Patent ID: 6821012
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: A61C,Y10S

Abstract:
A mixer and a capsule in combination for a dental restoration material for mixing a powder component and a liquid component of the dental restoration material by shaking, comprising:a capsule configured to retain the dental restoration material and including a mixing compartment and an air-permeable filter configured to ventilate air within the mixing compartment to an outside of the mixing compartment, placed as an outer wall constituting at least a part of a peripheral wall of the mixing compartment, the capsule containing an outlet hole through which the dental restoration material passes; a capsule holding chamber configured to hold the capsule in a portion other than a portion corresponding to the air-permeable filter, the capsule holding chamber being connected to a vacuum device; and a plunger including a protrusion portion configured to fit into said outlet hole of said capsule, the plunger disposed within the capsule and configured to extrude the dental restoration material when moving and inserting the protrusion portion into said outlet hole.