WO1998032377A1 - Mecanisme de rotation pour panoramique dentaire - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a rotation mechanism for dental panning. It applies in the field of design and manufacture of dental panoramic views. These devices, also called “orthopentoraograph.es", are used in dental radiology. They make it possible to take an X-ray picture giving an overall image of the human maxillofacial block.
- a dental panoramic includes a movable part (commonly called “the arm") rotating around the patient's head, the patient remaining immobile.
- the arm carries at one of these ends an X-ray generator and at the other end a means sensitive to X-rays such as a film that can be impressed by exposure to said rays.
- the patient During an operating phase of the device, called the "exploration" phase, the patient remains stationary and the arm rotates such that the X-ray generator, the patient's head, and the film remain substantially aligned.
- the angle swept by the arm during this rotation is generally greater than 220 °.
- the film performs a movement perfectly synchronized with the movement of the arm.
- the X-rays emitted by the generator and limited to a beam pass through the patient's head, exit from the side of the teeth, and impress the film.
- the movements of the arm and of the film combine in such a way that the image obtained represents the section of the maxillofacial block.
- the present invention relates to a rotation mechanism for ensuring the movement of the arm.
- the movement of the film is therefore not affected by the invention.
- it can be advantageously replaced by an electronic device fixed relative to the arm.
- Such a device comprises an image sensor which makes it possible to generate an image of the maxillofacial block in the form of digital information.
- French patent application No. 93 12962 comprises an image sensor which makes it possible to generate an image of the maxillofacial block in the form of digital information.
- the movement of the arm must be such that a constant distance is maintained between the film and the jaw.
- the movement of the end of the arm should therefore be close to the shape of a jaw. This form is a form of ellipse.
- a mechanism comprising three stepping motors making it possible to translate the arm along first and second orthogonal axes, and to rotate it around a third orthogonal axis, audits first and second axes. These three motors give the arm an elliptical movement. This mechanism with three degrees of independence is very complex and costly in that it has three motors.
- a mechanism comprising a first table which can be translated by means of eight wheels, a second table resting on said first table on which it can be translated by means of four wheels, a cam disposed between the two tables limiting the movement of the assembly to finally impose an elliptical trajectory at the end of an arm.
- the present invention aims to overcome these drawbacks of the rotation mechanisms of the prior art.
- the invention proposes a rotation mechanism for dental panoramic devices comprising:
- a second plate movable relative to said first plate on which it rests by means of at least three balls;
- each comprising grooves in number equal to the number of balls, in which said balls can roll, each ball penetrating a groove in the fixed plate and in a groove in the movable plate;
- FIG. 4 a diagram of a dental panoramic including the rotation mechanism according to the invention
- the rotation mechanism according to the invention comprises two plates 1 and 2.
- the plate 2 is fixed. For example it is fixed to the frame 6 of the dental panoramic apparatus ( Figure 4).
- Plate 1 is movable relative to plate 2.
- the movable plate 1 rests by gravity on the fixed plate 2 via several balls (figure
- the mechanism comprises three balls 5a, 5b, 5c. There are therefore three grooves 3a, 3b, 3c or 4a, 4b, 4c on each plate respectively 1 and 2. In the assembled position ( Figure 1) each ball 5a, 5b, 5c partially penetrates into a groove respectively 3a, 3b, 3c of the movable plate 1 and in a groove 4a, 4b, 4c respectively of the fixed plate 2.
- the depth of the grooves in the plates is absolutely constant.
- the plates 1 and 2 are kept parallel by the intermediary of the balls, these having an identical diameter.
- the distance between the plates 1 and 2 is imposed by the diameter of the balls and the depth of the grooves.
- the balls are made of hard steel and have a diameter of 10mm.
- the distance between the plates is then 0.4mm.
- the path of the grooves on the plates is such that for any position of the movable plate 1 relative to the fixed plate 2, there are three locations where the grooves are exactly superimposed and in which each ball can respectively be.
- each ball 5a, 5b or 5c wedged between a pair of grooves 3a-4a, 3b-4b, 3c-4c respectively can only be found in one and only corresponding location at the location where said pairs of grooves overlap. In this way, the balls roll without sliding when the movable plate is set in motion relative to the fixed plate.
