Automatic Tooth Bone Graft Processing Machine
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for manufacturing tooth bone graft materials are time-consuming, costly, and prone to bacterial contamination, with manual processes that fail to accurately control the ratio of organic and inorganic substances, leading to inefficient osteoconduction and osteoinduction, and the materials often lack strength and durability.
Innovation Solution
An automatic machine that processes tooth bone graft materials, capable of producing both block and powder types, with a system that includes a power supply, suction pump, vibrator, heat generator, and solenoid valves to control the supply of reagents and automate the manufacturing process, ensuring precise control over the ratio of organic and inorganic substances and preventing bacterial contamination.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual work is used to manufacture tooth bone graft materials, then flexibility in handling is maintained, but manufacturing time becomes excessively long and bacterial contamination risk increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service automation where the machine automatically performs washing, sterilization, and processing of tooth bone graft materials without requiring continuous manual intervention. The automated sequence of operations including vacuum drying, chemical treatment, and sterilization cycles allows the system to service itself through programmed routines, dramatically reducing manufacturing time while maintaining sterility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs a sealed processing chamber that creates a controlled inert environment during manufacturing. By maintaining vacuum or inert gas atmosphere during processing, the system prevents bacterial contamination while automating the manufacturing process, thus improving productivity without compromising sterility or requiring complex external intervention.
2Reliability
If block-shaped graft materials with large organic substances are used, then osteoinduction is improved, but strength decreases and volume cannot be maintained
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality control by enabling selective processing of different regions of the tooth bone. Through controlled chemical treatment and vibration, specific areas can be optimized for either strength or osteoinduction properties. The automated process allows differential treatment zones within the same graft material, creating regions with high organic content for osteoinduction while maintaining structurally critical areas with appropriate strength characteristics.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes parameter changes in the processing conditions to control the organic-inorganic substance ratio. By adjusting vibration frequency, chemical concentration, treatment time, and temperature parameters during automated processing, the system can precisely control the composition of the graft material. This allows optimization of both strength and osteoinduction properties by tuning processing parameters rather than being constrained by fixed block shapes.
3Productivity
If powder type graft materials are used, then productivity and adaptability are improved, but control over substance content precision becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The automated system incorporates feedback control mechanisms that monitor and adjust processing parameters in real-time during powder graft material manufacturing. Sensors detect substance content, moisture levels, and processing progress, allowing the controller to adjust chemical dosing, vibration intensity, and treatment duration to maintain precise substance content control despite the challenges of powder form processing. This feedback loop ensures consistent quality while maintaining high productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical handling with automated vibrational and acoustic fields for processing powder materials. Through controlled vibration and ultrasonic treatment, the system achieves uniform distribution and processing of powder particles without manual intervention. This substitution of mechanical handling with field-based processing maintains manufacturing precision while enabling high-speed automated operation and improving productivity.
4Object-affected harmful factors
If vacuum processing is used, then bacterial contamination is prevented, but processing time increases due to vacuum establishment and maintenance
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary sealing and pre-vacuuming of the processing chamber before introducing materials. By establishing the vacuum environment in advance and pre-positioning all necessary chemicals and materials within the sealed chamber, the system minimizes the time required to maintain vacuum during actual processing. This preliminary preparation allows rapid vacuum establishment and prevents contamination without extending overall processing time.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements continuous processing where multiple operations (washing, chemical treatment, sterilization, drying) are performed in sequence without breaking the vacuum seal. The automated system maintains continuous useful action throughout the manufacturing process, eliminating the need to repeatedly establish and maintain vacuum. This continuous operation under vacuum prevents bacterial contamination while reducing total processing time compared to batch-wise vacuum processing.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The machine significantly reduces manufacturing time by up to 1/10, enables the production of both block and powder types, ensures precise control over substance ratios, and prevents bacterial contamination, allowing for immediate patient treatment with a strong and durable graft material.
Implementation Method 1
a heat generator (54) that heats the supply solution in the cylinder (55) to a predetermined temperature
Implementation Method 2
a vibrator (80) that generates vibration of 1 to 100,000 VPM
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AI summary
An automatic machine for processing a tooth by a graft material includes: a body (10) including a power supply (60) supplying power to a controller, which controls the amount of supply solution and operation of a suction pump (40) and a vibrator (80), and having a receiving space; a receiving container (53) disposed in the receiving space, having a space for keeping a tooth bone graft material, and including a net (59) and a cover (51) having a handle (52); a cylinder (55) having a space for keeping the receiving container (53), and inlets (56) and outlets (57) for supplying and discharging the supply solution; a vibrator (80) fastened to the cylinder (55) and generating vibration of 1 to 100,000 VPM; a supplying container (20) supplying the supply solution to the cylinder (55); and a suction pump (40) discharging solution in the cylinder (55) to a discharging container (70).