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KR20160149173A
KR20160149173A KR1020160112523A KR20160112523A KR20160149173A KR 20160149173 A KR20160149173 A KR 20160149173A KR 1020160112523 A KR1020160112523 A KR 1020160112523A KR 20160112523 A KR20160112523 A KR 20160112523A KR 20160149173 A KR20160149173 A KR 20160149173A
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Abstract

The present invention relates to an automatic operation dental treatment apparatus in which driving of a medical treatment unit for dental treatment can be automatically controlled.
An automatic operation dental treatment apparatus according to the present invention includes a medical treatment unit including a movable tool for a dental treatment, a handpiece to which the movable tool is coupled, a sensor unit for sensing that the medical treatment unit is approachable or ready for operation, A signal discrimination unit for discriminating an approach or an operation ready state of the medical care unit through a sensing signal of the sensor unit and a control unit connected to the signal discrimination unit and controlling driving of the medical care unit according to a judgment signal of the signal discrimination unit do.

Description

[0001] APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC DENTAL UNIT [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic operation dental treatment apparatus, and more particularly, to an automatic operation dental treatment apparatus in which driving of a treatment unit for dental treatment can be automatically controlled.

As the dietary life develops, the health of the oral cavity, especially the tooth, is emphasized as the importance of the human body as well as the organ. Moreover, the importance of the dental care is getting higher because of the increase of the intake of the instant food which easily absorbs the health of the tooth.

Experts recommend regular dental checkups for dental care. Periodic scaling is usually recommended for routine dental examinations, and dental care is used to treat dental cavities.

Scalers and dental treatment devices are mostly used on handpieces, and the operator controls the drive through the footswitch.

However, such a foot switch can cause a heavy burden on ankle or pail if it is used for a long time, and there is a risk of an accident due to a malfunction due to accidental stepping on the foot switch.

Korean Patent No. 10-1509565: Method and apparatus for tooth scaling Korean Patent No. 10-1439299: Automatic Operation Dental Treatment Device

It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic operation dental treatment apparatus which can be automatically operated without a foot switch and can be easily operated and controlled.

An automatic operation dental treatment apparatus according to the present invention includes a medical treatment unit including a movable tool for a dental treatment, a handpiece to which the movable tool is coupled, a sensor unit for sensing that the medical treatment unit is approachable or ready for operation, And a controller for controlling the operation of the scaling unit in accordance with the determination signal of the signal discrimination unit, the signal discrimination unit comprising: a signal discrimination unit for discriminating the approach or operation preparation state of the medical care unit through the sensing signal of the sensor unit; do.

Wherein the sensor unit includes an oscillator installed in an oral cavity mounting structure mounted on the oral cavity and oscillating a laser or a light having a specific wavelength, a sound wave or an ultrasonic signal, and a receiver for receiving an oscillation signal of the oscillator, Approaching the oral cavity to determine that the oscillation signal of the oscillator is not received by the medical examination unit to the receiver, and to transmit the judgment signal to the control unit.

Wherein the sensor unit comprises: a signal transmitter installed in the medical examination unit and transmitting a signal of a magnetic field or a specific frequency; and a signal receiver installed in the oral cavity mounting structure mounted on the mouth and receiving a transmission signal of the signal transmitter, The receiver may be configured to receive the transmission signal of the signal transmitter when the medical treatment unit approaches within a predetermined distance.

Wherein the sensor unit includes a mouth mounting structure mounted on the oral cavity or a contact sensor installed on one side of the oral cavity to sense contact of the movable tool of the medical examination unit and the signal judging unit detects that the movable tool contacts the contact sensor And transmit the determination signal to the control unit.

The contact sensor is preferably formed so as to detect only the contact of the movable tool.

And a light receiving unit for receiving light emitted from the light emitting unit, the light receiving unit being disposed on an oral cavity mounting structure mounted on the oral cavity or on one side of the oral cavity, The signal discrimination unit may be configured to discriminate that the light emitted from the light emitting unit is received by the light receiving unit and transmit a judgment signal to the control unit.

Wherein the sensor unit includes a sound sensor installed in an oral cavity mounting structure mounted on the oral cavity and detecting a sound generated when the movable tool of the examination unit contacts the tooth, the gum or the oral cavity mounting structure, When the movable tool senses a sound generated by collision, it may be configured to transmit a judgment signal to the controller.

