Invention Application
- Patent Title: ARTIFICIAL ROOT CANAL SIMULATOR BASED ON HYDROXYAPATITE
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Application No.: US15575668Application Date: 2016-05-26
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Publication No.: US20180144661A1Publication Date: 2018-05-24
- Inventor: Lieven ROBBERECHT , Jean-Christophe HORNEZ , Feng CHAI , Etienne DEVEAUX , Anne LERICHE , Vincent HORNEZ , Thibault BECAVIN , Marion DEHURTEVENT
- Applicant: INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE) , UNIVERSITE DE VALENCIENNES ET DU HAINAUT CAMBRESIS , UNIVERSITE DE LILLE 2 DROIT ET SANTE , CENTRE HOSPITALIER REGIONAL ET UNIVERSITAIRE DE LILLE (CHRU)
- Priority: FR1554777 20150527
- International Application: PCT/FR2016/051241 WO 20160526
- Main IPC: G09B23/28
- IPC: G09B23/28 ; G09B23/30 ; G09B9/00

Abstract:
The present invention relates to an artificial root canal simulator based on hydroxyapatite, comprising a cavity representing a root canal, said artificial root canal simulator having a porosity of between 10% and 40% and a Vickers hardness of 50 to 200 HV, and to a method for the manufacture of an artificial root canal simulator according to the invention.
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