FI85941B - EN FOER EN TANDLAEKAR-, LAEKARMOTTAGNING ELLER LIKNANDE AVSEDD SERVICEENHET. - Google Patents

Description

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The present invention relates in particular to a unit for a dentist and a doctor's office or the like, which consists of storage and / or working surfaces which are rotatable relative to one another.

The nature of dental care has changed in recent years, e.g. because patients ’oral health has improved. This means 10 that many previous jobs in dental care have been reduced and resources can therefore be directed to individuals whose teeth are, for some reason, more susceptible to the disease. Increasing emphasis can therefore be placed on inspection, disease diagnosis, risk assessment 15 and damage prevention programs in advance. Dental nurses and hygienists are possible and, for financial reasons, have to perform many of these tasks, especially preventive care. In this way, the dentist has a greater opportunity to focus on what he / she has been trained in, ie diagnosing the disease, informing the patient of the findings, drawing up a treatment program, repairing certain lesions, making a final assessment and drawing up a suitable support program. Thus, the effective treatment time is transferred from the dentist to the dentist and / or hygienic colon. This means that new requirements will be placed on both work equipment and facilities.

In many cases, space problems are solved by modifying existing facilities to provide more treatment rooms. This includes e.g. the disadvantage is that the rooms are 30 smaller than before, which places greater demands on the appearance and design of storage cabinets and work surfaces. In treatment rooms it is important that the workplace and; ··! there are good and free roads out of it. In addition, there is a storage. · *. ·. the space and work surface are easily accessible from more than 35 treatment places to achieve good ergonomics and save time. It is therefore desirable that the existing 2 85941 easily accessible storage facilities accommodate what is required for at least one day's work, in order to avoid unnecessary transfers.

Previously known solutions for storage spaces and work surfaces 5 do not meet these requirements. Treatment rooms are usually equipped with storage cabinets that can only be accessed from the dentist's place. Some receptions are decorated today so that the dentist can reach at least some of the necessary equipment. However, this 10 is not satisfactory because it means that the person needs help to be able to care for the patient or else he has to move from his workplace to reach the said equipment.

In order for more people to have access to all the necessary equipment at the same time, two-15 simplified storage spaces and work surfaces have been proposed; see. e.g., Swedish Explanatory Note 7403958-7 (Publication No. 383,602), especially Figure 6 and U.S. Patent No. 3,316,034. Such equipment is both expensive and space consuming and cannot be installed in small treatment rooms.

20 Po. The object of the invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned problems and to develop an equipment unit which fulfills e.g. accessibility and navigability requirements. In this case, easy accessibility essentially means that all the equipment needed for treatment must be assembled so that it can be reached by one or more persons at the same time. Navigability means that the equipment unit must not impede free access to or from the workplace.

The task is solved in such a way that the equipment unit yk-30 in its simplest embodiment comprises a vertically arranged shaft and a base belonging thereto, as well as storage surfaces and work surfaces pivotally arranged on said shaft in separate horizontal planes. The invention is characterized in that at least three storage surfaces are arranged axially on top of said shaft, that at least one, preferably two work surfaces are arranged on 3 85941 axially superimposed axes, that at least one, preferably two, work surfaces are arranged on the shaft axially on top of each other, the storage surface above the storage surface has a concavity at its outer circumference that the respective work surface is pivotally connected to the shaft via an arm, that the respective work surface is movably disposed along the respective arm relative to the shaft in the radial direction and / or is pivotally mounted on said shaft; each storage surface and the work surface, respectively, can pivot about said axis independently of other surfaces.

Because the unit is placed close to the patient and different surfaces can pivot independently of each other, all of the equipment in the unit can be easily accessed from different locations in the area surrounding the patient simultaneously.

These and other features of the invention will become apparent from the appended claims.

The invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which show some exemplary embodiments. In this context, it should be noted that the patterns have not been made to scale.

Fig. 1 shows a top view from above of an equipment unit according to the invention ... 25 and its position in relation to other equipment; Fig. 2 shows a top view of the equipment unit of Fig. 1 with the work surface in different positions; Fig. 3 shows a side view of an alternative embodiment of a supply unit according to the invention; Fig. 4 shows a top view of the equipment unit of Fig. 4 along the line IV-IV and seen in the direction of the arrows; • r and Figures 5 and 6 show views of two further alternative embodiments of the equipment unit 35 according to the invention.