Preferably, the mouth mount structure mounted on the mouth is an aperture.

An automatic operation dental treatment apparatus of the present invention includes a medical treatment unit including a movable tool for dental treatment, a handpiece to which the movable tool is coupled, an auxiliary member for contacting the body of the patient receiving the treatment, A discrimination unit for discriminating whether the medical treatment unit is in contact with the intraoral tissue of the patient by detecting a difference between parameters between the assistants or a parameter change between the treatment unit and the assistant member, And a control unit for controlling driving of the medical care unit according to a determination signal of the determination unit.

The auxiliary member may be a mouse mirror, the mouse mirror may be formed of a conductive material, and may be electrically connected to the determination unit.

Alternatively, the auxiliary member may be a wearable device worn on the body of a patient, and the wearable device may have an electrode formed on a contact portion contacting the body of the patient and electrically connected to the determination portion.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The automatic operation dental treatment apparatus of the present invention can automatically control the operation of the medical treatment apparatus without the operation of the foot switch, thereby improving the efficiency of the medical treatment apparatus and improving the usability of the operator.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing the construction of an automatic operation dental treatment apparatus according to the present invention;
2 is a configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of an automatic operation dental treatment apparatus of the present invention,
FIG. 3 is a conceptual view of the automatic operation dental treatment apparatus of FIG. 2,
4 is a conceptual view of a second embodiment of an automatic operation dental treatment apparatus,
5 is a conceptual view of a third embodiment of the automatic operation dental treatment apparatus,
6 is a conceptual view of a fourth embodiment of the automatic operation dental treatment apparatus,
7 is a conceptual view of a fifth embodiment of the automatic operation dental treatment apparatus,
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the automatic operation dental treatment apparatus of FIG. 7,
9 is a conceptual view of a sixth embodiment of the automatic operation dental treatment apparatus,
10 is a conceptual diagram of a seventh embodiment of the automatic operation dental treatment apparatus.

Hereinafter, an automatic operation dental treatment apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention is capable of various modifications and various forms, and specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the text. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, is intended to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention. Like reference numerals are used for like elements in describing each drawing. In the accompanying drawings, the dimensions of the structures are enlarged to illustrate the present invention in order to clarify the present invention.

The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component.

The terminology used in this application is used only to describe a specific embodiment and is not intended to limit the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this application, the terms "comprises", "having", and the like are used to specify that a feature, a number, a step, an operation, an element, a part or a combination thereof is described in the specification, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the contextual meaning of the related art and are to be interpreted as either ideal or overly formal in the sense of the present application Do not.

The automatic operation dental treatment apparatus of the present invention is for automatically performing dental treatment by controlling the operation of the medical treatment unit 100 for medical treatment. The medical treatment unit 100 and the sensor unit 200, (300) and a control unit (400).

The medical examination unit 100 is a device for diagnosing and treating a condition of a tooth, and may be applied to a scaler, a drill handpiece 120, or the like. In the description of the constitution of the present invention, an ultrasonic scaler for removing calculus by applying ultrasonic waves is described as an example of the medical treatment unit 100. [ Of course, the medical examination unit 100 is not limited to a scaling unit, and all the medical care means combining various dental movable tools 110 with the handpiece 120, including drills, may be applied.

The scaling unit includes a scaler tip for contacting the teeth and gums to remove calculus, and a handpiece 120 to which the scaler tip is mounted. As described above, since the medical treatment unit 100 of the present invention is not limited to the scaling unit, the movable tool 110 may be a drill for cutting teeth in addition to the scaler tip.

The scaler tip has a water injection hole for spraying water on one side and is detachably coupled to the handpiece 120 so that the end of the tip can be replaced when the end of the tip is worn out while being repeatedly used for removing dental calculus.

The handpiece 120 is configured to be hand-held so that the practitioner can perform scaling or other medical treatment.

The sensor unit 200 senses the entry of the scaling unit into the oral cavity. The signal determining unit 300 accesses the mouth of the scaling unit through the sensing signal of the sensor unit 200 to perform scaling Whether or not it is in a ready state. The signal determination unit 300 transmits a determination signal to the control unit 400.

