JP3533303B2 - Dental care equipment - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a dental clinic,
The present invention relates to a dental treatment apparatus suitable for brushing teeth, counseling and treating a patient.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In dentistry these days, it is important to have a dialogue between a dentist and a patient. However, in a conventional dental clinic, it is necessary to provide a space for dialogue due to the health score and the like. I couldn't, so I sat the patient in a treatment chair and the dentist and the patient were consulting and brushing their teeth face-to-face. Then, after performing the consulting and the brushing instruction, the treatment chair is laid down and the treatment by the dentist and the assistant is started.

[0003]

By the way, when the above-mentioned dialogue between the dentist and the patient is finished and the treatment by the dentist is started, the treatment chair at the dialogue position is laid down and the dentist does Since it moves to the head of the patient, there is a problem that the dentist's flow line becomes large and fatigue becomes serious.

[0004] Further, in the dialogue with the dentist, since the treatment instrument installed on the dentist's side can be seen by the patient,
There is also the problem that the patient becomes psychologically unstable and the attention of the dentist's words is not paid.
The spit-n-ball, which gargles after the treatment is finished, is also exposed, which is not good for aesthetics and unhygienic.

The present invention is intended to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to enable a dentist to consult with a patient through a table and to teach tooth brushing and rotate a treatment chair. By doing so, it is possible to perform face-to-face medical treatment and supine treatment with the treatment chair lying down, and also to fix the treatment chair in the treatment position and move the treatment equipment and spit ball to the use position. We will provide the equipment.

[0006]

The dental treatment apparatus of the present invention is intended to achieve the above-mentioned object. The means is that one long side of a top plate formed in a substantially rectangular shape is a wall surface or the like. The other side of the long side is made the room side, and the side of the long side of the room is formed with a projection with a large vertical angle that allows doctors and patients to counsel. , A doctor unit that holds out a doctor table holding a treatment instrument on the lower surface side of the top plate and is arranged so that the doctor table can be stored therein, and a protruding part side opposite to the protruding part side of the top plate on which a doctor sits. The treatment chair is arranged in a foldable and rotatable manner, and an assistant unit is arranged at a position sandwiching the doctor unit and the treatment chair.

[0007] In addition, on the ceiling almost directly above the treatment chair,
Installed a dental light to illuminate the mouth of a supine patient
It is preferable that a spit-n-ball be attached to and removed from the top of the doctor unit on the side where the treatment chair is installed, and the doctor table is attached to the back of the top of the doctor unit. It is desirable to mount the treatment chair so that it can be freely taken in and out, and it is desirable that the treatment chair is configured to be manually rotatable by a predetermined angle in the treatment position in the lying down state.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of a dental examination apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, is a doctor unit A provided with a treatment instrument used by a dentist, a spittoon ball, and a storage space.
With the backrest up and down, the chair can be rotated up and down, and can be manually rotated by a predetermined angle.
And an assistant unit C provided with equipment used by an assistant and a dental light D which is attached to the upper ceiling of the treatment chair B and illuminates the mouth of the patient when the treatment chair B is laid down. There is.

Next, details of the doctor unit A will be described with reference to FIGS. Reference numeral 1 denotes a top plate, which is formed to have a height higher than that of a general office desk by forming a storage shelf for storing a treatment instrument on the lower surface. Therefore, when the arm part is put on the corner part to perform office work such as creating a medical record or to perform a work such as typing in a computer keyboard, a part of the arm is pressed and becomes painful. As described above, the corner portion 11 is formed in a tapered shape, and the portion that abuts on the arm is enlarged to widen the compression area and reduce the feeling of pressure.

The plan view of the top plate 1 has a straight line portion 12
And a linear portion 13 formed on a part of the other side facing the linear portion 12 and a projecting portion 14 protruding from the linear portion 13 in a mountain shape, and a caster is attached to the linear portion 13. A doctor's chair is arranged, and a treatment chair B is arranged corresponding to the projecting portion 14. The protruding portion 14 is for maintaining the distance between the dentist and the patient, and providing the patient's privacy and relaxation.

A panorama viewer 2 is attached to the straight part 12 side of the top plate 1 so that it can be seen by back lighting with an X-ray photograph sandwiched therebetween. Storage shelves 4 for accommodating external devices such as internal cameras are monitor televisions.

Reference numeral 5 is a doctor table which can accommodate medicines and the like on the upper surface of the upper surface plate 51 and has a holder 52 for hanging a therapeutic instrument such as a handpiece attached on the front surface side of the upper surface plate 51. One end of the upper plate 52 is fixed to the upper end of the frame 53, and the lower end of the frame 53 is rotatably supported by one end of the swing arm 54. The other end of the swing arm 54 is rotatably supported by a flange bracket 55 fixed to a floor surface or a leg plate for mounting the doctor unit A on the floor surface. Reference numeral 56 is a handle attached to the upper surface plate 51.

The doctor table 5 constructed in this way
When the treatment is started, the upper plate 51 is pulled up by the handle 53 and the upper plate 51 is moved by the frame 53, the swing arm 54 and the flange bracket 55.
It is further pulled out (phantom line in FIG. 4), and when the treatment is finished, it is accommodated in the lower part of the top plate 1 by pushing in with the handle 56 (broken line in FIG. 4).

