Patent ID: 8684730
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. An obturation system for facilitating filling of a root canal system, comprising: a delivery device comprising a shaft having a bed portion at a distal end thereof; said bed portion having an inner surface and an outer surface, said inner surface defining a filler material receiving surface; said bed portion being generally arcuate in shape and wherein said inner surface is concave and said outer surface is convex; and a biocompatible filler material comprising an upper surface, a side surface, and a distal end; said biocompatible filler material being mounted to said filler material receiving surface of said bed portion; and wherein said outer surface of said bed portion is substantially free of biocompatible filler material; wherein the delivery device bed portion has a greater thermal conductivity than the filler material; and wherein said filler material receiving surface of the bed portion of the shaft wraps at least partially around the side surface of the filler material and contacts the outer surface of the filler material substantially along an entire length of the filler material such that a distal end of the bed portion is at, or proximate, the distal end of the filler material.