DE20213652U1 - Device system for dental practice - Google Patents

Description

P14628

Equipment system for dental practice

The invention relates to a device according to the preamble of claim 1. 10

State of the art:

The state of the art in dental instrumentation provides for a large number of individual devices, each of which serves a single therapy/diagnosis task. It is increasingly necessary to network individual instruments in terms of data and control technology, to enable data exchange between the individual devices and to use common control elements (e.g. "foot switches", etc.). This results in a confusing and unsolved interfacing problem that runs counter to the aforementioned networking requirement.

The described condition of the individual devices and functions requires a greatly increased space requirement in the dentist's area of activity, which leads to very confusing treatment scenarios, which makes the work of the dentist even more (and unnecessarily) difficult.

5 In addition, many functional elements such as

Energy supply (power supplies)

Control elements (switches, buttons)

Display elements (displays, signal lamps)
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in each of the individual devices. This leads to unnecessary technical effort and makes the devices considerably more difficult to operate. Furthermore, due to a lack of standardization, training doctors on the individual devices is laborious and time-consuming.

The present invention takes a fundamentally different approach:

A device for dental practice is proposed which combines the individual required functions in a common unit. In particular, the functions

Endodontics (root canal treatments)
Caries prophylaxis
Instrument identification

- Instrument monitoring for fatigue fracture

Root canal monitoring
Ultrasound therapy, etc.

integrated into the system.
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The important features include the following:

(1) the above-mentioned dental devices are integrated in a common, preferably mobile housing.

(2) the entire system receives a common energy supply, preferably a powerful battery. This achieves independence from the power grid, which offers the following advantages:

5 - substantial simplification of the relevant authorisation procedures for

medical devices through potential separation from the power grid

Significantly improved mobility of the "treatment unit" by eliminating many "power cables" and "data cables"
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full functionality, even in the event of a power failure.

(3) The overall system contains a common communication and control "node" that regulates the data and control flow between the individual devices. This

The function is performed by a conventional PC, which handles control and data traffic via a standardized interface (e.g. RS 485) or via a common bus system ("DENTI bus"). The previously usual "cable salad" is no longer necessary.

(4) The overall system contains a common control unit, e.g. a keypad, a foot switch, a voice control unit, etc., which is queried via the bus (see (3)) and is thus available for each individual function.

(5) the overall system contains a common display unit, e.g. a screen and/or a common voice output unit, which is controlled via the bus (see (3)) and is therefore available for each individual function. This concept achieves in particular:

uniform user interface
- comfortable operator guidance

Multi-lingualism
convenient malfunction management.

Claims (6)

1. Device for carrying out various dental treatments and therapies, such as endotomy, caries prophylaxis, ultrasound therapy, etc., as well as for identifying and monitoring the functionality of dental instruments, such as drills, files, etc., characterized by
a common housing in which all devices for treatment, therapy and instrument monitoring as well as instrument identification are arranged,
whereby all devices in the housing are linked for data and control purposes via a common network node (PC), and
wherein the housing has a common power supply, common operating elements and a common display device for all devices. 2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the entire unit is self-sufficient and mobile and has no cable connection to the outside. 3. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that a common operator prompt for all individual functions is integrated in the network node (PC). 4. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that a common malfunction management is integrated in the network node (PC). 5. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that a common energy management is integrated in the network node (PC). - 6. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that a standardized bus system is provided to facilitate expansion to additional individual devices/future developments.