Patent · US Expired

Endodontic instrument

US6174165A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 11, 1999
Grant dateJan 16, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 11, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61C5/42
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Present invention relates to an endodontic instrument comprising a shaft and a work portion connecting to the shaft. The work portion has a plurality of helically extending blades to form a rectangular cross section in which the opposite edges of one set are longer edges and the opposite edges of the other set are shorter edges, the work portion having each apex of a right angle.

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