US Patent Issued on July 28 for "Vacuum drawn irrigation followed by instant obturation of a root canal system using a single staging assembly" (Wisconsin, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,957, issued on July 28.

"Vacuum drawn irrigation followed by instant obturation of a root canal system using a single staging assembly" was invented by L. Stephen Buchanan (Santa Barbara, Calif.), John Baeten (Racine, Wis.) and Brett Arand (Milwaukee).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of this disclosure provide a staging assembly for negative pressure, multi-canal irrigation of a root canal system followed by obturation. The staging assembly may be part of a kit that includes a plurality of catheters sized for insertion into the root canal system. To hold the catheter in its proper position in the canal, the catheter may incl...