Patent ID: 9607508
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61C,G05G,G08C

Claim:
1. A wireless foot controller for communication with at least one wireless dental instrument, comprising: a housing; a power source positioned within the housing; a circuit board positioned within the housing and connected to receive power from the power source; an analog to digital signal converter; a microchip/controller associated with the circuit board; software to control the circuit board and the microchip/controller; an antenna for transmitting and receiving signals to and from the at least one wireless dental instrument; a communications protocol associated with the circuit board and the microchip/controller for communications between the foot controller and the at least one wireless dental instrument, wherein the foot controller is in communications with and controlling a single wireless dental instrument at a time; a memory for storing identification information received from the at least one dental instrument; wherein the foot controller is activated by application of foot pressure to depress the controller a distance proportional to the foot pressure; wherein the foot controller operates in a mode selected from the group consisting of a switch mode and a continuously variable mode wherein in the switch mode, the foot controller transmitting a signal resulting from switch activation in the switch mode and in the continuously variable mode, the foot controller transmitting a signal proportional to the distance that the foot controller is depressed; and wherein the foot controller software determines the selected mode based on an identification signal from the dental instrument and on the information stored in memory.