Dental Powder/Liquid Material-Containing Preparation Accommodation Bag and Dispensing Method for Same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016106519-A1
Application number	US-201414890468-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 14, 2014
Priority date	May 17, 2013
Publication date	Apr 21, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A dental powder/liquid material-containing preparation accommodation bag, which suppresses entrainment of air in mixing a powder material and a liquid material for dispensing, is provided. A powder Material 8 is accommodated in a powder material accommodation chamber 3 of a bag body 2, while a liquid material 9 dissolving the powder material 8 and changing into a pasty form, in cooperation with the powder material 8 is accommodated in a liquid material accommodation chamber 4 partitioned from the powder material accommodation chamber 3 by a weakened section 7. The weakened section 7 is ruptured by applying a pressing force to the bag body 2. As a result, the powder material accommodation chamber 3 and the liquid material accommodation chamber 4 communicate, to feed the liquid material accommodated in the liquid material accommodation chamber 4 into the powder material accommodation chamber 3. Then, the powder material 8 and the liquid material 9 changing into the pasty form are pressed within the powder material accommodation chamber 3 from the surfaces of the bag body 2 for dispensing.

First claim

1 . A dental powder/liquid material-containing preparation accommodation bag, comprising:
a bag body divided into a plurality of parts to form a plurality of sealed accommodation chambers; and a weakened section, formed between the accommodation chambers, for partitioning the accommodation chambers, the weakened section being formed to be rupturable by a pressing force applied to the bag body, the accommodation chambers being allowed to communicate after rupture of the weakened section, whereby contents accommodated in the accommodation chambers can be gathered within one of the accommodation chambers and can be mixed there, wherein the bag body is configured such that the plurality of accommodation chambers accommodate a dental powder/liquid material composed of a powder material containing an organic polymer, and a liquid material dissolving the powder material and changing into a pasty form in cooperation with the powder material, with the powder material and the liquid material being accommodated separately in the accommodation chambers, and the powder material and the liquid material changing into the pasty form after rupture of the weakened section can be pressed via surfaces of the bag body.

2 . The dental powder/liquid material-containing preparation accommodation bag according to claim 1 , wherein
the bag body has air incorporated into at least one of the accommodation chambers, and a volume of the air at room temperature is in a range of 10 to 45% based on a volume of the accommodation chamber for gathering and mixing the contents accommodated within the accommodation chambers.

3 . The dental powder/liquid material-containing preparation accommodation bag according to claim 1 , wherein
an internal volume of the accommodation chamber for gathering and mixing the contents accommodated within the accommodation chambers is 1 to 3 cm 3 relative to 1 g of a pasty substance obtained by blending the powder material and the liquid material.

4 . The dental powder/liquid material-containing preparation accommodation bag according to claim 1 , wherein
the dental powder/liquid material is in such a configuration that the powder material contains a powder of a lower alkyl(meth)acrylate polymer, the liquid material contains a monomer, at least one of the powder material and the liquid material contains a polymerization initiator, and a final form of the powder material and the liquid material changing into the pasty form is a cured product.

5 . The dental powder/liquid material-containing preparation accommodation bag according to claim 1 , wherein
the dental powder/liquid material is in such a configuration that the powder material contains a powder of a lower alkyl(meth)acrylate polymer, the liquid material contains a liquid plasticizer, and a final form of the powder material and the liquid material changing into the pasty form is an elastic body.

6 . The dental powder/liquid material-containing preparation accommodation bag according to claim 1 , wherein
a powder contained in the powder material of the dental powder/liquid material has a specific surface area, as measured by a nitrogen adsorption BET method, of 0.01 to 20 m 2 /g, and a bulk density, as measured in accordance with JIS K7365, of 0.05 to 1.0 g/cm 3 .

7 . A dispensing method for a dental powder/liquid material-containing preparation accommodation bag, comprising:
accommodating a powder material in a first accommodation chamber of a bag body; accommodating a liquid material in a second accommodation chamber partitioned from the first accommodation chamber by a weakened section, the liquid material dissolving the powder material and changing into a pasty form in cooperation with the powder material; rupturing the weakened section by application of a pressing force to the bag body, thereby bringing the first accommodation chamber and the second accommodation chamber into communication, to feed the liquid material accommodated in the second accommodation chamber into the first accommodation chamber; then mixing the powder material and the liquid material within the first accommodation chamber; and pressing the powder material and the liquid material, which change into the pasty form, from surfaces of the bag body for dispensing.

Assignees

• Tokuyama Dental Corp

Inventors

• Hashiguchi Masanao
• Yamaguchi Nobutoshi
• Nakashima Kei

Classifications

• A61C5/68

  Mixing dental material components for immediate application to a site to be restored, e.g. a tooth cavity · CPC title

• A61C5/60

  Devices specially adapted for pressing or mixing capping or filling materials, e.g. amalgam presses · CPC title

• A61C13/00

  Dental prostheses; Making same (tooth crowns for capping teeth A61C5/70; dental implants A61C8/00) · CPC title

• A61C2202/00

  Packaging for dental appliances · CPC title

• A61C19/005

  Devices for the manual mixing of small quantities of materials, e.g. trays for mixing dental porcelain · CPC title