Method for collecting usage data of an endodontic instrument
AssigneesWalid NEHME, Micro-Mega International
InventorsWalid NEHME, Stéphane CLAUDE
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Abstract
A method for collecting usage data of an endodontic instrument. The method includes the following steps: acquiring data relating to the shape of a root canal to be treated; at regular intervals, acquiring data relating to the working depth of the instrument in the root canal; at regular intervals, acquiring data relating to the stress undergone by the instrument during work; and producing a database linking each data item acquired.
Claims10
1-9. (canceled)
A method for collecting usage data of an endodontic instrument, remarkable in that it comprises the following steps:
- acquiring data relating to the shape of a root canal to be treated;
- at regular intervals, acquiring data relating to the working depth of the instrument in the root canal;
- at regular intervals, acquiring data relating to stress undergone by the instrument during use;
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- producing a database linking each data item acquired.
A handpiece for endodontic practice, comprising a control unit running a computer program, and designed to drive a root canal instrument, wherein the handpiece comprises means of detecting a distance between a reference point and a part of a tooth, and means for measuring mechanical stresses experienced by the root canal instrument, connected to the control unit, wherein the computer program is programmed to determine a depth at which the instrument is during use according to a known length of the instrument, and the mechanical stresses experienced by the instrument during use, and wherein the computer program is configured to upload into a database the data acquired relative to the mechanical stresses and the depth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.