METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REDUCING ANGULATION ERROR DURING DENTAL PROCEDURES

摘要

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.

主权项

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.