Reference numeral 6 denotes a spittoon ball mounted on the back surface of the top plate 1 so as to be housed and drawn out. The details of the spit ball 6 will be described below with reference to FIGS. The ball 61 is attached to a frame 63 bridged between a pair of first slide rails 62, and
The slide rail 62 is slidably supported by a second slide rail 65 fixed via a mounting plate 64 on the back surface of the celestial body 1. A hose mount 61b for mounting a drain hose (not shown) is formed on the drain fitting 61a at the bottom of the ball 61.

A moving nut 66 is attached to an end portion (lower side in FIG. 6) of the frame 63, and a screw rod 67 is screwed to the moving nut 66, and one end of the screw rod 67 is attached to the mounting plate 64. It is pivotally supported by a fixed screw guide 67a, and the other end is connected to an output shaft of a motor 68 fixed to a mounting plate 64 via a coupling 67b. 69
Reference numerals a and 69b are limit switches for detecting the maximum protruding position and the maximum accommodation position of the ball 61.

In the spittoon ball 6 constructed in this manner, when the dentist operates a switch (not shown) when the patient makes a mouth rinse, the motor 68 rotates and the threaded rod 67.
Since the moving nut 66 screwed onto the screw rod 67 moves, the ball 61 is guided by the first and second slide rails 62 and 65 and protrudes from the top plate 1 (see FIGS. 5 and 6). Left direction). Then, when the limit switch 69a detects the maximum protruding position, the energization of the motor 68 is cut off, and the protruding of the ball 61 is stopped.

When the patient's gargle ends, the motor 68 is rotated in the opposite direction to the above, and the ball 61 is accommodated on the back surface of the top plate 1 by the operation opposite to the above, and the limit switch 69b. When detects the maximum storage position, the motor 68 is de-energized and the ball 61 is stopped. In addition, 61d is a cup placing portion for placing a cup, and this portion projects from the top plate 1 even when the ball 61 is in the accommodated state.

Next, to explain the treatment chair B,
By operating an operation panel (not shown) provided on the doctor unit A and the assistant unit C, the chair B can control the rotation and the backrest and the reclining and standing up of the leg rest, and moreover, the dentist can The chair can be manually unlocked to rotate the chair by a desired angle, and can be locked and fixed at this position [for example, Japanese Patent Application No. 61-203563 (Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 63-106348). No.)].

Next, the assistant unit C will be described. 71 is a top plate fixed along the wall surface on the opposite side of the doctor unit A, and is formed in a shape similar to the top plate 1 of the doctor unit A, and an assisting rod 72 which is expandable and contractible on the back side assists during treatment. An instrument holder 73 for hanging an instrument used by is attached.

Next, the details of the dental light D, which is attached to the ceiling just above the treatment chair B and is lit to illuminate the mouth of the patient when the treatment is performed, will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8. Reference numeral 81 is an attachment plate fixed to the ceiling plate, and a ring-shaped fixed frame body 81a is attached. This mounting plate 81
A motor 82 is attached to the motor, and a volume 83 to which a gear 83a that meshes with a gear 82a fixed to the output shaft of the motor 82 is fixed is attached. The volume 83 detects the rotation angle of the motor 82.

Reference numeral 84 is a rotating disk rotatably supported by the mounting plate 81, and the motor 8 is provided on a part of the outer circumference.
A rack 84a that meshes with the second gear 82a is formed. Then, a mounting frame 85 is attached to the rotating disk 84 via a hanging shaft 84b, and a mirror support frame 86 pivotally supported by rotating shafts 86a fixed at opposite positions is rotated on the mounting frame 85. It is installed freely.

A bowl-shaped mirror 86b is attached downward to the mirror support frame 86, and a motor 87 fixed to the attachment frame 85 is attached to one of the rotary shafts 86a via a coupling 87a. A volume 88 fixed to the mounting frame 85 is connected to the other rotating shaft 86a. This volume 88 is the mirror support frame 8
The rotation angle of 6 is detected. 89 is the mirror 8
6b is a light source support body having a built-in light source for radiating light toward 6b, and 90 is a cover attached to the fixed frame body 81a and having a transparent central portion.

The dental light D constructed in this way is
Since the motor 86 rotates and the motor 87 swings the mirror 86b, the treatment chair B can be laid down to energize the light source and illuminate the mouth of the patient to be irradiated. Also,
When the illumination position is deviated due to the position of the patient's mouth, the motor 87 is energized to swing the mirror 86b to illuminate the correct position, and the dentist rotates the treatment chair B during treatment. When it moves, it can be illuminated at a correct position by rotating the motor 82 as a whole.

By inputting the outputs of the volumes 83 and 88 to the computer, and the undulating and rotating outputs of the treatment chair B to the computer, the illumination is automatically adjusted to the mouth of the patient. It becomes possible.

