Cleaning processing device for biological implant

#The present application is a national-stage entry of International Application No. PCT/JP2011/070163 filed on Sep. 5, 2011, and claims the benefit of priority of Japanese Application No. 2010-221828 filed on Sep. 30, 2010.

#The present invention relates to a cleaning processing device for a biological implant, which performs a cleaning operation by radiating ultraviolet rays to a biological implant, and causing ozone to make contact with the biological implant.

#Dental implants are implanted into the jawbone so as to substitute for lost teeth. Further, in a dental implant surgery, it is important for a dental implant to be sufficiently coupled to the bone (osseointegration). To this end, it has been proposed to remove organic matter from a dental implant by radiating ultraviolet rays onto the dental implant (see, patent document 1).

#FIG. 1 is a front view illustrating an internal configuration of a housing of a cleaning processing device for a biological implant according to an embodiment of the present invention;

#FIG. 2 is a side view illustrating the internal configuration of the housing of the cleaning processing device for the biological implant according to an embodiment of the present invention;

#FIG. 3 is a plan view illustrating an ozone-removing chamber of the cleaning processing device for the biological implant according to an embodiment of the present invention;

#FIG. 1 is a front view illustrating an internal configuration of a housing of a cleaning processing device for a biological implant according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view illustrating the internal configuration of the housing of the cleaning processing device for the biological implant according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a plan view illustrating an ozone-removing chamber of the cleaning processing device for the biological implant according to an embodiment of the present invention.

#The cleaning processing device for the biological implant (hereinafter, simply referred to as a (cleaning processing device)) is intended to clean an implant 1 by radiating ultraviolet rays to a pin-shaped dental implant 1 (hereinafter, simply referred to as an (implant)) and also causing ozone to make contact with the dental implant. In the illustrated embodiment, the implant 1 is a screw type having a threaded portion 2 which has on an end thereof a protrusion 3 in a spiral form.

#The cleaning processing device includes a housing 10 that has an entire contour of a rectangular shape, with a door (not shown) provided on a front of the housing. In this housing 10 is provided a processing chamber 11 in which a plurality of implants 1 is disposed. Moreover, above the processing chamber 11 is provided an ozone-removing chamber 12 to remove ozone from the atmospheric gas in the processing chamber 11. The processing chamber 11 and the ozone-removing chamber 12 are partitioned from each other by a partition wall 15. This partition wall 15 is spaced apart from a front sidewall 10a and a rear sidewall 10b of the housing 10, respectively, so that an inlet F1 is defined between the front sidewall 10a of the housing 10 and the partition wall 15 to allow gas to flow from the processing chamber 11 to the ozone-removing chamber 12, and an outlet F2 is defined between the rear sidewall 10b of the housing 10 and the partition wall 15 to allow gas to be discharged from the ozone-removing chamber 12 to the processing chamber 11.