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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7284981 | Functional handpiece having a light emission element at its forward end Functional handpiece 1 having an elongate handpiece body which has at its rearward end a connection element for connection with a flexible supply line, and has at its forward end a light emission element of a light permeable material for the illumination of the trea... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7267547 | Device for regulated heating of media in a dental handpiece A device for regulated heating of media in a dental handpiece has at least one media line which can be opened via a switch, a heating element associated with the media line, a temperature sensor detecting the temperature of the medium and a regulation circuit which ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258546 | Medical or dental instrument and/or supply unit and/or care unit and/or system for the medical or dental instrument The invention relates to a medical or dental-medical instrument (2) having a memory element (10p) for identification and/or operational parameter data. IN order to extend the range of possible applications of the instrument, the memory element (... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7234938 | Milling/grinding machine for the manufacture of dental-medical workpieces The invention relates to a milling/grinding machine for the manufacture of dental-medical or dental-technical workpieces, having a workpiece receiver (3) and a tool (7) which can be moved, with respect to a workpiece (1) arranged in the workpiec... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7217129 | Medical or dental-medical handpiece having at least one rotary part The invention relates to a medical or dental-medical handpiece having a rotary part, in particular a turbine rotor. In order to improve the handpiece with regard to small construction, running noise and economical construction, there is provided a roller bearing for... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7140880 | Medical or dental-medical handpiece having a rotary part mounted in a roller bearing The invention relates to a medical or dental-medical handpiece having a rotary part which is rotatably mounted in a bearing bush by means of a roller bearing having an inner ring and an outer ring. In order to improve the handpiece with regard to an axial limiting o... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7074041 | Medical or dental-medical handpiece having a push button for the release of a tool A medical or dental-medical handpiece has in its forward end region a lateral insertion opening for a tool and, lying opposite to the insertion opening, a mounting opening with an insert part, which can he placed therein, and a push button which is mounted displacea... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7032975 | Medical or dental treatment chair The invention relates to a medical or dental treatment chair (1) having a seat part (2), a back part (4), a carrier part (16) arranged on the back part (4), an intermediate lever (23) which with its one end is pivotably conn... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6786723 | Medical or dental-medical treatment instrument having a filter element The invention relates to a medical or dental-medical treatment instrument (1) having a media line, in particular for water or spray, extending from its rearward end to its forward end region, in which line an exchangeable filter element (21) is arrange... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6739959 | Assembly for the manufacture of medical, dental-medical, dental-technical and technical parts from ceramics For the manufacture of shaped parts (6) from ceramics, for example for dental-technical purposes, an assembly is provided which comprises a powdery ceramic raw material compressed to form a ceramic green compact (4), an embedding mass (3) which ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6646749 | Device for the measurement of dental objects The invention relates to a device for the optical measurement of dental objects (30) with the use of topometric measurement procedures, having a rotatably mounted object receptacle (18) for holding the object (30) to be measured, a projector (11) for the ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6638068 | Medical handpiece having a rod-shaped grip part The invention relates to a medical, in particular dental-medical handpiece (3) having a rod-shaped grip part in the forward end region of which there is arranged a holding device (5) having a lateral insertion opening (13) for a working tool (6), whereby ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6626668 | Medical or dental-medical apparatus having a delivery line for a liquid The invention relates to a medical or dental-medical apparatus, having a delivery line for a liquid and having a screw bushing onto which a container for the liquid can be screwed, the delivery line extending from the interior of the container to the outs... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6616450 | Medical and/or dental instrument with oscillatory rod 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... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6602073 | Medical and/or dental instrument with a pneumatic oscillatory-drive The invention relates to a medical or dental-medical treatment instrument (1) having a rod-like handpiece (2) with the forward end region of which a tool (3) can be releasably coupled by means of a tool coupling (4), and the rearward end region of which c... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6561802 | Device for identifying caries, plaque, bacterial infection, concretions, tartar and other fluorescent substances on teeth A device is disclosed for identifying caries, plaque, bacterial infection, concretions, tartar and other fluorescent substances on teeth. The device has means for generating stimulating radiation which is to be directed onto a tooth-tissue region that is ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6520585 | Medical or dental-medical treatment chair or a head support for such a treatment chair A medical or dental-medical treatment chair has a backrest and a head support. The head support is pivotally connected with the backrest by means of a joint device having a first joint, and being fixable in a respective pivot position by means of a fixing... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6506050 | Dental device and method for controlling same In order to control a dental device having at least one treatment instrument (1), a central control device and a display unit (2), the device has additional means (4, 5, 6) for detecting the spatial position of the treatment instrument (1). In a control m... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6495073 | Method for the manufacture of medical, dental-medical, dental-technical and technical parts from ceramics For the manufacture of shaped parts (6) from ceramics, for example for dental-technical purposes, first of all a powdery ceramic raw material is compressed to form a ceramic green compact (4). The inner contour and/or the outer contour of the shaped parts... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6425761 | Drive system for dental handpiece A drive system for dental handpieces, having a rotor (12) secured to a motor shaft (11), an anti-friction bearing system (13, 14), including an inner bearing race (17), an outer bearing race (18) and a plurality of rolling elements (19) arranged between t... