatus comprising:
- a housing comprising a cap having a mounting surface configured to be positioned against a tooth adjacent a treatment region that includes an exposed interior of the tooth, the cap comprising a chamber and an access opening that provides fluid communication between the chamber and the interior of the tooth;
- a pressure wave generator being coupled with the housing and being in fluid communication with the treatment region when the mounting surface is positioned against the tooth;
- a delivery conduit having an opening to deliver a flowable filling material, the delivery conduit coupled to the housing;
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- a reservoir for supplying the flowable filling material to the delivery conduit, the reservoir containing the flowable filling material therein, wherein the flowable filling material is curable from a flowable state to a hardened state,
- wherein the pressure wave generator is configured to generate pressure waves through the treatment region to cause the filling material to substantially fill the treatment region.
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A dental apparatus comprising:
- a housing comprising a cap having a mounting surface configured to be positioned against a tooth adjacent a treatment region that includes an exposed interior of the tooth, the cap comprising a chamber and an access opening that provides fluid communication between the chamber and the interior of the tooth;
- a pressure wave generator being coupled with the housing and being in fluid communication with the treatment region when the mounting surface is positioned against the tooth, wherein the housing comprises a handpiece, the pressure wave generator being coupled to or formed with the handpiece;
- a delivery conduit having an opening to deliver a flowable filling material, the delivery conduit coupled to the housing;
- a reservoir for supplying the flowable filling material to the delivery conduit;
- an interface member configured to couple to a conduit in fluid communication with a console, the handpiece configured to removably engage with a distal portion of the interface member;
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- a cartridge configured to couple with the distal portion of the interface member, the handpiece configured to removably engage with a distal portion of the cartridge, the cartridge comprising the reservoir;
- wherein the pressure wave generator is configured to generate pressure waves through the treatment region to cause the filling material to substantially fill the treatment region.
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A dental apparatus comprising:
- a pressure wave generator to be disposed at a treatment region of a tooth, the pressure wave generator comprising an opening to deliver a flowable filling material to the treatment region;
- a reservoir for supplying the filling material to the pressure wave generator,
- a handpiece, the pressure wave generator coupled to or formed with the handpiece;
- an interface member configured to couple to a conduit in fluid communication with a console, the handpiece configured to removably engage with a distal portion of the interface member;
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- a cartridge configured to couple with the distal portion of the interface member, the handpiece configured to removably engage with a distal portion of the cartridge, the cartridge comprising the reservoir;
- wherein the pressure wave generator is configured to generate pressure waves through the treatment region to cause the filling material to substantially fill the treatment region;
- wherein the cartridge comprises a first supply line to deliver a cleaning fluid and a second supply line to deliver a filling material, the cartridge comprising a switch to switch between the first and second supply lines.
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A dental apparatus comprising:
- a pressure wave generator to be disposed at a treatment region of a tooth, the pressure wave generator comprising an opening to deliver a flowable filling material to the treatment region;
- a reservoir for supplying the filling material to the pressure wave generator,
- a handpiece, the pressure wave generator coupled to or formed with the handpiece;
- an interface member configured to couple to a conduit in fluid communication with a console, the handpiece configured to removably engage with a distal portion of the interface member;
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- a cartridge configured to couple with the distal portion of the interface member, the handpiece configured to removably engage with a distal portion of the cartridge, the cartridge comprising the reservoir;
- wherein the pressure wave generator is configured to generate pressure waves through the treatment region to cause the filling material to substantially fill the treatment region;
- wherein the cartridge comprises a supply line, the supply line coiled within the cartridge.
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A dental apparatus comprisig:
- a pressure wave generator comprising a liquid jet device configured to form a coherent, collimated jet of liquid, the liquid jet device comprising an orifice configured to form a liquid jet and to direct the liquid jet against an impingement surface of the dental apparatus to deflect the liquid jet, the pressure wave generator comprising an opening to deliver a flowable filling material to a treatment region;
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- a reservoir for supplying the flowable filling material to the pressure wave generator,
- wherein the pressure wave generator is configured to generate pressure waves through the treatment region to cause the filling material to substantially fill the treatment region.
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A dental apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a pressure wave generator being coupled with the housing and comprising a liquid jet device configured to form a coherent, collimated jet of liquid, the liquid jet device comprising an orifice configured to form a liquid jet and to direct the liquid jet against an impingement surface of the dental apparatus to deflect the liquid jet;
- a delivery conduit having an opening to deliver a flowable filling material, the delivery conduit coupled to the housing;
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- a reservoir for supplying the flowable filling material to the delivery conduit,
- wherein the pressure wave generator is configured to generate pressure waves through a treatment region to cause the filling material to substantially fill the treatment region.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.