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Medical or dental treatment instrument for chip-removing treatment of body tissue or a substitute material with an abrasive tool

US6176703A · kind A · utility

7Cited by

9References

29Claims

0Family size

Assignee

KALTENBACH & VOIGT GMBH · DE

Inventors

Bernd Gugel · Erbach, DE
Gerd Lohn · Zell am Harmersbach, DE
Walter Mossle · Bad Waldsee, DE
Uli Xeller · Biberach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 30, 1998
Grant date	Jan 23, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 30, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61C1/186
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a medical or dental treatment instrument (1) for chip-removing treatment of body tissue or a substitute material with an abrasive tool (7), consisting of a handpiece (2) with an oblong gripping sleeve (41), in the front end area of which a vibration part (4) is supported, which can be set vibrating by a vibration generator (5), the handpiece (2) being connected or connectable at its rear end area to a flexible supply line (18), which extends from a supply device, the output of the vibration generator (5) is variable, and a control device (72) is provided with which the output can be increased or reduced.

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