Patent ID: 8721334
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. Apparatus comprising: a dental implement, having a distal portion that extends from a distal end along up to 50% of a longitudinal length of the implement, the implement being shaped so as to define a lumen therethrough having at least one distal opening through a center of the distal end, and the implement having a greatest diameter no more than 8 mm and a length of at least 3 mm, wherein at least a portion of the distal portion is shaped so as to define a plurality of end mill cutter surfaces configured to grind bone, which are distributed about a central axis of the implement, such that lines respectively defined by the cutter surfaces are tangential to a circle having a center which is intersected by the central axis of the implement, and wherein the end mill cutter surfaces do not extend into a central area of the implement that defines the lumen.