Dental filling instrument and attachment therefor
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1. A dental filling instrument comprising:
- a housing, said housing including;
a push rod for extruding a dental filler;
an electric drive motor for a push rod driving device for performing a dental filler extruding operation that causes the push rod to travel in a dental filler extruding direction coupled to and utilizing power of an electric power source;
a control circuit means for controlling the dental filler extruding operation of the electric drive motor, said control circuit means being provided in said housing;
an injection condition setting device for setting at least one of an amount of the dental filler to be injected, filler injection time and injection speed of the dental filler;
an injection condition display device for displaying at least one of an amount of the dental filler to be injected, filler injection time and injection speed of the dental filler;
a needle from which said dental filler is extruded fitted to a needle fitting portion of said housing;
a heating device for heating the needle up to a temperature at which the dental filler is softened, the heating device being disposed at one of the needle fitting portion and a location adjacent to the needle fitting portion;
a heating temperature setting device for setting the temperature up to which the needle is heated by the heating device; and
a heating control device for controlling a heating operation of the heating device based on the temperature set by the heating temperature setting device; and
wherein;
the control circuit means includes;
a traveling speed control section for controlling traveling speed of the push rod;
a traveling distance control section for controlling distance which the push rod travels; and
a traveling time control section for controlling traveling time of the push rod; and
the control device controls the dental filler extruding operation of the push rod driving device based on the injection condition set by the injection condition setting device.
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Abstract
A dental injecting apparatus for injecting a dental filler and a dental tool attached to such a dental injecting apparatus. The apparatus includes: an injection rod for injecting a dental filler; an injection rod driver for performing a dental filler injecting operation that causes the injection rod to move in a dental filler injecting direction by using the force of a power source; and a controller for controlling the dental filler injecting operation of the injection rod driver.
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1. A dental filling instrument comprising:
a housing, said housing including; a push rod for extruding a dental filler; an electric drive motor for a push rod driving device for performing a dental filler extruding operation that causes the push rod to travel in a dental filler extruding direction coupled to and utilizing power of an electric power source; a control circuit means for controlling the dental filler extruding operation of the electric drive motor, said control circuit means being provided in said housing; an injection condition setting device for setting at least one of an amount of the dental filler to be injected, filler injection time and injection speed of the dental filler; an injection condition display device for displaying at least one of an amount of the dental filler to be injected, filler injection time and injection speed of the dental filler; a needle from which said dental filler is extruded fitted to a needle fitting portion of said housing; a heating device for heating the needle up to a temperature at which the dental filler is softened, the heating device being disposed at one of the needle fitting portion and a location adjacent to the needle fitting portion; a heating temperature setting device for setting the temperature up to which the needle is heated by the heating device; and a heating control device for controlling a heating operation of the heating device based on the temperature set by the heating temperature setting device; and
wherein;the control circuit means includes; a traveling speed control section for controlling traveling speed of the push rod; a traveling distance control section for controlling distance which the push rod travels; and a traveling time control section for controlling traveling time of the push rod; and the control device controls the dental filler extruding operation of the push rod driving device based on the injection condition set by the injection condition setting device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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