Patents by Inventor Vincent Shotton
Vincent Shotton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11806203Abstract: A motor driven syringe dispenser which has a syringe mounting part, a slider, and a connection for an endodontic motor. The syringe dispenser connects to an endodontic motor which is used to drive a plunger of a syringe placed in the syringe mounting part thereby expressing irrigant into a root canal for root canal therapy.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.Inventors: Vincent Shotton, Kevin Wilkinson
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Publication number: 20230102014Abstract: Disclosed herein is a dental device for delivering fluid continuously while activated in an endodontic application. The dental device includes a hollow needle having a tip end and a connector portion; and a handle. One end of the handle is configured to be affixed to the connector portion of the hollow needle. The opposite end of the handle is capable of being attached to an endodontic handpiece or a sonic agitator for the activation. The connector portion includes at least one tube connector that is an integral part of the connector portion of the hollow needle or a plurality of openings on the connector portion to accommodate the hollow needle to a connector. The connector is a modular fluid delivery connector which is removable from the needle such that it can be reused.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.Inventors: Vincent SHOTTON, Kevin WILKINSON
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Publication number: 20230012247Abstract: A custom drill guide and a method, system, and computer readable media for determining a number and location of canals in the tooth in order to create a custom drill guide to match the anatomy for proper orientation of high speed burs and files for cleaning/shaping. By knowing where the canals are located within the tooth, a relatively small access opening may be created, the small access opening provides for a strong crown during the restoration process.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2020Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.Inventors: Vincent SHOTTON, Kevin WILKINSON
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Publication number: 20210106411Abstract: A motor driven syringe dispenser which has a syringe mounting part, a slider, and a connection for an endodontic motor. The syringe dispenser connects to an endodontic motor which is used to drive a plunger of a syringe placed in the syringe mounting part thereby expressing irrigant into a root canal for root canal therapy.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.Inventors: Vincent SHOTTON, Kevin WILKINSON
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Patent number: 10966801Abstract: A rotatable endodontic file for cleaning/shaping a tooth root canal that includes an elongated shaft having a proximal end portion, a distal end and a tapered working portion having a rotational axis, the working portion extending from the proximal portion to the distal end; the external surface of the shaft working portion having a plurality of parallelogram-shaped cross sections along the working portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.Inventors: Vincent Shotton, Dan Ammon
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Publication number: 20200268491Abstract: Disclosed herein is a dental device for delivering fluid continuously while activated in an endodontic application. The dental device includes a hollow needle having a tip end and a connector portion; and a handle. One end of the handle is configured to be affixed to the connector portion of the hollow needle. The opposite end of the handle is capable of being attached to an endodontic handpiece or a sonic agitator for the activation. The connector portion includes at least one tube connector that is an integral part of the connector portion of the hollow needle or a plurality of openings on the connector portion to accommodate the hollow needle to a connector. The connector is a modular fluid delivery connector which is removable from the needle such that it can be reused.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.Inventors: Vincent SHOTTON, Kevin WILKINSON
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Publication number: 20200129277Abstract: A motor driven syringe dispenser which has a syringe mounting part, a slider, and a connection for an endodontic motor. The syringe dispenser connects to an endodontic motor which is used to drive a plunger of a syringe placed in the syringe mounting part thereby expressing irrigant into a root canal for root canal therapy.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.Inventors: Vincent SHOTTON, Kevin WILKINSON
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Patent number: 10350028Abstract: A multi-directional handpiece that includes a motor drive extending along and configured for rotation about a body axis, the motor drive having: a motor gearing at a proximal end of the motor drive; and a file gearing in engagement with the motor gearing for transferring the rotational and axial movement to a workpiece; and a housing for the workpiece; and wherein through rotation of the motor drive, the workpiece moves in an axial oscillating motion while being rotated.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.Inventors: Vincent Shotton, Dan Ammon, Naim Karazivan
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Patent number: 10351934Abstract: A method for manufacturing a nonlinear superelastic file comprising the steps of: providing a superelastic file having a shaft and a file axis; providing a fixture including a file groove being defined by one or more displacement members, the file groove configured for receiving the shaft; inserting at least a portion of the shaft into the fixture along the file groove, the portion of the shaft including a first portion of the shaft; contacting the first portion of the shaft with a first displacement member of the one or more displacement members such that the first portion of the shaft is displaced from the file axis thereby forming a first offset portion of the shaft; heating the portion of the shaft while inserted in the fixture to a temperature of at least about 300° C. for a time period of at least about 1 minute to shape-set the portion of the shaft thereby forming a shape-set nonlinear file.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2014Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.Inventors: Dan Ammon, Vincent Shotton, Yong Gao, Randall Maxwell
