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US 6,890,134 B1Granted
Method of producing endodontic instruments
Assignee3M Espe AG
InventorsIngo Wagner, Michael Knee, Andreas Nitsch
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Abstract
Methods for manufacturing endodontic instruments are provided. Methods relate to milling a blank with a cutting process to shape the instrument. Instruments so produced are also provided.
Claims19
A method of making an endodontic instrument from a rod form blank of a nickel-titanium alloy, comprising:
- milling said rod form blank using a high speed cutting process and a geometrically defined cutting edge of a milling cutter to shape said instrument by cutting material therefrom.
A method for machining and/or manufacturing endodontic instruments from a blank in rod or wire form, in which a milling method using a geometrically defined cutting edge and cutting removal is used for shaping.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.