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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1993
Kaltenbach & Voigt GmbH & Co., Biberach/Riss, DE;
Abstract
A dental laser treatment unit, especially for medical or dental purposes having a control unit and a supply device, connected with the control unit by a releasable connection, for a laser treatment instrument. Two medium lines are provided, which lines issue from the control unit, extend through the releasable connection and along the supply device to the laser treatment instrument and with the laser treatment instrument being connectable with the supply device likewise by a releasable connection, the releasable connection between the control unit and the supply device and/or between the supply device and the laser treatment instrument is formed by a plug-in coupling, which automatically engages and disengages elastically, having a cylindrical coupling peg and a cylindrical coupling bushing which receives the peg, with the medium line for the laser beam extending coaxially through the plug-in coupling and the further medium line passing through the cylindrical separating line between the coupling peg and the coupling bushing in a sealed manner, and continuing in the coupling peg and in the coupling bushing, and with there being provided next to the mouth opening at the separating line an annular groove in the inner wall of the coupling bushing or preferably in the outer wall of the coupling peg.