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Patent number: 10182883Abstract: An endodontic instrument for cleaning/shaping a tooth root canal that includes an elongated shaft composed of a porous material, the shaft having a proximal end portion, a distal end and a tapered working portion having an external surface and a rotational axis, the working portion extending from the proximal end portion to the distal end.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2014Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.Inventors: Vincent Shotton, Christopher Damien, Dan Ammon
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Publication number: 20180325624Abstract: A rotatable endodontic file for cleaning/shaping a tooth root canal, comprising: an elongated shaft having a proximal end portion, a distal end and a tapered working portion having a rotational axis, the working portion extending from said proximal portion to said distal end; the external surface of said shaft working portion having a plurality of at least two spirals, a plurality of parallelogram-shaped cross sections along the working portion, at least one of the plurality of parallelogram-shaped cross sections two C-shaped or concave geometries along two symmetrical sides or four C-shaped or concave geometries along all four sides, each parallelogram-shaped cross section having an acute angle and a center of mass that is located on the axis of rotation, each parallelogram-shaped cross section, wherein an acute angle of a first parallelogram-shaped cross section is different or the same as an acute angle of a second parallelogram-shaped cross section.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.Inventors: Vincent SHOTTON, Dan AMMON
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Patent number: 9902025Abstract: A method for manufacturing at least one nonlinear file including the steps of deforming at least a portion of a linear file away from a file axis and heat-treating the deformed file to shape-set the nonlinear file.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2014Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: DENTSPLY International Inc.Inventors: Vincent Shotton, Dan Ammon
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Patent number: 9901418Abstract: A rotatable endodontic file for cleaning/shaping a tooth root canal, comprising: an elongated shaft having a proximal end portion, a distal end and a tapered working portion having a rotational axis, the working portion extending from said proximal portion to said distal end; the external surface of said shaft working portion having a plurality of at least two spirals, a parallelogram-shaped cross section that has an axis of rotation that is asymmetric such that the center of mass (centroid) is not along the file axis.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2014Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA, INC.Inventors: Vincent Shotton, Dan Ammon
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Publication number: 20180049843Abstract: A multi-directional handpiece that includes a motor drive extending along and configured for rotation about a body axis, the motor drive having: a motor gearing at a proximal end of the motor drive; and a file gearing in engagement with the motor gearing for transferring the rotational and axial movement to a workpiece; and a housing for the workpiece; and wherein through rotation of the motor drive, the workpiece moves in an axial oscillating motion while being rotated.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2017Publication date: February 22, 2018Applicant: Dentsply Sirona Inc.Inventors: Vincent SHOTTON, Dan AMMON, Naim KARAZIVAN
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Patent number: 9833299Abstract: A multi-directional handpiece that includes a motor drive extending along and configured for rotation about a body axis, the motor drive having: a motor gearing at a proximal end of the motor drive; and a file gearing in engagement with the motor gearing for transferring the rotational and axial movement to a workpiece; and a housing for the workpiece; and wherein through rotation of the motor drive, the workpiece moves in an axial oscillating motion while being rotated.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2014Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: DENTSPLY International Inc.Inventors: Vincent Shotton, Dan Ammon, Naim Karazivan
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Publication number: 20170135785Abstract: A hollow endodontic instrument having: a file axis; a proximal end; a tip; and a shaft portion between the proximal end and the tip; wherein the shaft portion defines a hollow void at least partially bounded by a plurality of fingers and a plurality of longitudinal spacings, each finger extends from the proximal end and includes an outer surface and an inner surface extending between longitudinal opposing walls; and wherein a portion of at least one of the longitudinal opposing walls includes a cutting edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2016Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Randall MAXWELL, Vincent SHOTTON, KEVIN WILKINSON, Yong GAO
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Patent number: 9539063Abstract: A method for manufacturing a hollow instrument comprising the steps of: providing a hollow tube having a longitudinal tube axis; forming at least one opening along a shaft portion of the hollow tube following a predetermined pattern thereby defining a plurality of fingers; and deforming at least a portion of the hollow tube into a desired shape; and optionally joining at least two fingers along a portion of the opening to secure the hollow tube in the desired shape thereby forming the hollow instrument.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2012Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: DENTSPLY International Inc.Inventors: Randall Maxwell, Vincent Shotton, Kevin Wilkinson, Yong Gao
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Publication number: 20150366635Abstract: An endodontic instrument for cleaning/shaping a tooth root canal that includes an elongated shaft composed of a porous material, the shaft having a proximal end portion, a distal end and a tapered working portion having an external surface and a rotational axis, the working portion extending from the proximal end portion to the distal end.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2014Publication date: December 24, 2015Inventors: Vincent SHOTTON, Christopher DAMIEN, Dan AMMON
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Patent number: D744102Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2013Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: DENTSPLY International Inc.Inventors: Vincent Shotton, Kevin Wilkinson
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Patent number: D798451Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2015Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: DENTSPLY International Inc.Inventors: Vincent Shotton, Kevin Wilkinson