KR20210103694A - Devices for cleaning dental instruments - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device which cleans a dental instrument while sterilizing and disinfecting the same, and comprises: a body in which the dental instrument is accommodated to provide a space for cleaning and disinfection; a fixing member which is provided in a portion of the body to fix the dental instrument; and a foreign substance removal member which is provided inside the body to remove foreign substances attached to the dental instrument through friction. The foreign substance removal member is installed across the longitudinal direction at a set position of the body, and removes the foreign substances attached to the dental instrument through left and right reciprocating movement.

Description

DEVICES FOR CLEANING DENTAL INSTRUMENTS

The present invention relates to a washing machine for washing and sterilizing various dental instruments used in dentistry, and more particularly, to a washing device for dental instruments that can be stored and washed at the same time.

In general, when a foreign material or contaminant penetrates a dental medical device such as a handpiece or a scaler device used in dental treatment such as tooth preparation or polishing, disinfect and sterilize the dental medical device before using it for other patients. should be used and

Therefore, in order to disinfect and sterilize the contaminants penetrating into the dental medical device, it must be sterilized by putting it in an autoclave for a long time. In order to use the most used handpiece in the dental treatment process after sterilization for a long time, it is necessary to purchase a plurality of handpieces and use them alternately.

For this reason, it is impossible to secure a large number of holdings of the handpiece, and in most cases, it is used after a short period of simple sterilization. In the case of this simple disinfection, since contaminants are latent in the space inside the handpiece, such as the dead space of the water pipe and air tube turbine, it cannot be effectively removed by disinfection alone. Cases of infection that were transmitted to other patients in the form of

Therefore, it is recommended that each patient be disinfected and sterilized after treatment.

In addition, in order to sterilize the contaminants penetrating into the handpiece, it is exposed to heat for a long time in an autoclave. When the handpiece is exposed to heat for a long time in this way, there is a problem in that the lifespan of the handpiece is shortened or damaged due to severe thermal shock.

In addition, since the existing autoclave has a large equipment, there is a disadvantage in that there is a space limitation and the price of the equipment is high.

In order to solve the above problems, conventionally, the handpiece after treating the patient is not washed every time, only the outer surface is disinfected with Rcomsom, or UV disinfection is performed. Therefore, even after disinfection, foreign substances remaining in the handpiece could cause discomfort to the next patient, and the handpiece itself could corrode or cause malfunction.

Accordingly, there has been a continuous demand in the dental medical industry for a device capable of performing a cleaning function before performing a disinfection function.

Cleaning and instrument management are important because more than 95% of germs and foreign substances are removed in the first step for cross-infection, washing. Therefore, even after cleaning and sterilization, foreign substances remaining in the dental instruments may cause discomfort to the following patients, and may cause corrosion or malfunction of the handpiece itself. Most of the infectious agents are removed only by thorough washing, and a high-pressure steam sterilizer is used to completely sterilize bacterial spores. That is, it is essential to thoroughly clean fine and sharp instruments before sterilization or disinfection. Accordingly, there has been a continuous demand in the dental medical industry for a device capable of performing a cleaning function before performing a disinfection function.

Republic of Korea Registered Utility Model No. 20-0370910 Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2014-0140386

Accordingly, the present invention has been devised to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to mount various units for treatment of teeth used in dentistry and to wash dental instruments that can be directly washed at the same time. to provide the device.

Another object of the present invention is to solve the difficult point of cleaning because it is sharp and small, and as a method of cleaning a device vulnerable to scratching such as a dental mirror, a fine sponge is provided inside and connected to a motor to rotate the sponge by applying a rotational force. To provide a cleaning device for cleaning dental instruments.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a cleaning apparatus for a dental instrument having a function of simultaneously performing sterilization and disinfection at the same time as cleaning.

However, the technical problems to be achieved in the present invention are not limited to the technical problems mentioned above, and other technical problems not mentioned are clearly to those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs from the description below. can be understood

The present invention was created to improve the problems of the prior art as described above, and is a device for cleaning while sterilizing and sterilizing dental instruments that are susceptible to scratch damage like a dental mirror, and solves the difficult point of cleaning because they are sharp and small. a body in which a device is accommodated to provide a space for cleaning and disinfection; a fixing member provided in a portion of the body to fix the dental instrument; and a foreign material removing member provided inside the body to remove foreign substances attached to the dental instrument through friction, wherein the foreign material removing member is installed at a set position of the body in a longitudinal direction and installed across the left and right sides It is possible to remove foreign substances attached to the dental instrument through the reciprocating motion.

