Patent · US Expired

Tartar-removing dental handpiece

US4589847A · kind A · utility

19Cited by

7References

14Claims

0Family size

Assignee

KALTENBACH & VOIGT GMBH · DE

Inventors

Hans Loge · Biberach an der Riß, DE
Eugen Eibofner
Walter Mossle · Bad Waldsee, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 7, 1984
Grant date	May 20, 1986
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 7, 2004

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61C17/20
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A tartar-removing dental handpiece, consisting of an elongated gripping sleeve on which there is arranged a vibration generator, which is connected to a vibratable tartar-removing instrument arranged at one end of the gripping sleeve for transmitting vibrations thereto. The gripping sleeve incorporates at least one medium supply conduit which is connected through a coupling member located at the end of the gripping sleeve distant from the instrument to a connecting conduit leading to a medium source.

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