US 12,102,493 B2
Dental or surgical handpiece with an RFID transponder
Johannes Sauter, Mittelbuch (DE); and Johann Stempfle, Pfaffenhofen (DE)
Assigned to KAVO DENTAL GMBH, Biberach (DE)
Appl. No. 17/279,956
Filed by KAVO DENTAL GMBH, Biberach (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/075785
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/064789, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 123 694.8 (DE), filed on Sep. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0386509 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 90/98 (2016.01); A61C 1/12 (2006.01); A61C 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 90/98 (2016.02) [A61C 1/12 (2013.01); A61C 1/141 (2013.01); A61C 2204/005 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
18. A dental or surgical handpiece comprising: an elongated handle sleeve, a head piece arranged at the front end of the handle sleeve for detachably receiving a dental tool, a clamping mechanism formed in the head piece for detachably holding the tool, said clamping mechanism having a push-button for actuating the clamping mechanism, the push-button including a heat-insulating electrically non-conductive plastic or ceramic material with a plate-shaped recess, and an RFID transponder provided for identifying the handpiece, the RFID transponder being disposed in the plate-shaped recess of the push-button; wherein the RFID transponder is completely disposed in the plate-shaped recess.