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Dental spray handpiece

US4619612A · kind A · utility

177Cited by
5References
20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 12, 1984
Grant dateOct 28, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 12, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61C17/0217
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a dental spray handpiece for agents such as air and water having a nozzle member with a discharge orifice at one end and a connecting element at the other end and a housing forming a grip piece for the dental handpiece containing an arrangement for controlling flow of the agents and a connection to a supply hose with the nozzle and having a coacting element forming a rotary joint characterized by the nozzle member having a light conductor extending from the discharge orifice up to the rotary joint and a light source being provided in the vicinity of the rotary joint and in optical communication with the other end of the light conductor so that light is conducted through the nozzle and projected out of the nozzle adjacent to the discharge opening.

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