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Dental root canal therapeutic instrument

US6382973B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 15, 2000
Grant dateMay 7, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 15, 2020

Classification

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

Abstract

The present invention relates to a dental root canal therapeutic instrument comprising: a shaft portion and a work portion made of spiral projections in continuation with the shaft portion. A cross section of the projections of the work portion is formed of a set of long sides and a set of short sides and is composed of a parallelogram constituted of a set of acute angle edges and a set of obtuse angle edges, wherein the acute angle edges among the acute angle edges and the obtuse angle edges, which form the projections, are placed on a side of the shaft on the side face of the work portion, and wherein a tip of the acute angle edge is located at a further position with respect to a center axis of the work portion than a position of a tip of the obtuse angle edge.

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