Patent ID: 9241680
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: A61B,A61G

Claim Text:
1. A dental care apparatus, which comprises: a dental care unit and a patient chair arranged in an immediate vicinity of the dental care unit, wherein the dental care unit supplies one or more physical magnitudes to one or more dental care instruments for the operation thereof, said physical magnitudes including at least one of electricity, compressed air, water and suction; at least one of a treatment arm for said one or more dental care instruments and an auxiliary arm for some other appliance or device used in a dental care environment said at least one of the treatment arm and the auxiliary arm being structurally connected to a part of the dental care apparatus other than said at least one of the treatment arm and the auxiliary arm themselves; at least one arm system arranged in an immediate vicinity of the dental care unit and carrying imaging means including an X-radiation source and an image information receiver, said imaging means being operative to perform dental extra-oral imaging, wherein a mutual position of said at least one arm system and said patient chair is arranged such that the at least one arm system is positioned or positionable substantially above the patient chair; and an actuator and a control system, wherein at least part of said at least one arm system carrying the imaging means, and/or the patient chair, is arranged rotatable by the actuator being controlled by the control system.