EP2008631A1 - Abstützvorrichtung für zahnärztliche Instrumente - Google Patents

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EP2008631A1
EP2008631A1 EP07111207A EP07111207A EP2008631A1 EP 2008631 A1 EP2008631 A1 EP 2008631A1 EP 07111207 A EP07111207 A EP 07111207A EP 07111207 A EP07111207 A EP 07111207A EP 2008631 A1 EP2008631 A1 EP 2008631A1
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Eros Nanni
Achille Lamma
Leo Landi
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G15/00—Operating chairs; Dental chairs; Accessories specially adapted therefor, e.g. work stands
    • A61G15/14—Dental work stands; Accessories therefor
    • A61G15/16—Storage, holding or carrying means for dental handpieces or the like

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  • the present invention relates to support devices for dental instruments, in particular it refers to a device to support and keep in a desired working position a dental instrument, e.g. a dental handpiece like a curing lamp, a intra-oral camera, a suction cannula, etc, which do not require a high placing precision.
  • a dental instrument e.g. a dental handpiece like a curing lamp, a intra-oral camera, a suction cannula, etc, which do not require a high placing precision.
  • dental chair and dental unit are known, which allow to accommodate a patient while placing at dental staff's disposal the instruments most used during dental treatment, e.g. turbines, micromotors, syringes, curing lamps, scalers, cameras, suction cannulae, etc.
  • instruments most used during dental treatment e.g. turbines, micromotors, syringes, curing lamps, scalers, cameras, suction cannulae, etc.
  • These dental units comprise one or more supports or instrument holders having housings adapted to receive dental handpieces when not in use by the dentist or the dental assistant.
  • board housings can be provided with switches, called microswitches, adapted to interrupt power supply and to prevent instrument functioning when instruments are in the housings, and vice versa to allow power supply and therefore functioning, when instruments are extracted from respective housing.
  • switches called microswitches
  • support devices for dental instruments are known, called instrument holders, fastened to a dental unit portion, and configured to keep an instrument in a desired working position, without intervention of dental operators.
  • instrument holders fastened to a dental unit portion, and configured to keep an instrument in a desired working position, without intervention of dental operators.
  • these devices save the operator from manually keeping an instrument in a given position, e.g. in patient's oral cavity for a relatively long time.
  • These devices enable the operator not to fatigue and to have hands free for other activities.
  • Known support devices comprise articulated structures, typically articulated rigid arms, an end thereof being fastened to one or more parts of a dental unit, e.g. board, support structure, chair and/or headrest; the remaining free end of the device supports the instrument to be used, typically a turbine or micromotor for a dental drill or a burr.
  • a dental unit e.g. board, support structure, chair and/or headrest
  • the instrument to be used typically a turbine or micromotor for a dental drill or a burr.
  • a disadvantage of these devices is their complexity and bulkiness, which render their construction and assembly difficult and expensive.
  • the structure complexity requires that dental operator performs quite complicated movements to position the device, and therefore the instrument, in the required position.
  • Support devices for dental instruments which can be fastened to anatomic parts of patient him/herself (tooth, mandible, head) are known as well. These devices are generally used to guide and provide a precise and accurate reference to so-called dynamic dental instruments, such as drills and/or burrs, and must be disassembled at the end of operation, as they hinder the execution of further operations, e.g. using other instruments.
  • Another object is to make a support device having simple and economic construction, allowing to position in rapid, quick and relatively precise way a dental instrument, e.g. a curing lamp.
  • a further object is to obtain a device capable of being fastened in a easy, rapid and removable way to a part of the dental unit, in particular a support unit, for instance a dentist's or assistant's board.
  • a still further object is to make a support device to which a plurality of dental instruments can be removably connected, in an easy and quick way.
  • a support device for dental instruments associable to a dental unit comprising arm means provided with, at a first end, connecting means to removably connect said device to said dental equipment and provided with, at a second end, hooking means to removably receive and support a dental instrument, characterized in that said arm means comprises a flexible elongated element, pliable and positionable so as to steadily position said dental instrument in a plurality of different positions.
  • a support device allowing to support a dental instrument which usually has to be supported by an operator hand, in particular a relatively heavy and bulky dental instrument or handpiece of static type, for instance a curing lamp, a camera, a suction cannula.
  • Arm means comprises in fact an elongated, flexible and pliable element of known type, which can be easily bent and positioned according to different working configurations or conformations, to position the supported dental instrument in a plurality of different positions in the space.
  • the flexible arm is sufficiently rigid to steadily and firmly support the weight of ordinarily used dental instruments without bending and changing conformation.
  • the connecting element can also be interchanged with a plurality of further connecting elements that differ from one another in shape and dimensions in order to allow the device to be fastened to housings having different shapes and dimensions.
  • Hooking means comprises a shaped element provided with two appendixes forming a seat suitable for receiving and holding a dental instrument.