In addition, it is installed on a part of the body and is connected to the foreign material removing member to control the operation of the foreign material removing member; may further include.

In addition, the foreign material removal member, a sponge brush installed inside the body to contact the cleaning portion of the dental instrument; a sponge brush driver to which a portion of the sponge brush is connected to vibrate the sponge brush; and an operation button provided on a portion of the body and connected to the sponge brush driver to control the operation of the sponge brush driver.

In addition, the fixing member is formed in an opened state in a shape set at the upper portion of the body, and fixed while receiving the dental instrument; and a rubber ring provided while enclosing the periphery of the fixture to prevent slip of the dental appliance.

In addition, a sterilizing member installed on a portion of the body to sterilize by irradiating ultraviolet rays to the dental instrument; may further include.

In addition, it may further include; a fluid injection member installed on a portion of the body to remove foreign substances by injecting a fluid at a high pressure to the dental instrument.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to conveniently use various dental instruments for dental treatment used in dentistry by allowing direct washing and mounting at the same time.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, as a method of cleaning, a fine sponge brush is provided inside, and a foreign material removing member for rotating the sponge brush by connecting it to the sponge brush driver and applying a rotational force to the remaining in the dental appliance is provided. Immediate removal of foreign substances can prevent cleaning and corrosion of dental instruments.

In addition, by providing a separate sterilizing member and a fluid spraying member together with the foreign material removing member, sterilization and disinfection of dental instruments can be simultaneously performed through a sterilizing agent or an ultraviolet sterilizer, thereby enabling more hygienic management.

The dental appliance cleaner of the present invention has been devised to improve the problems of the prior art as described above, and it is possible to more efficiently and effectively remove foreign substances and disinfect the dental appliance by performing sterilization and disinfection at the same time as cleaning.

However, the effects obtainable in the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned effects, and other effects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs from the following description. will be able

The following drawings attached to this specification illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention, and serve to further understand the technical spirit of the present invention together with the detailed description of the present invention to be described later, so the present invention is described in such drawings It should not be construed as being limited only to
1 is a perspective view of an apparatus for cleaning a dental instrument according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a conceptual diagram of the washing apparatus.
3 is a block diagram of the cleaning device.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail so that those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains can easily implement them. However, since the description of the present invention is merely an embodiment for structural or functional description, the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited by the embodiment described in the text. That is, since the embodiment may have various changes and may have various forms, it should be understood that the scope of the present invention includes equivalents capable of realizing the technical idea. In addition, since the object or effect presented in the present invention does not mean that a specific embodiment should include all of them or only such effects, it should not be understood that the scope of the present invention is limited thereby.

The meaning of the terms described in the present invention should be understood as follows.

Terms such as “first” and “second” are for distinguishing one component from another, and the scope of rights should not be limited by these terms. For example, a first component may be termed a second component, and similarly, a second component may also be termed a first component. When a component is referred to as being “connected” to another component, it may be directly connected to the other component, but it should be understood that other components may exist in between. On the other hand, when it is mentioned that a certain element is "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that the other element does not exist in the middle. Meanwhile, other expressions describing the relationship between elements, that is, “between” and “immediately between” or “neighboring to” and “directly adjacent to”, etc., should be interpreted similarly.

The singular expression is to be understood as including the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, and terms such as "comprises" or "have" refer to the described feature, number, step, action, component, part or these It is intended to indicate that a combination exists, and it should be understood that it does not preclude the possibility of the existence or addition of one or more other features or numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

All terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, unless otherwise defined. Terms defined in the dictionary should be interpreted as being consistent with the meaning of the context of the related art, and cannot be interpreted as having an ideal or excessively formal meaning unless explicitly defined in the present invention.

1 is a perspective view of a cleaning apparatus for a dental instrument according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of the cleaning apparatus, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the cleaning apparatus.

1 to 3 , as an apparatus for cleaning dental instruments while sterilizing and disinfecting them, the present invention may include a body 100 , a fixing member 200 , and a foreign material removing member 300 .

The body 100 may accommodate the dental instrument 30 to provide a space for cleaning and disinfection.

The fixing member 200 may be provided in a portion of the body 100 to fix the dental instrument 30 .

The fixing member 200 may include a fixing base 210 and a rubber ring 220 .

The fixture 210 is formed in an opened state in a shape set at the upper portion of the body 100, and can be fixed while accommodating the dental appliance 30 . Specifically, the fixture 210 is formed in an open state on the upper portion of the cleaning device 10 body 100 to accommodate a dental appliance or is installed in a clamp manner so that the entrance is tightened according to the type of the dental appliance 30 . It can be fixed by gripping it as it falls or unfolds. In addition, when it is installed in a clamp method, an infrared sensor is built-in to recognize an approaching dental instrument under the control of the controller, and it can be mounted while automatically opening or retracting.

