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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1995
Peter Fornoff, Reichelsheim, DE;
Josef Pabst, Heddesheim, DE;
Uwe Sauer, Worms, DE;
Ulrich Schulze-Ganzlin, Lorsch, DE;
Sirona Dental Systems GmbH & Co. KG, Bensheim, DE;
Abstract
A dental apparatus is provided with a group of standard preparation instruments that are held in deposit devices having sensors allocated to each device to determine the configuration and deposit condition of the preparation instrument in the deposit device, the apparatus has a second group of non-preparation instruments which include image-acquiring instruments for diagnostic purposes. Both instrument groups or types share a personal computer with a keyboard and a monitor in common through one interface data where the instrument-related functions can be read in and read out so that the installed program of the personal computer is activated dependent on the particular instrument being used.