- the movable plate 1 drives the balls 5a, 5b and 5c in rolling, these successively occupying said locations to which the pairs of grooves 3a-4a, 3b-4b, and 3c-4c respectively overlap.
- the movable plate 1 moves without play relative to the fixed plate 2.
- the path of the grooves and their section are chosen according to the movement to be carried out and, as has been said, so that that the balls roll without sliding. It will be noted that the design of the grooves is not necessarily the same on the movable plate 1 and on the fixed plate 2.
- the path of the grooves is produced by calculations. Of course, those skilled in the art know that they can use a computer to perform these calculations.
- the connecting means between the movable plate and the fixed plate that constitute the balls cooperating with the grooves simultaneously fulfill three different functions. On the one hand they allow the plate 1 to rest on the plate 2 in a mobile manner. On the other hand, they allow a geometric movement of the movable plate according to the determined trajectory. Last but not least, they make it possible to eliminate the clearances between the two plates.
- the profile of the grooves is preferably in the form of a V or in the form of an arc of a circle.
- the plates 1 and 2 are made of hard steel. They are of identical dimensions (200mm x 200mm) and of the same thickness equal to 15mm.
- Figure 3 there is shown an exploded view of the plates 1 and 2 and the balls 5a to 5c.
- This figure illustrates the mounting of the mechanism.
- the fixed plate 2 is placed flat, the face comprising the grooves 4a to 4c facing upwards.
- the balls 5a to 5c are deposited on the grooves 4a to 4c respectively.
- the respective position of each of the balls relative to the others is determined during assembly, for example in positioning each ball 5a to 5c at the end of its associated groove 4a to 4c respectively.
- the movable plate 1 is then placed on the balls, its face comprising the grooves being oriented downwards, so that each groove 3a to 3c comes to overlap with a ball respectively 5a to 5c.
- This part has the shape of a thin plate inside which holes are provided.
- the diameter of the orifices is slightly less than that of the balls, but is sufficient so that, when a ball is placed on top of an orifice, it protrudes substantially on the other side of the plate (but without crossing it).
- the orifices are located at the vertices of a polygon whose sides and angles define the position of each ball relative to the other balls (this is called the "support polygon" determined by the balls).
- This part has in a way the position of a pattern for the relative positioning of the balls. In the assembled position, this part remains in place between the two plates and moves with the balls, the relative position of which remains identical. Of course, the thickness of this part is then less than the spacing provided between the two plates 1 and 2.
- the rotation mechanism according to the invention further comprises a means for setting in motion the movable plate 1 relative to the fixed plate 2. These means are not shown in FIGS. 1 to 3.
- FIG. 4 there is shown the rotation mechanism according to the invention installed in a panoramic.
- This comprises an arm secured to the movable plate 1.
- This arm comprises a first element 7 which carries a generator 8 of X-rays.
- Element 7 of the arm is secured to a second element 10 via a third element or tube 11.
- a film or an image sensor 9 is carried by said second element 10.
- Elements 1, 7, 8, 11, 10 and 9 above make up the mobile assembly of the panoramic.
- the fixed plate 2 is integral with a frame 6 of the pan.
- the path of the grooves on the plates 1 and 2 determines the trajectory of the movable plate relative to the fixed plate 2 and therefore the exploration movement of the movable assembly around the head 13 of the patient.
- FIG. 5 there is shown an embodiment of the means for setting in motion the movable plate 1.
- these means comprise a rotary electric motor 14 (optionally provided with a reducer) integral with the tube 11 of the arm the pan on which it is mounted using a fixing 13.
- the shaft 15 of the motor is integral with a first end of a connecting rod 16 carrying at its other end a wheel 17. This wheel can rotate freely around its axis 18 which is crimped on said end of the connecting rod.
- the torque of its shaft 15 presses the wheel 17 against a wall of the frame 6.
- the body of the motor rotates by driving the tube 11 of which it is integral, that is to say also the moving set of the pan.
- the means for setting in motion the plate mobile are integrated in the two plates. They comprise two groups of separate elements and disposed respectively on one and the other of the two plates.
- the various elements of said groups can be: conductive parts acting as short-circuited turns, pole pieces, magnets, packets of sheets and, as a general rule, everything found in electromagnetic circuits. of rotary motors.
