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Dental apparatus with display

US6382967B1 · kind B1 · utility

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20Claims
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Filing dateMay 16, 2000
Grant dateMay 7, 2002
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Expiry dateMay 16, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61C19/004
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A dental apparatus has a display and an actuating device for selecting and activating operating programs for operating the dental apparatus. The display has a tooth schematic that is divided into indicator fields. The indicator fields may be distributed over a plurality of teeth so that each indicator field represents one tooth or may be used to indicate certain locations of an individual tooth.

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