  • a support device 1 for dental instruments associable to a dental unit there is illustrated a support device 1 for dental instruments associable to a dental unit.
  • Device 1 comprises arm means 2 provided, at a first proximal end 2a with connecting means 3 arranged for connecting the device 1 to dental unit, and, at a second distal end 2b, with hooking means 4 to removably receive and support a dental instrument 50, in particular a dental handpiece.
  • Arm means 2 comprises an elongated flexible articulated element, in particular a flexible articulated tube of known type, commonly called flexible gooseneck or swanlike neck and used, for instance, for lamp stems.
  • This flexible articulated tube can be for instance of metallic or plastic ring type, having spherical connection portions.
  • arm 2 is sufficiently rigid to support in a steady way the weight of usually used dental instruments (for example 100-200 g) without bending or changing conformation.
  • Arm 2 is covered with a sheath made of hygienisable material, for instance made of rubber or silicone, which ensures an easier and effective cleaning of the external surface of arm 2.
  • the sheath forms, in fact, a surface lacking interstices and cracks.
  • arm 2 can comprise other flexible and articulated stems of known type, provided with an internal core, for example a rigid chain or a helical spring, incorporated in an elastomeric material.
  • an internal core for example a rigid chain or a helical spring, incorporated in an elastomeric material.
  • Connecting means 3 is configured so as to allow removably inserting the device 1 in a housing 21 of a support unit 20, of known type, of dental unit, in particular a dentist's or assistant's board.
  • Housing 21 comprises a cylindrical through cavity 22, provided with a longitudinal lateral opening 22a and designed to receive support portions or handgrips of dental instruments, in particular dental handpieces.
  • a further cylindrical or conic cavity 24 of greater dimensions is provided at the opening of through cavity 22 in order to facilitate instrument insertion.
  • One or more further housings for connecting means 3 can be provided on different portions of dental unit, for example on the headrest or on the chair back, on a lamp post, on a support arm of dentist's board.
  • Connecting means comprises a connecting element 3 shaped so as to engage the cavity 22 of housing 21.
  • Connecting element 3 comprises a first portion 3a having substantially truncated conical shape and a second portion 3b, interposed between said first portion 3a and the first end 2a of arm 2, having nearly cylindrical shape and a diameter slightly bigger than diameter of cavity 22.
  • the first portion 3a allows to easily insert connecting element 3 into the cavity 22; the second portion 3b, forced with a light interference in said cavity 22, removably blocks the connecting element 3 and therefore the device 1 in an assembly position A ( Figure 4 ).
  • connecting.element 3 is shaped so as to avoid activating said switch 23 when it is inserted in the cavity 22. In this way, dental instrument 50 associated with housing 21 can work when mounted on device 1, even if the latter engages housing 21.
  • the further housings provided on other portions of dental unit are not endowed with operation switches because they are not designed to support resting dental instruments.
  • Connecting element 3 is interchangeable with a plurality of further connecting elements that differ from one another in shape and dimensions of portions 3a, 3b, so as to allow device 1 to be fastened to housings 21 having different shapes and dimensions.
  • connecting means 3 is removably connected to the first end 2a of arm 2, for example through threaded joint or through reversible fixed joint.
  • Handgrip means 5 is provided at said first end 2a of arm 2, so as to allow an easy grip of device 1 by dental operators.
  • Handgrip means 5 comprises a substantially cylindrical element fastened to said first end 2a and made of metallic material, for example.
  • Handgrip means 5 has dimensions - length and diameter - such as to allow an easy and comfortable manual grip.
  • Handgrip means 5 is interposed between said first end 2a of arm 2 and connecting means 3.
  • connecting element 3 is removably fixed to said handgrip means 5.
  • Hooking means 4 comprises a shaped element provided with two opposed appendixes 6, 7, internally shaped so as to realize a seat 8 suitable to receive a portion 50a, for instance a handgrip, of an instrument or handpiece 50.
  • Seat 8 has a conical shape having a diameter increasing from second end 2b of arm 2 towards outside, to receive handpieces 50 having different dimensions and shapes.
  • Seat 8 can have also..sections having any shape, for instance elliptic or prismatic, having width increasing from second end 2b towards outside.
  • Hooking means 4 is made of an elastically yielding material, so that opposing appendixes 6, 7 by extending can grip and lock in seat 8 handgrips 50a having different diameter and even different shape, e.g. elliptic, prismatic, etc.
  • hooking means 4 comprises a C-shaped rigid internal core, to realize opposing appendixes 6, 7, externally covered with a more yielding material, for instance rubber or silicone.
  • the support device 1 supports a dental instrument 50, for instance a curing lamp, removably fixed to hooking means 4, the handgrip 50a of said instrument being inserted and removably locked in seat 8.
  • a dental instrument 50 for instance a curing lamp
  • connecting means 3 is fixed to support unit 20, for example a dentist's board, through the insertion of connecting element in housing 21, in the assembly condition A.
  • Groove 3c provided in connecting element 3 allows to keep disengaged operation switch 23 of instrument 50, which can therefore freely work.
  • Flexible, bendable and positionable arm 2 allows to position in space in the desired way an instrument 50 and to maintain it in a steady and relatively precise working position.
  • Support device 1 allows therefore to sustain a plurality of dental instruments, which normally have to be supported by the hand of a dental operator (chair assistant or dentist), in particular relatively heavy and bulky dental instruments or handpieces of static type, such as curing lamps, cameras, suction cannulae.

