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US 2025/0082438 A1Published application
Dental instrument with a flexible tip end and method of manufacture
AssigneeHu-Friedy Mfg. Co., Inc.
InventorsRavi P. Seeralan, Alexander M. Kerstein, Jennifer Nemeth
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Abstract
Dental instruments, assemblies, and components for a dental instrument are described with a two-piece tip that includes a flexible tip end and a stiff shank. Various methods of assembly are described for securing the flexible tip end to the shank including utilizing a slot in the shank and one or more pins inserted through the tip and shank, a securing material, and forming the shank with a distal portion coupled to a portion of the flexible tip end.
Claims11
A method of manufacturing a dental instrument, the method comprising:
- providing a flexible tip end having a flat body with opposing planar main surfaces, the body including a retaining portion in a proximal end thereof;
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- forming a shank by at least one of 3D printing or injection molding around the retaining portion of the body, such that a distal portion of the shank is coupled to the retaining portion of the body to secure the flexible tip end to the shank, the shank configured to be coupled to a handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.