Here, an infrared sensor is a device that detects physical quantities or chemical quantities such as temperature, pressure, and radiation intensity using infrared rays and converts them into electrical quantities that can be processed by signals, and detects infrared light information possessed by an object. can do. The infrared sensor can be used to detect the distance of the dental instrument 30 and can be mounted while automatically controlling the interval between the clamp-type fixtures 210 by the control of the controller 400 .

The rubber ring 220 is provided while enclosing the circumference of the fixture 210 to prevent slip lip of the dental appliance.

In addition, the cleaning apparatus 10 of the present invention may further include a cover for preventing contamination of the cleaning apparatus 10 by shielding the opening of the holder 210 that is not in use.

The foreign material removing member 300 is provided inside the body 100 to remove the foreign material attached to the dental instrument 30 through friction.

The foreign material removal member 300 is installed across the longitudinal direction at a set position of the body 100 to remove the foreign material attached to the dental instrument 30 through a left and right reciprocating movement.

The foreign material removing member 300 may include a sponge brush 310 , a sponge brush driver 320 , and an operation button 330 .

The sponge brush 310 may be installed inside the body 100 to contact the cleaning portion of the dental instrument 30 . Specifically, the sponge brush 310 may remove the attached foreign material by friction while moving up and down and left and right while contacting the contaminated portion of the dental instrument. The sponge brush 310 is provided in a single layer to wash the contaminated portion of the dental instrument 30 or is provided in two layers, and surrounds the contaminated portion of the dental instrument 30 between them while moving up and down and left and right. Foreign matter can be removed more effectively. In addition, the brush for removing foreign substances may be manufactured using a non-woven fabric or synthetic fiber in addition to a sponge. In addition, the sponge brush 310 may be installed on the conveyor belt. The conveyor belt is connected to the belt driver, and it is possible to remove foreign substances attached to the dental instrument with the sponge brush 310 while rotating the belt.

A portion of the sponge brush driver 320 may be connected to the sponge brush driver 320 to vibrate the sponge brush 310 . Specifically, the sponge brush driver 320 is installed on a part of the body 100 and is detachably coupled to the sponge brush 310 and can apply vibration to the sponge brush 310 to move up, down, left and right. A cam is coupled to the rotation shaft of the sponge brush driver 320 (a type of motor), and the sponge brush 310 is connected to the cam and vibrates. A cam is a plate-shaped device with a special contour or groove that performs rotational and reciprocating motions, and makes it reciprocate or oscillate in a follower body as a prime mover. The cam can be roughly divided into a flat cam whose contour or groove is expressed as a flat curve and a three-dimensional cam whose contour or groove is expressed as a space curve. As described above, the vibration structure of the sponge sole 310 may be manufactured using a general cam structure.

In addition, a bracket connecting the sponge brush 310 and the sponge brush driver 320 is provided in a part of the body 100 to detachably couple the sponge brush 310 to the sponge brush driver 320 to be worn or worn out. While replacing the contaminated sponge brush 310, the cleaning device 10 can always maintain an optimal condition. The sponge brush driver 320 may be installed as a pair on both sides.

The operation button 330 is provided on a part of the body 100 and is connected to the sponge brush driver 320 to control the operation of the sponge brush driver 320 .

The washing apparatus 10 of the present invention may further include a controller 400 , a sterilizing member 500 , and a fluid ejecting member 600 .

The controller 400 is installed on a part of the body 100 and is connected to the foreign material removing member 300 to control the operation of the foreign material removing member 300 .

The sterilization member 500 may be installed on a part of the body 100 and sterilize by irradiating ultraviolet rays to the dental instrument 30 . Specifically, UV sterilization uses a UV lamp to remove harmful substances in the air that are sucked into the air purifier. ) can be prevented. Ultraviolet sterilization is to sterilize microorganisms using ultraviolet rays with a wavelength of 253.7 nm. Ultraviolet rays have a wavelength of 2000 to 3000 Å, especially around 2600 Å, which has strong sterilization power. The sterilization effect of ultraviolet rays depends on the amount of ultraviolet rays (illuminance Ⅷ hours) or the type of bacteria.

The fluid ejection member 600 may be installed on a portion of the body 100 to eject a fluid at a high pressure to the dental instrument 30 to remove foreign substances. Specifically, the fluid used for the fluid ejection member 600 may be water or alcohol for disinfection with excellent volatility.

