Ultrasonic Dental Handpiece Having a Rotatable Head

• US 20080057471A1
• Filed: 10/31/2007
• Published: 03/06/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Discus Dental LLC (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Discus Dental LLC (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Levy, Haim, Atkin, Benjamin
• Application Number:
  US11/932,631
• Publication Number:
  US 20080057471A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 433/119
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 17/20 using ultrasonics

Abstract

An ultrasonic dental handpiece for holding a transducer is provided. The transducer converts electrical energy into ultrasonic vibrations. The dental handpiece includes a body, a rotator head, and a retainer ring. The body rotatably receives the transducer. The rotator head engages the transducer for rotation thereof. The retainer ring is fixedly coupled to one of the body and the rotator head and rotatably coupled to the other of the body and the rotator head, such that the rotator head is rotatably coupled to the body.

Claims

1-23. -23. (canceled)

24. An ultrasonic dental handpiece for holding a transducer for converting electrical energy into ultrasonic vibrations, the dental handpiece comprising:

a body adapted for rotatably receiving said transducer, said transducer comprising a work tip;

a rotator head adapted for engaging the transducer for rotation thereof, wherein the rotator head envelopes at least a portion of the body; and

a retainer ring fixedly coupled to one of the body and the rotator head and rotatably coupled to the other of the body and the rotator head, such that the rotator head is rotatably coupled to the body;

wherein rotation of the rotator head rotates the work tip.