Patent ID: 9351806
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: A61C

Claim Text:
1. A dispensing device for a dental substance, comprising: a container for receiving the dental substance, the container having a dispensing end and a back end; a piston movable in the container along an extrusion path for advancing the dental substance toward the dispensing end; a catch extending in a direction lateral to the extrusion path and dimensioned to be received in a receptacle of an applicator to restrain the device against movement, relative to the applicator, in a direction generally parallel to the extrusion path, wherein the catch is adjacent to the back end of the dispensing device or at the back end of the dispensing device; and a resilient adapter, wherein the resilient adapter is resilient in a direction perpendicular to the extrusion path, wherein the resilient adapter comprises a continuous annular rim around the container, and wherein the resilient adapter comprises portions having a wall thickness smaller than a minimum wall thickness of the catch so that the resilient adapter is laterally more resilient than the catch, wherein an inner surface of the resilient adapter is spaced from an outer surface of the container.