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Title:
DENTAL HANDPIECE, DENTAL HANDPIECE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF REPLACING OPTICAL FIBER FOR DENTAL HANDPIECE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2021/006293
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The problem addressed by the invention is to provide a dental handpiece configured to allow a user to easily replace an optical fiber therefor. A dental handpiece (1) includes a head portion (2) that is disposed at a tip of the dental handpiece (1) and to which a tool (7) for treating an affected area is detachably mounted, a connecting portion (3) disposed at a rear end of the dental handpiece (1), and a plurality of guide members (4) with which the head portion (2) communicates with the connecting portion (3), wherein the connecting portion (3) is used by being connected to a dental unit that has a supply means for supplying energy. The guide members (4) each include a supply pipe (42) for supplying energy to the head portion (2). At least one of the guide members (4) has an insertion means (41) capable of attaching/detaching and inserting a flexible optical fiber (5) between the connecting portion (3) and the vicinity of the tool (7).

Inventors:
YAMANAKA MICHIZO (JP)
KUMACHI SATORU (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2020/026697
Publication Date:
January 14, 2021
Filing Date:
July 08, 2020
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
THE YOSHIDA DENTAL MFG CO LTD (JP)
International Classes:
A61C1/08
Foreign References:
JP2000508951A2000-07-18
JPS55114607U1980-08-13
JPH08154950A1996-06-18
JP2018007846A2018-01-18
JP2012245059A2012-12-13
JPH09131355A1997-05-20
JP2014217513A2014-11-20
JP2017213277A2017-12-07
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ISONO INTERNATIONAL PATENT OFFICE, P.C. (JP)
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