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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2016
Kaltenbach & Voigt Gmbh, Biberach, DE;
Kavo Dental Technologies, Llc, Charlotte, NC (US);
Kerr Corporation, Orange, CA (US);
Michael Aaron Fisher, Bala Cynwyd, PA (US);
Robert Thomas St. Louis, Charlotte, NC (US);
Gopikrishnan Soundararajan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Matteo Riccardo Bosisio, Lugano, CH;
Michael Carl Dunaway, Charlotte, NC (US);
Kaltenbach & Voigt GmbH, Biberach, DE;
KaVo Dental Technologies, LLC, Charlotte, NC (US);
Kerr Corporation, Orange, CA (US);
Abstract
Devices and methods for dispensing material from a dental handpiece. In one example, the method includes receiving an input that indicates that an amount of the material is to be dispensed from the container of the dental handpiece. The method also includes rotating an electric motor to rotate an imbalanced mass to vibrate a vibration transmission element that vibrates the material in the container. The method also includes dispensing the amount of the material from the container with a piston based on the input.