The control unit 400 controls the driving of the scaling unit according to the determination signal of the signal determination unit 300. When driving the scaling unit, the control unit 400 applies ultrasonic waves to the scaler tip through the ultrasonic driving unit 420 and the water injection driving unit 410, and supplies water necessary for scaling.

The control unit 400 controls the ultrasonic driving unit 420 and the water injection driving unit 410 to control the driving of the scaler because the medical treatment unit 100 is a scaler in the present embodiment, In the case of the drill handpiece 120, compressed air is injected in the case of the pneumatic handpiece 120 for driving the drill-mounted head, or in the case of the electric handpiece 120, power is supplied to drive the motor of the head The control unit 400 is configured to control the operation of the medical treatment unit 100. [

Various embodiments of the sensor unit 200 are shown in FIGS.

2 and 3 show a first embodiment of an automatic operation dental treatment apparatus. In this embodiment, the sensor unit 200 includes an oscillator 211 for irradiating infrared rays, And a receiver 212 for receiving infrared rays emitted from the oscillator 211.

The opening unit is mounted on the mouth to keep the patient's mouth open for dental treatment. An oscillator 211 for irradiating infrared rays is installed on one side of the opening unit, and infrared rays irradiated from the oscillator 211 And a receiver 212 is installed at a position where reception is possible.

The oscillator 211 and the receiver 212 are connected to the signal discriminating unit and the handpiece 120 or the oscillator 211 May not be received by the receiver 212, or a time difference may occur between them.

The signal discrimination unit discriminates whether the handpiece 120 enters the inside of the patient's mouth through the time difference between when the infrared ray is received by the receiver 212 or when the infrared ray is emitted from the oscillator 211 and then received by the receiver 212 And transmits a determination signal to the control unit 400. [

As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 400 receives a determination signal from the signal determination unit and drives the scaling unit through the ultrasonic driving unit 420 and the water injection driving unit 410 when driving starts.

When the handpiece 120 goes out of the oral cavity and the infrared ray emitted from the oscillator 211 is normally received by the receiver 212, the signal discrimination unit senses the infrared ray and transmits it to the control unit 400. In the control unit 400, The driving is stopped. When the scaling unit enters the oral cavity, the scaling unit is automatically driven. When the scaling unit is released from the oral cavity, the driving is stopped to automatically control the driving.

In this embodiment, the light irradiated from the oscillator 211 is infrared rays, but ultraviolet rays or laser may be oscillated.

FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment of an automatic operating dental treatment apparatus including a sensor unit 200 of another type.

The automatic operation dental treatment apparatus of the present embodiment includes a signal transmitter 221 in which the sensor unit 200 is installed in the medical care unit 100 and a signal receiver 222 mounted in the aperture unit.

Although not shown, a signal transmitter 221 for transmitting a signal of a specific frequency to the handpiece 120 of the medical examination unit 100 is mounted, and the signal receiver 222 receives the transmission signal of the signal transmitter 221. The transmission signal transmitted from the signal transmitter 221 is formed to be receivable by the signal receiver 222 when the distance between the signal transmitter 221 and the signal receiver 222 approaches a certain distance. When the handpiece 120 enters the oral cavity, the distance between the signal transmitter 221 and the signal receiver 222 approaches a predetermined distance, and the dispenser receives the dispatch signal from the signal receiver. And transmits the signal to the control unit 400. The control unit 400 receives the transmission signal from the control unit 400,

The control unit 400 controls the operation of the medical treatment unit 100 in the same manner as the above-described embodiment.

Fig. 5 shows a third embodiment of an automatic operation dental treatment apparatus including a sensor unit 200 of another type.

In the case of the present embodiment, the sensor unit 200 includes a contact sensor 230 positioned at one side in the opening or mouth.

The contact sensor 230 senses contact of the movable tool 110 of the examination unit 100. When the movable tool 110 contacts the contact sensor 230, And transmits a determination signal to the controller 400 through the sensing signal of the controller 230.

Accordingly, when the practitioner grasps the handpiece 120 and touches the touch sensor 230 with the operation tool 110, the signal discrimination unit 300 senses the touch signal and transmits a determination signal to the control unit 400, .

At this time, the contact sensor 230 is preferably formed to detect only the contact of the movable tool 110. For example, if the movable tool 110 is a scaler tip, the touch sensor 230 may be configured to respond only to the metal material of the scaler tip.

