Medical instrument with modified memory and flexibility properties and method
AssigneeD&S Dental, LLC
InventorsDerek E. Heath, Steven J. A. Treadway, Bobby J. Bennett
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Abstract
Medical instruments, particularly, endodontic instruments with unique limited memory characteristics, and methods for making such instruments. One embodiment includes heat treating a finished endodontic instrument. A related embodiment includes electropolishing a finished endodontic instrument and then heat treating the endodontic instrument.
Claims10
A method for modifying a physical characteristic of a medical instrument, the method comprising the steps of placing a medical instrument in a heated environment having a temperature of from about 450° C. to about 550° C. for from about 180 minutes to about 300 minutes, wherein the medical instrument is made from at least about 50% by mass of a superelastic alloy, and wherein the medical instrument comprises an endodontic instrument.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.