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ITBO20090161A1 (it) * 2009-03-20 2010-09-21 Cefla Soc Coop Riunito odontoiatrico con tavoletta strumenti modulare
GR1009622B (el) * 2018-09-11 2019-10-23 Γεωργιος Παντελη Σολομωνιδης Βοηθητικο εργαλειο ιατρου
US12171630B2 (en) 2020-05-14 2024-12-24 Thad Pierce Johnston Dental evacuation tip with mount for dental mouth mirror
US20250213413A1 (en) * 2023-10-24 2025-07-03 Dentium Co., Ltd. Dental unit chair

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US3726012A (en) * 1971-04-05 1973-04-10 B Grayson Dental apparatus with enhanced handpiece manipulability
EP0575950A2 (de) * 1992-06-26 1993-12-29 Hatzky, Torsten, DR. Zahnbehandlungseinheit
US5348472A (en) * 1993-04-28 1994-09-20 The Pelton & Crane Company Versatile dental delivery system
US5547375A (en) 1993-08-27 1996-08-20 Schneider; Hans-Georg Suction device for dental treatment units

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US3726012A (en) * 1971-04-05 1973-04-10 B Grayson Dental apparatus with enhanced handpiece manipulability
EP0575950A2 (de) * 1992-06-26 1993-12-29 Hatzky, Torsten, DR. Zahnbehandlungseinheit
US5348472A (en) * 1993-04-28 1994-09-20 The Pelton & Crane Company Versatile dental delivery system
US5547375A (en) 1993-08-27 1996-08-20 Schneider; Hans-Georg Suction device for dental treatment units

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ITBO20090161A1 (it) * 2009-03-20 2010-09-21 Cefla Soc Coop Riunito odontoiatrico con tavoletta strumenti modulare
GR1009622B (el) * 2018-09-11 2019-10-23 Γεωργιος Παντελη Σολομωνιδης Βοηθητικο εργαλειο ιατρου
US12171630B2 (en) 2020-05-14 2024-12-24 Thad Pierce Johnston Dental evacuation tip with mount for dental mouth mirror
US20250213413A1 (en) * 2023-10-24 2025-07-03 Dentium Co., Ltd. Dental unit chair

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