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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1998
Burkhard Hugo, Hettstadt, DE;
Walter Mossle, Mittelbiberach, DE;
Kaltenbach & Voigt GmbH, Biberach, DE;
Abstract
In the case of a medical or dental handpiece with a tool for the processing of body tissue or of a substitute material by machining, wherein the tool comprises an, in particular, elongated processing section extending from a base part connected to the handpiece by a detachable connecting device, the processing section having at least one abrasive working face extending in its longitudinal direction and/or transverse thereto, the handpiece has an oscillating drive for the tool, in particular for a frequency in the ultrasonic range, an articulation is assigned to the connecting device, and the axis of the articulation extends approximately in the longitudinal direction of the longitudinal axis of the processing section, approximately at a right angle thereto or in an angular range lying in between.