Device and process for dentistry hand or angle pieces
US5078601A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 12, 1990 |
| Grant date | Jan 7, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 12, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61C1/052
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Atomizing process and device for dentistry handpieces or angle pieces, characterized in that it involves generating, in the region of the receptacle of the tool in the handpiece or angle piece, a suction effect putting the vicinity of the cutter receptacle under a slight vacuum under the effect of an air cone of which the apex is situated at the point where the tool is working, the other function of this air cone being to direct the cooling fluid by means of an effect of the COANDA type, thereby reducing the consequences of turbulences attributable to the rotation of the tool or instrument.
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