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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
May. 31, 2019
Applicant:
Dentsply Sirona Inc., York, PA (US);
Inventors:
Vincent W. Shotton, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Kevin L. Wilkinson, Bixby, OK (US);
Assignee:
Dentsply Sirona Inc., York, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 5/40 (2017.01); A61C 5/50 (2017.01); A61C 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 5/40 (2017.02); A61C 5/50 (2017.02); A61C 17/0208 (2013.01);
Abstract
A needle comprising a luer lock connection, an internal fluid delivery conduit, exit ports and an outer profile shaped to match a geometry created by a previous canal shaping instrument. A shape of the needle and features of the exit ports are configured to maximize the amount of shear wall stress and debridement created along the wall of a root canal to be irrigated.