WO2002054970A2 - Dental handpiece - Google Patents
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- WO2002054970A2 WO2002054970A2 PCT/US2001/048387 US0148387W WO02054970A2 WO 2002054970 A2 WO2002054970 A2 WO 2002054970A2 US 0148387 W US0148387 W US 0148387W WO 02054970 A2 WO02054970 A2 WO 02054970A2
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- handpiece
- head
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- dental handpiece
- injection molding
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
- B22F—WORKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; APPARATUS OR DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR METALLIC POWDER
- B22F3/00—Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the manner of compacting or sintering; Apparatus specially adapted therefor ; Presses and furnaces
- B22F3/22—Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the manner of compacting or sintering; Apparatus specially adapted therefor ; Presses and furnaces for producing castings from a slip
- B22F3/225—Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the manner of compacting or sintering; Apparatus specially adapted therefor ; Presses and furnaces for producing castings from a slip by injection molding
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61C—DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
- A61C1/00—Dental machines for boring or cutting ; General features of dental machines or apparatus, e.g. hand-piece design
- A61C1/08—Machine parts specially adapted for dentistry
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
- B22D—CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
- B22D17/00—Pressure die casting or injection die casting, i.e. casting in which the metal is forced into a mould under high pressure
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61C—DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
- A61C1/00—Dental machines for boring or cutting ; General features of dental machines or apparatus, e.g. hand-piece design
- A61C1/08—Machine parts specially adapted for dentistry
- A61C1/16—Protecting caps for hand-pieces or angle-pieces
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
- B22F—WORKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; APPARATUS OR DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR METALLIC POWDER
- B22F2998/00—Supplementary information concerning processes or compositions relating to powder metallurgy
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- the present invention is a dental handpiece, or a portion thereof. More particularly, the invention relates to a dental handpiece, wherein a portion such as the head, neck or body, is fabricated from a metal, such as stainless steel. Specifically, the invention relates to such a handpiece wherein at least a selected portion of the handpiece is formed by metal-injection molding.
- the present invention is directed generally to improvements in dental devices and more particularly to novel and improved dental handpieces.
- Dental handpieces are known in the art.
- An exemplary dental handpiece is shown by way of example, in U.S. Pat. No. 5,716,210, which is hereby incorporated by reference for such disclosure.
- the present invention provides improvements in the quality and ease of manufacture of such handpieces. In certain circumstances, the present invention may also allow for more economic fabrication of such handpieces. While the present invention has application to any and all portions of dental handpieces, it has particular application to the head and neck portions of handpieces. It will be understood however, that when the terms "head and neck” or similar words are used, it is referring to all portions of the handpiece, including without limitation, all housing and body portions.
- Present conventional methods of fabricating the head and neck assembly of dental handpieces include: (1) machining from one piece of solid metal stock; (2) macluning the head and neck separately, then welding or brazing them together, then machine finishing (such as is used in the XGT handpiece available from Dentsply International Inc.); (3) machining the head and neck separately, then attaching the two with a press-fit, threaded connection, or adhesive; and, (4) machining from a metal forging or casting.
- MIM metal injection molding
- FIG. 1 is a side, perspective view of a handpiece according to the present invention, the handpiece having body, head and neck portions.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of a head and neck portion of a dental handpiece.
- FIG. 3 is a side elevational, partially broken away view of a portion of the head and neck portion shown in Fig. 2.
- FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional, side elevational view of the head and neck portion of Fig. 2.
- FIG. 5 is a front elevational view of the head and neck portion of Fig. 2.
- An exemplary dental handpiece is generally designated by the number 10 on the attached drawings.
- the present invention has application to the manufacture or fabrication of all or any portion of a dental handpiece, including for example, the body 11, neck 12 or head 13 thereof.
- the invention has particular application to the head 13 and neck 12 portions of dental handpieces 10, because these portions often have cross section with complex profiles, as shown in Figs 2-5.
- the neck 12 depicted in the drawings is provided with a shaped aperture 20, which is useful with a fiber optic bundle for the transmission of light.
- contoured shapes can be machined or otherwise formed in conventional handpieces, but with an increase in the time and expense involved if accurate products are to be made.
- handpiece 10 may also be provided with internal structures such as fluid passages, exhaust ports and the like (not shown).
- Fig. 4 shows an example of internal structure, namely internal section 21. Again, such structures have been fabricated in the past using expensive and difficult techniques such as machining.
- the present invention fabricates products such as those of handpiece 10 using metal injection molding or MIM techniques. MIM is described in for example, U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,241,354 and 6,274,083, which are hereby incorporated by reference for such disclosures. MIM techniques are conventional and need not be described in detail. Conventionally, the MIM material is a mixture of metal particles and a non-metallic binder material.