In addition, the sterilizing member 500 and the fluid ejecting member 600 may be connected to the controller 400 to automatically manage or control their operations according to a washing program or algorithm preset by the control of the controller 400 .

The washing device 10 of the present invention can be operated through the controller 400 interlocked with any one of a mobile terminal, etc., a Wi-Fi communication module, a Bluetooth communication module, and a Zigbee communication module.

That is, the user can use the washing device 10 by adopting any one of a Bluetooth communication module, a Wi-Fi communication module, and a Zigbee communication module, but it is not limited to the above method and can be used by selecting the best method. .

The cleaning device 10 of the present invention is installed on a part of the body 100 and is connected to the foreign material removing member 300 for various dental applications by controlling the controller 400 or manually adjusting the height of the foreign material removing member 300 . A height adjuster 610 adapted to the height of the appliance 30 and a controller 400 installed on a part of the body 100 to remove residual moisture after washing the dental appliance 30 through the fluid ejection member 600 A dryer 620 that dries by applying hot air through the control or a separate operation switch may be additionally provided.

In addition, the cleaning device 10 of the present invention is provided with a separate sterilizing tank inside or outside the body 100 to apply vibration to not only the physical cleaning as described above, but also chemical, electrolysis, and ultrasonic waves using a piezoelectric element. It is possible to wash the tool 30 .

According to an embodiment of the present invention, various dental instruments 30 for dental treatment used in dentistry are mounted and directly washed at the same time, so that they can be conveniently used.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, as a method of cleaning, a foreign material removal member having a fine sponge brush 310 inside and connected to the sponge brush driver 320 to apply a rotational force to rotate the sponge brush 310 By providing 300, foreign substances remaining in the dental appliance 30 can be immediately removed to prevent cleaning and corrosion of the dental appliance.

In addition, a separate sterilization member 500 and a fluid injection member 600 are provided together with the foreign material removal member 300 to simultaneously sterilize and disinfect the dental instrument 30 through a sterilizing agent or an ultraviolet sterilizer. Hygienic management is possible.

The detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention disclosed as described above is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make and practice the present invention. Although the above has been described with reference to preferred embodiments of the present invention, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, a person skilled in the art may use each configuration described in the above-described embodiments in a way that is combined with each other. Accordingly, 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 disclosed herein.

The present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit and essential characteristics of the present invention. Accordingly, the above detailed description should not be construed as restrictive in all respects but as exemplary. The scope of the present invention should be determined by a reasonable interpretation of the appended claims, and all modifications within the equivalent scope of the present invention are included in the scope of the present invention. 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 disclosed herein. In addition, claims that are not explicitly cited in the claims may be combined to form an embodiment, or may be included as new claims by amendment after filing.

10: washing device
30: dental instruments
100: body
200: fixing member
210: fixture
220: rubber ring
300: foreign material removal member
310: sponge brush
320: sponge brush actuator
330: operation switch
400 : controller
500: sterilization member
600: fluid injection member
610: height adjuster
620: dryer

Claims (6)

As a device for cleaning while sterilizing dental instruments,
a body accommodating the dental appliance to provide a space for cleaning and disinfection;
a fixing member provided in a portion of the body to fix the dental instrument; and
Including;
The foreign material removing member,
A cleaning device for a dental appliance, which is installed at a set position of the body in a longitudinal direction to remove foreign substances attached to the dental appliance through a left and right reciprocating movement.
The method according to claim 1,
The cleaning device for dental instruments further comprising a; installed on a part of the body and connected to the foreign material removing member to control the operation of the foreign material removing member.
The method according to claim 1,
The foreign material removing member,
a sponge brush installed inside the body and in contact with the cleaning part of the dental instrument;
a sponge brush driver to which a portion of the sponge brush is connected to vibrate the sponge brush; and
and an operation button provided on a portion of the body and connected to the sponge brush driver to control the operation of the sponge brush driver.
The method according to claim 1,
The fixing member is
a fixture formed in an opened state in the upper portion of the body to accommodate and fix the dental instrument; and
and a rubber ring provided while enclosing the periphery of the fixture to prevent slip of the dental appliance.
The method according to claim 1,
A sterilizing member installed on a portion of the body to sterilize the dental appliance by irradiating ultraviolet rays.
The method according to claim 1,
The dental appliance cleaning apparatus further comprising a; fluid ejection member installed on a portion of the body to eject a fluid at a high pressure to the dental appliance to remove foreign substances.

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