The driving of the medical treatment unit 100 can be stopped when the contact sensor 230 is contacted once and the driving tool 110 is brought into contact with the contact sensor 230 again. Or when the contact unit 230 is contacted twice within a predetermined time, the operation of the contact unit 100 is started and when the contact unit 230 is in contact with the contact unit 230, The signal judging unit and the control unit 400 may be set so that the operation of the medical examination unit 100 is stopped.

Fig. 6 shows a fourth embodiment of an automatic operation dental treatment apparatus including a sensor part 200 of another type.

In this embodiment, the sensor unit 200 may be a sound sensor 240 installed at one side of the opening or inside of the oral cavity.

The sound sensor 240 may sense the sound generated when the movable tool 110 contacts the teeth or the gum. When the movable unit 110 enters the oral cavity for the driving signal, The sound sensor 240 senses a sound generated when the tooth, the gum, or the opening of the opening is contacted, and the signal discrimination unit 300 determines whether the medical treatment unit 100 is driven through the sensed sound signal And transmits a determination signal to the control unit 400.

The sound sensor 240 senses only the sound of a specific frequency generated when the movable tool 110 contacts the tooth, the gum, or the opening, so that the driving of the medical treatment unit 100 is affected by other noises generated during the operation As shown in Fig.

7 and 8 show a fifth embodiment of an automatic operation dental treatment apparatus having a sensor unit 200 including a light emitting unit 251 and a light receiving unit 252. [

In this embodiment, the sensor unit 200 includes the light emitting unit 251 mounted on the handpiece 120 and the light receiving unit 252 mounted on the opening unit, as described above.

The light emitting unit 251 is installed in front of the handpiece 120 and emits light and the light receiving unit 252 is mounted on the opening unit and when the handpiece 120 and the scaler tip enter the oral cavity, The light irradiated by the light receiving unit 251 is incident on the light receiving unit 252 to detect the entry of the scaling unit.

The signal discriminating unit 300 is connected to the light receiving unit 252 and senses the illuminating light from the light emitting unit 251 in the light receiving unit 252. The signal discriminating unit 300 transmits a determination signal to the controller 400, .

The light emitting unit 251 irradiates light having a specific wavelength range of illumination, brightness, or light, and the light receiving unit 252 senses only the light emitted from the light emitting unit 251, It is preferable that the light receiving unit 252 does not detect light of a light source other than the light emitting unit 251 to be mounted.

9 and 10 show sixth and seventh embodiments of the automatic operation dental treatment apparatus.

The automatic operation dental treatment apparatus of the present embodiment includes a medical treatment unit 100, an auxiliary member, a discrimination unit 310 and a control unit 400.

The discrimination unit 310 detects a difference or a change of a parameter between the medical examination unit 100 and the assistant member and the discrimination unit 310 transmits a judgment signal to the control unit 400 And controls the operation of the medical examination unit 100 in the control unit.

The auxiliary member is a member that is in constant contact with the patient, and the mouse mirror 260 is applied in the sixth embodiment of FIG.

The mouse mirror 260 is formed of a conductive material and is electrically connected to the determination unit. The mouse mirror 260 is used for the operator to observe the inside of the oral cavity during the dental treatment, or for pulling or pulling the internal oral tissue such as the lips or the tongue to one side.

Therefore, when there is a difference between parameters when the movable tool 110 of the medical treatment unit 100 is in contact with the teeth or gums in the state where the mouse mirror 260 is in contact with the oral cavity, The differences in these parameters determine whether the medical treatment unit is in contact with the teeth or gums.

The parameter may be capacitance, impedance, resistance, or the like.

Also, the assistance member may be formed of the wearable device 270 worn on the body of the patient as shown in Fig. In this embodiment, the wearable device 270 is formed in the form of a wrist band to be worn on the wrist. Although not shown, electrodes are formed on the contact portion contacting the skin of the patient. The wearable device 270 is also electrically connected to the judging unit 310 and the judging unit 310 judges whether the examination unit 100 is in contact with the teeth or the gums or not, The control unit 400 determines whether the patient is in contact with the tooth or the gum and transmits the determination information to the control unit 400 to automatically control the operation of the care unit 100 in the control unit 400. [

As described above, the automatic operation dental treatment apparatus of the present invention detects that the medical treatment unit 100 enters the oral cavity through the sensor unit 200 or is ready for medical treatment, and the control unit 400 automatically detects the medical treatment unit 100 The operation of the operator is turned on / off so that the operator's convenience of use can be improved and efficient treatment can be performed.