- rotary motors we know that all types of known rotary motors (direct current, alternating current, synchronous or asynchronous, step-by-step, variable reluctance or pre-polarized magnetic circuit etc.) can be "unwound" flat , thus creating a corresponding machine, commonly known as a linear motor.
- the magnetic circuit of such a linear motor crosses the space separating the movable plate 1 from the fixed plate 2.
- This space acts as the air gap of the linear motor.
- the heaviest part carried by the pan arm is generally the X-ray generator 8. However, this is located at the point furthest from the arm relative to the bearing area of the movable plate 1 on the fixed plate 2 (see FIG. 4). This situation creates the conditions for the mobile assembly to tilt, the mobile plate simply being placed on the fixed plate by means of the balls and not guaranteed against lifting.
- One solution is to use a counterweight mounted in the right place, on the side of the image sensor 9. the increase in the total weight of the camera is the most obvious drawback of this solution.
- Another solution consists in making plates 1 and 2 large enough to include the center of gravity of the mobile assembly in the support polygon determined by the balls. This solution creates secondary problems: difficult machining, manufacturing price, total volume of the device, etc. This is why, in an improved variant of the present invention, the gravitational force which unbalances the arm is compensated by a force of attraction exerted by one or more magnets positioned on one or on the two plates 1 and 2. The magnets attract each other or they attract ferromagnetic parts located opposite on the opposite plate. These magnets are ideally placed on the side furthest from the X-ray generator 8.
- the magnets generating the force of attraction between the two plates are part of the groups of elements which imprint the movement of the movable plate by electromagnetic interaction.
- the magnets fulfill two functions at the same time: polarization of the magnetic circuit of the linear motor on the one hand, and generation of a balancing force of the arm on the other hand.
- This version is the most recommended because it combines all the advantages and savings.
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| EP98904233A EP0961576A1 (fr) | 1997-01-27 | 1998-01-27 | Mecanisme de rotation pour panoramique dentaire |
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| FR9700827A FR2758710B1 (fr) | 1997-01-27 | 1997-01-27 | Mecanisme de rotation pour panoramique dentaire |
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| DE10153979A1 (de) * | 2001-11-06 | 2003-05-22 | Sirona Dental Systems Gmbh | Dentales Röntgengerät mit bewegbarer Trägerstruktur |
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| DE2846876A1 (de) * | 1977-10-31 | 1979-05-03 | Morita Mfg | Verfahren und vorrichtung zur herstellung von roentgenaufnahmen des gesamten kiefers |
| DE3125243A1 (de) * | 1980-06-27 | 1982-04-01 | Kabushiki Kaisha Morita Seisakusho, Kyoto | Roentgenvorrichtung zum aufnehmen von panoramaroentgenbildern der gesamten kiefer |
| EP0204676A2 (fr) * | 1985-05-31 | 1986-12-10 | Planmeca Oy | Appareil de tomographie panoramique par rayons, en particulier pour la dentigraphie |
| DE19601018A1 (de) * | 1995-01-27 | 1996-08-01 | Zeiss Carl Fa | Linear verstellbarer Präzisionstisch |
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| DE2846876A1 (de) * | 1977-10-31 | 1979-05-03 | Morita Mfg | Verfahren und vorrichtung zur herstellung von roentgenaufnahmen des gesamten kiefers |
| DE3125243A1 (de) * | 1980-06-27 | 1982-04-01 | Kabushiki Kaisha Morita Seisakusho, Kyoto | Roentgenvorrichtung zum aufnehmen von panoramaroentgenbildern der gesamten kiefer |
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| DE10153979A1 (de) * | 2001-11-06 | 2003-05-22 | Sirona Dental Systems Gmbh | Dentales Röntgengerät mit bewegbarer Trägerstruktur |
| WO2003039372A3 (fr) * | 2001-11-06 | 2003-10-02 | Sirona Dental Systems Gmbh | Appareil de radiographie dentaire comportant une structure support mobile |
| US6926442B2 (en) | 2001-11-06 | 2005-08-09 | Sirona Dental Systems Gmbh | Dental X-ray device comprising a mobile support structure |
| KR100976902B1 (ko) * | 2001-11-06 | 2010-08-18 | 시로나 덴탈 시스템스 게엠베하 | 이동가능 지지 구조물을 구비한 치과용 X-ray 장치 |
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