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US 12,426,989 B2Granted
Endodontic instruments
OwnerMichael J. Scianambloinventor
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Abstract
Endodontic instruments are used to clean and enlarge the endodontic cavity space (ECS), also known as the root canal system, of a human tooth. This document describes novel endodontic instruments that are radially compressible, and methods for their use.
Claims20
An endodontic instrument for preparing an endodontic cavity space, the endodontic instrument comprising:
- a shank configured for attachment to a motor to drive the endodontic instrument about a first axis;
- and
- a spirally shaped body extending from the shank by a length, the spirally shaped body being solid and having:
- (i) a shank end where the spirally shaped body and the shank meet and (ii) a tip end, at least a portion of the spirally shaped body being tapered such that the tip end has a diameter that is less than a diameter of the shank end,
- the spirally shaped body comprising a plurality of transverse cross-sections, each transverse cross-section having a center of mass and comprising:
- four sides;
- and
- four corners, wherein each corner of the four corners is at a junction of two adjacent sides of the four sides, wherein the four corners are positioned relative to each other such that lines drawn between each pair of adjacent corners of the four corners results in four lines that have no parallelism nor perpendicularity relative to each other,
- wherein perpendicular distances between an axis passing through the center of mass and two corners of the four corners are equal,
- the spirally shaped body having a center of mass path defined by the centers of mass of the plurality of transverse cross-sections of the spirally shaped body, wherein at least a portion of the center of mass path between the tip end and the shank end spirals around the first axis along a length of the first axis.
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