The description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features presented herein.

100: medical treatment unit 110: operation tool
120: handpiece 200: sensor unit
211: Oscillator 212: Receiver
221: Signal transmitter 222: Signal receiver
230: touch sensor 240: sound sensor
251: light emitting portion 252:
260: Mouse Mirror 270: Wearable Device
300: signal discrimination unit 310: discrimination unit
400: control unit 410: water injection driving unit
420: ultrasonic driving part

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A medical treatment unit including a movable tool for dental treatment and a handpiece to which the movable tool is coupled;
A sensor unit for detecting that the medical examination unit is approaching or ready for operation in the oral cavity;
A signal discrimination unit for discriminating an accessing or operation preparation state of the medical care unit through a sensing signal of the sensor unit;
And a control unit connected to the signal determination unit and controlling the operation of the medical care unit according to a determination signal of the signal determination unit
Automatic operation dental care device.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the sensor unit is installed in an oral cavity mounting structure mounted on an oral cavity and includes a laser or an oscillator for oscillating light, a sound wave or an ultrasonic signal of a specific wavelength, and a receiver for receiving an oscillation signal of the oscillator,
Wherein the signal discrimination unit is configured to determine that the oscillation signal of the oscillator is not received by the medical treatment unit by the medical treatment unit approaching the oral cavity and transmit the judgment signal to the control unit
Automatic operation dental care device.
The method according to claim 1,
The sensor unit includes a signal transmitter installed in the medical examination unit and transmitting a signal of a magnetic field or a specific frequency,
A signal receiver mounted on the oral cavity mounting structure mounted on the mouth and receiving the dispatch signal of the signal dispatcher,
Wherein the signal receiver is configured to receive a transmission signal of the signal transmitter when the medical treatment unit approaches within a predetermined distance,
Automatic operation dental care device.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the sensor unit includes a mouth mounting structure mounted on the oral cavity or a contact sensor installed on one side of the oral cavity to sense contact of the movable tool of the treatment unit,
Wherein the signal determining unit determines that the movable tool contacts the contact sensor and transmits a determination signal to the control unit
Automatic operation dental care device.
5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the contact sensor is formed to detect only the contact of the movable tool
Automatic operation dental care device.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the sensor unit includes a light emitting unit that is provided in the medical examination unit and emits light,
And a light receiving unit that is installed in an oral cavity mounting structure mounted on the mouth or on one side of the oral cavity and receives light emitted from the light emitting unit,
Wherein the signal discrimination unit is configured to discriminate that the light emitted from the light emitting unit is received by the light receiving unit and to transmit the judgment signal to the control unit
Automatic operation dental care device.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the sensor unit includes a sound sensor installed in the oral cavity mounting structure for detecting the sound generated when the movable tool of the treatment unit contacts the tooth, the gum or the oral cavity mounting structure,
Wherein the signal discriminator is configured to transmit a judgment signal to the control unit when the sound sensor detects a sound generated by collision of the movable tool with the sound sensor,
Automatic operation dental care device.
8. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 7,
Characterized in that the mouth mounting structure mounted on the mouth is an aperture
Automatic operation dental care device.
A medical treatment unit including a movable tool for dental treatment and a handpiece to which the movable tool is coupled;
An ancillary member in contact with the body of the patient receiving the medical care;
A discrimination unit for discriminating a difference between parameters between the medical examination unit and the assistant member or a change of parameters between the medical examination unit and the assisting member to determine whether the medical examination unit is in contact with the intraoral tissue of the patient;
And a control unit connected to the determination unit and controlling driving of the medical care unit according to a determination signal of the determination unit
Automatic operation dental care device.
10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the assistance member is a mouse mirror,
Wherein the mouse mirror is formed of a conductive material and is electrically connected to the discriminating portion
Automatic operation dental care device.
10. The method of claim 9,
The auxiliary member is a wearable device worn on a patient's body,
The wearable device is characterized in that an electrode is formed on a contact portion in contact with the body of the patient and is electrically connected to the determination portion
Automatic operation dental care device.

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