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Modular dental tool and docking station

US10434024B2 · kind B2 · utility

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24Claims

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Assignees

KAVO DENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC · US
KALTENBACH & VOIGT GMBH · DE

Inventors

Robert Thomas St. Louis · Greenville, US
Michael Carl Dunaway · Charlotte, US
Frank Emde · Memmingen, DE
Amod Ashok Kher · Chicago, US
Tyler Harper · Denton, US
Nathan Lamb Shippee · Lebanon, US
Johannes Sauter · Mittelbuch, DE
Patrick Niederreuter · Illertissen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 15, 2016
Grant date	Oct 8, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 12, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61G2205/60
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A modular dental system, methods for controlling a modular dental tool, a dental system, a control module, and a treatment unit. In one embodiment, the modular dental system includes a modular dental system including a control module and a battery module. The control module includes a first end, a second end, a control sub-system, and a charging sub-system. The control sub-system is configured to communicatively couple to an attachment, detect an attachment identifier associated with the attachment when the attachment is removably attached to the first end of the control module, and control the attachment based on the attachment identifier. The battery module is configured to removably attach to the second end of the control module.

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