Abstract: An electric dental handpiece including a head engaging a handle and configured to rotatably support a tool. The handle includes a lower handle portion and an upper handle portion with the lower handle portion engaging the head and the upper handle portion having an attachment area configured for attachment to a power supply. An electric motor is positioned with a majority thereof within the lower handle portion and is configured to rotate the tool.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 21, 2012
Date of Patent:
January 30, 2018
Assignee:
SPRING HEALTH PRODUCTS, INC.
Inventors:
Joseph A. Lieb, Nathaniel H. Lieb, Arthur A. Knopp
Abstract: An electric dental handpiece including a head engaging a handle and configured to rotatably support a tool. The handle includes a lower handle portion and an upper handle portion with the lower handle portion engaging the head and the upper handle portion having an attachment area configured for attachment to a power supply. An electric motor is positioned with a majority thereof within the lower handle portion and is configured to rotate the tool.
Abstract: An electric dental handpiece including a head engaging a handle and configured to rotatably support a tool. The handle includes a lower handle portion and an upper handle portion with the lower handle portion engaging the head and the upper handle portion having an attachment area configured for attachment to a power supply. An electric motor is positioned with a majority thereof within the lower handle portion and is configured to rotate the tool. Additionally, a method of operating a dental drilling system connected with one of a plurality of handpieces.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 12, 2007
Publication date:
May 22, 2008
Applicant:
SPRING HEALTH PRODUCTS, INC.
Inventors:
Arthur A. Knopp, Joseph A. Lieb, Nathaniel H. Lieb