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Method and device for reducing angulation error during dental procedures

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Assignee: UNIV LOMA LINDAPriority: Mar 13, 2012Filed: Nov 5, 2015Published: Feb 25, 2016
Est. expiryMar 13, 2032(~5.6 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Brian J. Goodacre
A61C 1/084A61C 3/02A61C 1/12A61C 1/082A61C 1/0007A61B 2562/0219A61B 2562/0223A61B 34/20A61B 2034/2048A61C 5/70
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Abstract

A device for reducing angulation error during the placement of dental implants or other dental procedures. Two or more sensors are used to monitor realtime orientation of a dental handpiece. One or more signal emitters are used in order to notify the user that a first orientation of the dental handpiece has been identified and recorded. One or more signal emitters are used to notify the user that the dental handpiece has been repositioned into a second orientation having a predetermined spatial relationship to the first orientation.

Claims

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What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A device for reducing angulation error during dental procedures, the device comprising:
 a) two or more than two sensors that monitor realtime orientation of the device in space;   b) a programmable computer processor comprising both an input channel and an output channel connected to the two or more than two sensors;   c) a computer-sensor interface for connecting to a computer for programming the device and for receiving and manipulating data from the device, the computer-sensor interface connected to the programmable computer processor;   d) one or more than one signal emitter connected to the computer-sensor interface through the output channel for emitting one or more than one signal; and   e) an actuator connected to the programmable computer processor by way of the input channel.   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , where the two or more than two sensors is two sensors. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 1 , where the two or more than two sensors is three sensors. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 1 , where the two or more than two sensors are selected from the group consisting of an accelerometer, a gyroscope and a magnetometer. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 1 , where the two or more than two sensors are an accelerometer and a gyroscope. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 1 , where the two or more than two sensors are an accelerometer, a gyroscope and a magnetometer. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 1 , further comprising an integral computer connected to the computer-sensor interface for programming the device. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 1 , further comprising an integral power supply for supplying power to the device. 
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 1 , where the one or more than one signal emitter is one signal emitter. 
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 1 , where the one or more than one signal emitter is a plurality of signal emitters. 
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 1 , where the one or more than one signal emitter is two signal emitters. 
     
     
         12 . The device of  claim 1 , where the one or more than one signal emitter is three signal emitters. 
     
     
         13 . The device of  claim 1 , where the one or more than one signal emitter emits one or more than one signal selected from the group consisting of an audible signal, a visible signal and both an audible and a visible signal. 
     
     
         14 . The device of  claim 1 , where at least one of the one or more than one signal emitter is integral with the device. 
     
     
         15 . The device of  claim 1 , where at least one of the one or more than one signal emitter is not integral with the device. 
     
     
         16 . The device of  claim 1 , where the actuator is integral with the device. 
     
     
         17 . The device of  claim 1 , where the actuator is not integral with the device. 
     
     
         18 . A system for reducing angulation error during dental procedures, the system comprising:
 a) a device according to  claim 1 ; and   b) a dental handpiece connected to the device.   
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 18 , where the device is integrally attached to the dental handpiece. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 18 , where the device is reversibly attached to the dental handpiece. 
     
     
         21 . The system of  claim 18 , where the dental handpiece is a dental drill.

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