JP2001238925A - Dental treatment unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a patient from feeling scared by lowering the operation speed of a treatment chair in the case that the patient is an aged person, a pregnant or parturient woman, an injured person or a child, etc. SOLUTION: Operation buttons (switches) 1 and 2 are added by this invention, the operation switch 1 is for a doctor and the operation switch 2 is for an assistant. By pressing the operation switches, the operation speed of the treatment chair 11 is set to be lower than usual and the driving speed of a motor which drives the treatment chair 11 is lowered, for instance. In the case that the patient is the aged person or the child or when it is considered that it is better to lower the moving speed of the treatment chair such as the case of the pregnant or parturient woman, the doctor or the assistant presses the operation switch 1 or 2. Then, the treatment chair 11 is operated at a preset speed lower than normal speed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to dental treatment units, and more particularly to speed control of dental treatment chairs.
In the case of elderly patients, pregnant women, injured people, children, etc., the speed of the treatment chair is reduced so as not to give the patient fear and to ensure safety. is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the overall structure of a main part for explaining an example of a dental treatment unit to which the present invention is applied.
In the figure, 11 is a treatment chair, 12 is an operating light, 13 is a spitton, 14 is a plumbing box, 15 is a work table, 1
6 is an operation panel for doctor, 17 is an instrument holder for doctor, 18 is a foot switch, 19 is an instrument holder for assistant, 20 is an operation panel for assistant. Sit at 11 and fix the head on the head and receive treatment. During the treatment, the surgeon moves the treatment chair 11 up and down, starts up, tilts, etc., and performs the treatment in a posture where the patient can be easily treated.

[0003]

As described above, in dental treatment, a patient is placed on a treatment chair, and the patient is placed on the treatment chair.
By pressing the operation button (switch) of the operation panel, the chair is moved up and down, up and down, tilted, etc., to make it easy to treat or gargle. The speed of movement is constant, and the speed is set in accordance with the feeling of a healthy adult. However, at that speed, some people may feel fear, especially fearing the elderly, children, pregnant women, etc., and also suffering from injuries.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and in the above-mentioned dental treatment chair, the operations of up, down, tilting, tilting, etc. can be slowed down so that the elderly, children, pregnant women, etc. The purpose of this is to avoid giving a fear.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a dental chair provided with a treatment chair capable of operations such as up-down movement, up-down movement, tilting movement, and the like, and these operations being controlled by operation buttons. In the treatment unit, comprising an operation speed regulation switch for regulating the operation speed of the treatment chair,
When the switch is operated, the operating speed of the treatment chair is reduced.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an adjusting means for adjusting an operation speed of the treatment chair.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, the adjusting means operates the switch a predetermined number of times.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In FIG. 1, reference numerals 1 and 2 denote operation buttons (switches) added by the present invention, 1 denotes an operation switch for a doctor, and 2 denotes an operation switch for an assistant. By pressing, the operating speed of the treatment chair 11 is set to be lower than in a normal case, and for example, the rotation speed of a motor that is a driving source of the treatment chair 11 is reduced. The doctor or assistant presses the operation switch 1 or 2 when the patient is an elderly person or a child, or when it is considered that it is better to reduce the moving speed of the treatment chair, such as a pregnant woman. Then, the treatment chair 11 operates at a preset speed lower than the normal speed.

The operation switches (buttons) 1 and 2 are preferably turned on when pressed, indicating that the treatment chair 11 is in a slow motion, and turned off when pressed again to return to normal operation. However, furthermore, a plurality of pilot lamps are arranged side by side, and each time the operation switch is pressed, the operating speed of the treatment chair decreases, and the degree of the speed is displayed by the number of illuminated pilot lamps. May be changed in a plurality of stages. Further, since the operation switches (buttons) are not used so frequently, the place of installation is not necessarily required to be provided on the operation panel, and may be provided at any desired location.

[0010]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, the operating speed of the treatment chair is reduced according to the patient, such as the elderly, children, pregnant women, sick persons, injured persons, etc. Thus, the patient can be safely treated without giving fear to the patient.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall schematic configuration diagram of a main part for describing an example of a dental treatment unit to which the present invention is applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 2 ... Operation switches (buttons) for slowing down the operating speed of the treatment chair, 11 ... Dental treatment chair.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A dental treatment unit including a treatment chair capable of operations such as up-down movement, up-down movement, and tilt movement, and in which these operations are controlled by operation buttons, the operation speed of the treatment chair is reduced. A dental treatment unit comprising an operation speed regulation switch for regulating the operation speed of the treatment chair, when the switch is operated. 2. The dental treatment unit according to claim 1, further comprising adjusting means for adjusting an operation speed of the treatment chair. 3. The dental treatment unit according to claim 2, wherein said adjusting means operates said switch a predetermined number of times.