Dental Unit
The dental unit incorporates a pressing detection sensor and calculation means to prevent arm pinching by the armrest, enhancing safety during dental treatments.
JP7650772B2Active Publication Date: 2025-03-25GC CORP
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Patent Information
- Application Number
- JP2021158940
- Authority / Receiving Office
- JP · JP
- Patent Type
- Patents
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2021-09-29
- Publication Date
- 2025-03-25
- Estimated Expiration
- 2041-09-29
AI Technical Summary
Technical Problem
Existing dental units do not adequately address the risk of a patient's arm being pinched by the armrest during treatment, particularly in situations where the patient's hand is placed on the assistant unit and the arm is below the armrest.
Method used
A dental unit equipped with a seating section that can be raised and lowered, an armrest that follows the seating section, an assistant unit with a pressing detection sensor, and a calculation means to detect clamping by the armrest based on signals from the sensor.
Benefits of technology
The solution effectively increases the safety of the dental unit by preventing arm pinching incidents, ensuring patient safety during treatments, especially for children, disabled individuals, and in unusual treatment positions.
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Abstract
To provide a dental unit capable of enhancing safety from a view point that an arm may be caught by an armrest.SOLUTION: A dental unit comprises a patient chair including a seat part provided so as to move up / down and an armrest moving up / down following the seat part, an assistant unit disposed at an opposite side of the seat part across the armrest, a pressing detection sensor provided on the assistant unit for detecting pressing force applied to an upper face of the assistant unit, and arithmetic means for detecting that an arm is caught by the armrest based on the signal from the pressing detection sensor.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5
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