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Medical and/or dental instrument with oscillatory rod

US6616450B2 · kind B2 · utility

363Cited by
15References
23Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 8, 2001
Grant dateSep 9, 2003
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Expiry dateOct 11, 2021

Classification

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

Abstract

The invention relates to a medical or dental-medical treatment instrument (1) having a grip sleeve (11), an oscillatory rod (13) which extends longitudinally in the grip sleeve (11) and is mounted therein in a radially or also axially elastically yielding manner, and an oscillation generator (31) for transmitting oscillations to the oscillatory rod (13). In order to attain a compact construction, the oscillatory rod (13) is of a base part and an attachment part which is fixed on the base part.

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