- One skilled in the metallurgical arts can specify or select the mixture from a variety of commercially available formulations to achieve the desired properties for the resulting portion of the dental handpiece.
- the material selected to fabricate the product should be one conventionally employed with dental devices, such as a stainless steel or the like.
- one such technique includes a metal/binder mixture that is preferably heated in a suitable injection-molding machine and introduced under pressure into a mold, of which the contour corresponds to those of the desired portion of the handpiece, such as head 13 and neck 12.
- MM Metal injection molding
- MM makes it possible to achieve a unified head 13 and neck 12 assembly with an ergonomic, non- circular shape, as is shown in the drawings.
- Employing MM according to the invention produces a "near net shape" part that requires relatively less machining of internal features such as exhaust ports. MM allows these internal features to have shapes that would be expensive or even impossible to achieve with conventional machining.
- the use of MM to fabricate handpiece 10 can be used to prepare any part thereof, including for example, portions having a circular cross section such as in body 11.
- the invention has application to contoured surfaces or those having a "complex profile" it also has application to any other shape, such as smooth or circular.
- the head 13 and neck 12 are of unitary construction. That is, they are fabricated in a singular mold as one contiguous piece. Of course, various parts such as the body 11, neck 12 and head 13 may be formed as individual components that are then joined, and still fall within the scope of the invention. However, it has been found that the unitary head 13 and neck 12 construction has particular and unexpected advantages.
- the unified head and neck produced by MM eliminates a joint, which may reduce noise created by relative vibration between the two parts.
- the unified construction eliminates the potential safety/reliability problem caused by failure of the brazed joint in conventional two-part construction, and it eliminates need for separate fiber-optic ring part.
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CA2431865A CA2431865C (en) | 2000-12-18 | 2001-12-14 | Dental handpiece |
JP2002555709A JP2004520891A (en) | 2000-12-18 | 2001-12-14 | Dental handpiece |
EP01989219A EP1349511A2 (en) | 2000-12-18 | 2001-12-14 | Dental handpiece |
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US25657900P | 2000-12-18 | 2000-12-18 | |
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WO2002054970A2 true WO2002054970A2 (en) | 2002-07-18 |
WO2002054970A3 WO2002054970A3 (en) | 2003-02-20 |
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JP (1) | JP2004520891A (en) |
CA (1) | CA2431865C (en) |
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WO2007120822A1 (en) * | 2006-04-11 | 2007-10-25 | Dentsply International Inc. | Dental handpiece |
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GB2209283A (en) * | 1987-09-04 | 1989-05-10 | Adam Mikociak | Instrument for teeth cleaning |
US5803733A (en) * | 1997-05-06 | 1998-09-08 | Linvatec Corporation | Pneumatic surgical handpiece and method |
US5902108A (en) * | 1997-02-25 | 1999-05-11 | J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation | Air turbine handpiece |
US6071122A (en) * | 1998-05-25 | 2000-06-06 | Hawe Neos Dental Dr. H. Von Weissenfluh Ag | Dental instrument and method for its manufacture |
WO2001019262A1 (en) * | 1999-09-14 | 2001-03-22 | Mark Two Engineering, Inc. | Metal injection molded cobalt superalloy end effectors for surgical instruments and surgical instruments incorporating same |
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GB2209283A (en) * | 1987-09-04 | 1989-05-10 | Adam Mikociak | Instrument for teeth cleaning |
US5902108A (en) * | 1997-02-25 | 1999-05-11 | J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation | Air turbine handpiece |
US5803733A (en) * | 1997-05-06 | 1998-09-08 | Linvatec Corporation | Pneumatic surgical handpiece and method |
US6071122A (en) * | 1998-05-25 | 2000-06-06 | Hawe Neos Dental Dr. H. Von Weissenfluh Ag | Dental instrument and method for its manufacture |
WO2001019262A1 (en) * | 1999-09-14 | 2001-03-22 | Mark Two Engineering, Inc. | Metal injection molded cobalt superalloy end effectors for surgical instruments and surgical instruments incorporating same |
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WO2007120822A1 (en) * | 2006-04-11 | 2007-10-25 | Dentsply International Inc. | Dental handpiece |
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CA2431865C (en) | 2014-01-28 |
WO2002054970A3 (en) | 2003-02-20 |
JP2004520891A (en) | 2004-07-15 |
CA2431865A1 (en) | 2002-07-18 |
EP1349511A2 (en) | 2003-10-08 |
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