| 发明名称 | Medical instrument with modified memory and flexibility properties and method | ||
| 摘要 | 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. | ||
| 申请公布号 | US8911573(B2) | 申请公布日期 | 2014.12.16 |
| 申请号 | US201213396034 | 申请日期 | 2012.02.14 |
| 申请人 | D & S Dental, LLC | 发明人 | Heath Derek E.;Treadway Steven J. A.;Bennett Bobby J. |
| 分类号 | C22F1/10;C22F1/08;C22F1/18;A61C5/02;C21D1/26 | 主分类号 | C22F1/10 |
| 代理机构 | Luedeka Neely Group, P.C. | 代理人 | Luedeka Neely Group, P.C. |
| 主权项 | 1. 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. | ||
| 地址 | Johnson City TN US | ||