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Figure 1 schematically shows from above a treatment room in which the equipment unit according to the invention indicated by reference numeral 1 is located at a comfortable distance from the two treatment sites 2 and 3, respectively. The number 4 indicates very generally a chair or the like for a patient. Treatment places 2, 3 are intended, for example, for a dentist, dentist and / or hygienist. Since the invention can also be used in other types of surgeries, e.g. medical surgeries, the term "caregiver" in the following means the person or persons for whom the treatment places 2, 3 are intended. Arrows T indicate to caregivers possible pathways around patient P. Accessory unit 1, which may not be easily supported at both position 2 and 3 and which is at the same time allow the free passage area around the patient 15 consists of a separate horizontal planes rotatably placed in the storage surfaces 5 and the work surface or operating surfaces 6. Storage surfaces 5 are arranged pivotally not further the displayed shaft 7 by the double arrow A, in the directions indicated. The work surface 6 is also pivotally connected to said shaft 7 by means of an arm 8, shown by the broken line in Figure 1, the work surface is preferably movable along the arm 8 so that its distance from the shaft 7 is variable. As can be seen from Figure 1, the storage surface 5 is round, which is considered to be the best, but other shapes of the work surface 25 are also possible. For example, it may have a rectangular or oval shape. The work surface 6, which is placed at a lower level than the storage surfaces, preferably has the shape of a truncated sector of a circle, the outer radius of which is larger than the radius of the work surface 6 and whose inner radius is substantially equal to the radius of the work surface 6.

Figure 2 shows the work surface 6 in two imaginary working positions 6a and 6b, both marked with dashed lines. To move the work surface from the position indicated by the intact lines to the position indicated by the number 6a, the arm 8 is rotated about the vertical axis 7, while the work surface is rotated about the axis 9 connecting said surface 5 85941 with the arm 8. the work surface is moved radially outwards along the arm 8.

Figure 3 shows a side view of an embodiment of the invention comprising three storage surfaces 10, 11, 12 and two work surfaces 13 and 14 all arranged on the same base 15. The surfaces of the storage surfaces 10-12 are preferably round, but as in the equipment unit described above. , the shape of the surfaces may also be different, e.g.

10 Rectangular or oval shape. All surfaces 10-14 are located on the pivot 16 of the pivot base 15. The work surfaces 13 and 14 are connected to the shaft 14 by arms 17, 18. Both work surfaces are arranged in connection with the arms 17, 18 via shafts 19, 20. At least one of the work surfaces 13, 14 is displaceable radially along its axis 17, 18. Fig. 4, which shows a top view along the line IV-IV in Fig. 3, shows that the shape of the work surfaces is essentially the same as that of the work surface 6 described above. In addition, the storage surface 11 has a recess or opening 21, 20 preferably form. This greatly increases the accessibility of the objects on the lowest storage surface 12.

To protect the various storage surfaces from contamination, the device may be provided with a cover covering all or certain storage surfaces. Alternatively, the device may be made with one or more cover plates that are movable toward and away from each other to cover or expose different storage surfaces.

Bowls and washers with a suitable shape, e.g. the shape of a circle sector, can be placed on different storage surfaces. The different wires needed for the different devices placed in the equipment unit can be routed to different storage surfaces through a hollow shaft.

Figures 5 and 6 show other alternative embodiments of the equipment-35 unit according to the invention. In the unit shown in Fig. 5, additional storage surfaces 6 85941 are arranged in connection with the shaft part 32 belonging to the shaft 35. In the unit shown in Fig. 6, additional storage surfaces 33 are arranged in connection with a vertical shaft 34 fixed to the ceiling, the vertical shaft being arranged in an extension of the shaft of the equipment unit.

The invention is not limited to the embodiments shown and described above, but several embodiments are conceivable within the scope of the following claims. Thus, for example, more than three storage surfaces and more than two work surfaces can be used in the equipment unit. Fixing the attachment of the accessory to the floor is considered best, but it is also possible to arrange the stand on the wheels so that the accessory can be rotated away when not in use.

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Claims (5)

A service unit (1) for dentist, doctor or similar (1) comprising a shaft vertically arranged and on said shaft, rotatably arranged storage surfaces and working surfaces, characterized in that at least three storage areas (1). 5,10,11,12) are arranged on said shaft (7,16,35) in the axial direction one above the other, that at least one, preferably two working surfaces (6,13,14) are arranged on the shaft in axial direction one above the other, that at least one (11) of the storage surface located above the shaft at the bottom shows a recess (21) at its outer circumference, that respective working surface is pivotally connected to the shaft via an arm ( 17,18), that the respective working surface is displaceably arranged along the associated arm in a radially direction and / or pivotally mounted on said shaft relative to the shaft, and that each storage surface and working surface are pivotal about said shaft. axis independent of other surfaces. Unit according to claim 1, characterized in that the lower storage surface (12) is arranged at the shaft in the axial direction above a top working surface (6,13). • 25 Unit according to any of claims 1 to 2, characterized in that it comprises an additional unit (31, 33) arranged in the shaft extension comprising further rotatably stored storage surfaces. 4. A unit according to claim 3, characterized in that the additional unit (31) is releasably attached to the shaft (35). 5. A unit according to claim 4, characterized in that the additional unit (33) is rotatably mounted in a pillar (34) vertically anchored in a roof.