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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 1985
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jurgen Hoffmeister, Biberach, DE;
Bernhard Kuhn, Biberach, DE;
Assignee:
Kaltenbach & Voigt GmbH & Co., Biberach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
433 29 ; 433126 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a dental handpiece which comprises means at one end of the handpiece to mount a dental implement, a drive train arranged within the handpiece and extending to the implement-end in order to operate the dental implement, a light source arranged within the handpiece, and a light guide extending from the light source to a position adjacent to the implement-end of the handpiece for directing light to a treatment region adjacent to the dental implement, the light guide being arranged within the handpiece and along side the drive train.