Medical and/or dental instrument with oscillatory rod

• US 6,616,450 B2
• Filed: 08/08/2001
• Issued: 09/09/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kaltenbach & Voigt Gmbh & Co. (Danaher Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kaltenbach & Voigt Gmbh & Co. (Danaher Corporation)
• Inventors: Löhn, Gerd, Schilling, Bernhard, Mössle, Walter
• Primary Examiner(s): Lewis, Ralph A..
• Application Number:
  US09/924,302
• Publication Number:
  US 20020031744A1
• Time in Patent Office: 762 Days
• Field of Search: 433/86, 433/119, 606/169, 604/22, 310/312
• US Class Current: 433/119
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 17/20 using ultrasonics

Abstract

The invention relates to a medical or dental-medical treatment instrument (1) having a grip sleeve (11), an oscillatory rod (13) which extends longitudinally in the grip sleeve (11) and is mounted therein in a radially or also axially elastically yielding manner, and an oscillation generator (31) for transmitting oscillations to the oscillatory rod (13). In order to attain a compact construction, the oscillatory rod (13) is of a base part and an attachment part which is fixed on the base part.

Claims

1. An oscillatory medical and/or dental instrument system comprising:

a grip sleeve;

a bearing sleeve longitudinally received in the grip sleeve and coupled thereto;

a hollow first oscillatory rod longitudinally received in the bearing sleeve and coupled thereto, the bearing sleeve elastically coupling the first oscillatory rod to the grip sleeve to permit oscillatory movement of the first oscillatory rod with respect to the grip sleeve;

an oscillation generator coupled to the first oscillatory rod and disposed within the bearing sleeve for transmitting oscillator movement to the first oscillatory rod;

the first oscillatory rod comprising a hollow base end coupled to a hollow first attachment part;

a tool longitudinally received in the first oscillatory rod and coupled thereto and extending through the first attachment part.

2. The system of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of additional hollow oscillatory rods each of which are coupled to a different attachment part to provide oscillatory rod/attachment part combinations of different mass and which are selectively exchangeable with the first oscillatory rod/first attachment part.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the first attachment part has a greater density than the hollow base end of the first oscillatory rod.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the hollow base end of first oscillatory rod is disposed at a rearward end region of the first oscillatory rod.

5. The system of claim 1 herein tie first attachment part projects rearwardly beyond the hollow base end of the first oscillatory rod.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein an outer diameter of a distal end of the first attachment part is equal to an outer diameter of the hollow base end of the first oscillatory rod.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the first attachment part is releasably and mateably received in the hollow base end of the first oscillatory rod.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein an outer diameter of a distal end of the first attachment part is equal to an outer diameter of the hollow base end of the first oscillatory rod.

9. The medical or dental-medical instrument system according to claim 1 wherein the oscillation generator is a pneumatic oscillation generator.

10. An oscillatory medical and/or dental instrument system comprising:

a grip sleeve;

a bearing sleeve longitudinally received in the grip sleeve and coupled thereto;

a hollow first oscillatory rod longitudinally received in the bearing sleeve and coupled thereto, the bearing sleeve elastically coupling the first oscillatory rod to the grip sleeve to permit oscillatory movement of the first oscillatory rod with respect to the grip sleeve;

the first oscillatory rod comprising a hollow base end coupled to a hollow first attachment part;

a tool longitudinally received in the first oscillatory rod and coupled thereto and extending through the first attachment part; and

a hollow second oscillatory rod having a hollow base end that receives and is coupled to a hollow second attachment part having a mass different than that of the first attachment part to provide a second oscillatory rod and second attachment part combination of a different mass than that of the first oscillatory rod and first attachment part, the second oscillatory rod and second attachment part being exchangeable with the first oscillatory rod and first attachment part;

an oscillation generator for transmitting oscillatory movement to the oscillatory rods.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein the oscillator is disposed within the bearing sleeve.

12. The system of claim 10 wherein each attachment part has a greater density than the hollow base end of each oscillatory rod.

13. The system of claim 10 wherein each hollow base end of each oscillatory rod is disposed at a rearward end region of its respective oscillatory rod.

14. The system of claim 10 herein each attachment part projects rearwardly beyond the hollow base end of its respective oscillatory rod.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein an outer diameter of a distal end of each attachment part is equal to an outer diameter of the hollow base end of its respective oscillatory rod.

16. The system of claim 10 wherein each attachment part is mateably received in the hollow base end of its respective oscillatory rod.

17. The system of claim 10 further comprising a plurality of oscillatory rods and attachment parts having different masses for constructing oscillatory rod/attachment part combinations having different masses.

18. The system of claim 10 wherein the coupling of each attachment part to its respective oscillatory rod is releasable.

19. The medical or dental-medical instrument system according to claim 10 wherein the oscillation generator is a pneumatic oscillation generator.

20. A medical or dental-medical instrument system comprising:

a grip sleeve;

a bearing sleeve received in the grip sleeve and coupled thereto;

an oscillatory rod which extends longitudinally in the bearing sleeve and which is coupled thereto;

the bearing sleeve elastically coupling the oscillatory rod to the grip sleeve, the oscillatory rod being hollow and comprising a proximal end and a distal base end,

an oscillation generator for transmitting oscillations to the oscillatory rod, the oscillation generator being arranged on a middle region of the oscillatory rod between the proximal and distal base ends thereof and within the bearing sleeve;

the bearing sleeve having an inner surface comprising two fitted bearing rings having an axial spacing from one another for coupling the oscillatory rod to the bearing sleeve, the oscillation generator being disposed longitudinally between the two fitted bearing rings;

a tool longitudinally received in the oscillatory rod and extending out the distal end thereof.

21. The medical or dental-medical instrument system according to claim 20, wherein the bearing sleeve has an outer surface comprising at least one radial projection elastically latched into a latch recess of an inner surface of the grip sleeve.

22. The medical or dental-medical instrument system according to claim 21, wherein the at least one radial projection comprises a rounded annular beading and the latch recess comprises an annular groove.

23. The medical or dental-medical instrument system according to claim 22 wherein the oscillation generator is a pneumatic oscillation generator.