Patent ID: 7893926
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. Dental apparatus, comprising: a dental device; a graphic display functionally connected to said dental device, said graphic display structured and arranged to display symbols on a screen thereof identifying respective control functions of said dental device, said graphic display further structured and arranged to display a cursor on said screen thereof, said cursor being movable to positions on said screen in relation to said symbols for selecting and activating a control function of said dental device; and a touch pad including a contact surface for detecting both movement thereon and pressing thereof by a pointer means, said touch pad functionally connected to said dental device and graphic display and structured and arranged for selecting a respective control function of said dental device represented by a respective symbol by moving said cursor in relation to said symbols by movement of the pointer means on said contact surface of said touch pad and for then activating said selected control function of said dental device by pressing of said contact surface of said touch pad by the pointer means; and wherein; said graphic display and said touch pad are structured and arranged separately from each other such that said graphic display and touch pad can be situated relative to said dental device independently of each other.