Next, a usage pattern of the dental examination apparatus according to the present invention will be described. First, in order to welcome a patient, the patient sits on the treatment chair B in the state shown by the solid line in FIG. 1 and performs counseling while watching the panorama viewer 2 and the monitor TV 4, or with the ball 61 of the spittoon ball 6 pulled out. Brushing instruction of. In the case of face-to-face counseling, the dentist operates a switch on the operation panel (not shown) to rotate the treatment chair B to the position of the virtual line.

When the counseling is finished and the treatment is started, when the other switch on the operation panel is operated, the treatment chair B rises and starts to rotate, and the backrest is laid down and the patient is laid down. It rotates to the position of the virtual line at 9 and descends at the same time. Simultaneously with this stop, the dental light D is turned on to illuminate the patient's mouth.

The position of the treatment chair B in FIG. 9 is a posture in which the dentist moves the chair E to the head side of the patient and performs treatment from the head side. When the treatment is performed from the side, the dentist operates the button provided on the treatment chair B to release the lock, rotates the treatment chair B to the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. Move to position E '. At this time, by rotating the treatment chair B, the motor 87 of the dental light D rotates to follow the movement of the patient's mouth and perform illumination.

At the start of treatment, the dentist
The doctor table 5 is pulled out from the lower surface of the top plate 1 of the doctor unit A, and treatment is performed by using a tool such as a handpiece, and the assistant pulls out the assistant tool holder 73 from the lower surface of the top plate 72 of the assistant unit C. Although the treatment is assisted, it is not necessary to move the dentist and the doctor table 5 when the treatment chair B is manually rotated, so that it is possible to smoothly correspond to each medical treatment range and reduce fatigue of the dentist. Not only can it save space in the clinic.

When the treatment is completed, when the switch on the operation panel is operated, the backrest of the treatment chair B stands up, and it rotates and descends and stops at the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. Further, the dental light D is turned off at the same time when the treatment chair B is rotated. Further, the motor 68 of the spittoon ball 6 is rotated at the same time as the treatment chair B is stopped, and the ball 61 is pulled out to prepare for a patient's mouth itch.

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention, the treatment chair is arranged on the opening side of the doctor unit so that the dentist can face the side of the patient sitting on the treatment chair. As a result, we can provide counseling and brushing instruction even in a small room, and
The spit-n-ball is pulled out from the lower part of the doctor unit at the time of brushing or after mouthwash after treatment, so that the spit-n-ball does not get in the way during counseling or treatment.

The treatment instrument used by the dentist is always accommodated in the lower part of the doctor unit and can be pulled out at the time of treatment. Therefore, the treatment instrument cannot be seen at the time of counseling or brushing. ,
It does not make the patient feel anxiety or fear.

Further, since the treatment chair can be unlocked and manually rotated in the treatment state, it is easy to change the treatment from the head of the dentist to the treatment position from the side of the head. Therefore, the dentist does not need to move largely as in the conventional case, and the fatigue of the doctor can be reduced, and the space in the clinic can be saved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the whole of a dental examination apparatus according to the present invention during counseling.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a top plate of the doctor unit.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a doctor unit.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the above.

FIG. 5 is a side view of a spittoon ball.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the above.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of dental light.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of the above.

FIG. 9 is an overall plan view of a medical examination state.

[Explanation of symbols]

A doctor unit B treatment chair C assistant unit D Dental Light 1 Top plate 5 Doctor table 6 spittoon balls

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Hiroyuki Terayama Inventor Hiroyuki Terayama 2-1-1 Higashishinsaibashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Takaravelmont Co., Ltd. 1-1-1, Takara Belmont Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor, Shoji Yoshikawa 2-1-1, Higashishinsaibashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Prefecture (72) In-house (72), Takara Belmont Co., Ltd. Kazuo Okabe, East, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Shinsaibashi 2-1-1 No. 1 in Takara Belmont Co., Ltd. (56) Reference Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 7-313532 (JP, A) Actually open 2-74016 (JP, U) Actually open 64-56219 (JP, U) 55-119712 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A61C 19/00

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A top plate formed into a substantially rectangular shape has one long side portion side shielded by a wall surface and the other long side portion side is made indoor side, and the indoor side long side portion side. A protrusion with a large apex that extends substantially at a right angle so that doctors and patients can provide counseling, and the doctor table holding the treatment instrument is pulled out from the lower surface of the top plate and placed so that it can be stored. Doctor unit, a treatment chair that is configured to be undulating and rotatably arranged on the side of the protrusion opposite to the side of the protrusion on which the doctor sits, the doctor unit and the treatment unit. A dental examination apparatus comprising: an assistant unit arranged at a position sandwiching a chair; 2. The dental examination apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a dental light for illuminating a mouth of a supine patient is attached to a ceiling substantially directly above the treatment chair. 3. A spittoon ball is attached to the back of the top plate of the doctor unit on the side where the treatment chair is installed so that the spit ball can be taken in and out freely.
Dental treatment device described. 4. The dental examination apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the doctor table is attached to and removed from the back surface of the top plate of the doctor unit. 5. The dental examination apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the treatment chair is configured to be manually rotatable by a predetermined angle at a treatment position in a lying down state.