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6416321 | Medicinal or dental hand instrument In a medicinal or dental hand instrument (1) comprising a hand piece (2) and a handle (6) arranged on the hand piece (2), an outlet opening (5), arranged on the front side of the handle (6), for the outlet of an abrasive therapeutic agent and a transport ... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6322754 | Translatable hood arrangement for a medical-technical or dental-technical worktable The invention relates to a medical-technical or dental-technical work table (1) which in its forward region of its table surface (2a) has a protection arrangement (11) having a protection plate (11c) in upwardly extending arrangement, which protection pla... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6290502 | Method, device and medium for the removal of caries in a cavity The invention relates to a method for the removal of caries (4) in a cavity (7), in which a flowable medium (11), which contains a caries (4)-dissolving substance and/or solid particles (13), is introduced into the cavity (7) and for improving the effecti... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6267594 | Medical or dental-medical instrument for material-removing working of body tissue and tool for such an instrument The invention relates to a medical or dental-medical instrument (1) for the material-removing working of body tissue or a substitute material, having an elongate handpiece (2), a holding device (4) arranged in the forward end region of the handpiece (2), ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6254393 | System for removing a defect in a tooth and insert or tool for such a system System for the removal of a defect in a tooth (71), consisting of an oscillatingly movable tool (3) having working surfaces (56) for an abrasive making of a cavity (K) in the tooth, a filling material for filing the cavity (K), an insert (91, 91A) which c... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6217329 | Maintenance apparatus for a medical or dental handpiece The invention relates to a maintenance apparatus (1) for medical or dental handpieces (17), having a housing (2), which encloses a free maintenance chamber (4) which is accessible by means of a door (5), having a plurality of connection parts (16a, 16b) i... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6213770 | Handpiece for medical or dental purposes having a settable stop device The invention relates to a handpiece (1) in particular for medical or dental purposes, having a connection device (3) for a tool (4) which is arranged in the forward end region of the hand piece (1), and having a settable stop device (6) for limiting the ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6186789 | Dental tool for preparing a tooth for a dental crown A dental tool having a processing section at one end which includes a longitudinally extending lateral face and a transversely extending front face having an abrasive working face located at a distance from the lateral face so as to permit forming a preci... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6186780 | Method and device for the recognition of caries, plaque, concretions or bacterial infection on teeth Method and device for the recognition of caries, plaque, concretions or bacterial infections on teeth, whereby with the aid of a light source (1) an excitation radiation (9) is generated which is directed at a tooth (4) to be investigated and there brings... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6176703 | Medical or dental treatment instrument for chip-removing treatment of body tissue or a substitute material with an abrasive tool 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 pa... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6146376 | Pulsed light source Pulsed light source for the removal of biological tissue. The pulsed light source incorporates light means as well as a controller which controls the light means in such a way that the light means generate on the one hand ablation pulses (BA) with an irra... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6135774 | Diagnosis and treatment device for teeth The invention relates to a device for the diagnosis of the state of health of tooth tissue, having a first light source (1) for the generation of an excitation radiation (2), which is to be directed via a light conductor arrangement (4) onto a tooth tissu... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6132213 | Dental tool holder Dental handpiece with an instrument section (1) for accepting a dental tool and with a second, hose section (2) which is capable of being detachably coupled to the instrument section and to which a media delivery line for the delivery of certain supply me... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6102704 | Method and device for the determination of caries in teeth Method and device for the detection of caries in teeth (8). In order, after investigation of a tooth (8), to be able again to find the tooth location with the greatest incidence of caries, the instantaneous measurement value and the peak measurement value... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6065966 | Medical or dental treatment instrument for the treatment of body tissue or a substitute material, in particular by cutting, and tool for such a treatment instrument In the case of a medical or dental treatment instrument for the treatment of body tissue or a substitute material, in particular by cutting, with an elongated handpiece which in its front end region comprises a retaining device with a plug-in hole, into w... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6062858 | Medical or dental handpiece with a tool for processing by machining In the case of a medical or dental handpiece with a tool for the processing of body tissue or of a substitute material by machining, wherein the tool comprises an, in particular, elongated processing section extending from a base part connected to the han... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6022217 | System for removing a defect in a tooth and insert or tool for such a system System for the removal of a defect in a tooth (71), consisting of an oscillatingly movable tool (3) having working surfaces (56) for an abrasive making of a cavity (K) in the tooth, a filling material for filing the cavity (K), an insert (91, 91A) which c... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5971755 | Laser instrument In the case of a laser instrument (1) with a laser-light guiding device (3) feeding the laser light, an oblong outcoupling element (15), the longitudinal direction of which is arranged at an angle (W4) in relation to the direction with which the laser lig... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5971758 | Tool for the preparation, with removal of material, of a lateral cavity in a tooth In a tool (1) for the preparation, with the removal of material, of a lateral cavity (K) in a tooth (Z), which tool has a tool shaft (2) of which one end is connected or can be connected with a dental handpiece (4) and of which the other end is connected ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5924864 | Handpiece for medical purposes, in particular for a medical or dental treatment device, preferably for a cutting treatment of a dental root canal In the case of a handpiece (3) for medical purposes, preferably for a cutting treatment of a dental root canal, with a tool holder (5) arranged in the front end region of the handpiece (3), with a retaining coupling (16) for detachable fastening of the to... | 07/20/1999 |
